Thieves Market

The tourists staying at warm and cozy accommodations arranged by Excitehotels.com with care as part of their corporate culture, can take a walking tour of the Thieves Market that begins at the Big Road or Jalan Besar. Tourists will be intrigued to find that some of the offshoots of the road are named after World War I personalities and battle sites. Displaying a toy museum and an art gallery in the 1930s, the Thieves Market in Singapore is also known as ‘Robinson Petang’ or ‘Evening Robinson’ called after the sophisticated Robinson department store as a tongue-in-cheek reference. Visitors staying in hospitable accommodations booked with care through Excitehotels.com online hotel reservations portal can take a leisurely stroll through the Thieves Market in Singapore and browse through a colorful kaleidoscope of goods that consist of toys, souvenirs, knickknacks, decorative objects, amulets, accessories, clothes, shoes, vinyl records, cassettes, DVDs/VCDs, household items, old books, magazines, kitchenware, photos, watches and many more thrilling finds. Excitehotels.com offers their guests a pleasant experience as they browse through their interesting website and fulfills all requests with sincere and wonderful services.

As a one-of-its-kind experience, the Thieves Market in Singapore opens at noon time and closes at 7pm. Guests staying in beautiful accommodations booked through Excitehotels.com online hotel reservation portal will be able to see the unique architecture that adorns both the sides of Jalan Besar. The Singapore Shophouse exhibits wooden louvered windows, a covered walkway also known as a five-foot walkway typical of colonial days. Ranging over various styles of architecture, the buildings on Jalan Besar also display art deco to the Singapore Eclectic style with Chinese Baroque and a fusion of Chinese and Western styles of architecture. Attractive and appealing, the shophouses display decorative plasterwork and grillwork. Rowell Road leads to the Museum of Shangai Toys, a lovely gallery and a restaurant that serves guests a vegetarian menu that also offers the Tempeh or a fermented soybean cake, vegan chocolate brownie and burgers. History buffs staying in art deco accommodations can discover roads named after battle sites, French and British generals. As guests return to rest and energize themselves for more entertainment, they can stop off at Swee Choon to let the taste buds go on a delicious journey with handmade traditional dessert, bao and dim sum. Visitors can admire the gorgeous plaster reliefs of flowers, birds Japanese and European lilies and plaster figures of soldiers displaying the Chinese Baroque style on Petain Road. As twilight closes its curtains on the famous Thieves Market, guests can carry their trophies from the oldest flea market in Singapore back to their incredible accommodations to cherish and treasure. Excitehotels.com offers a sensational sojourn in stunning accommodations that touches your world with care.

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Getting There:

You can take the MRT to Bugis Station. Walk up Rochor Road until you hit the junction at Jalan Besar. Turn left and you will see the Thieves Market. The best times to visit are weekend afternoons though the flea market is open every day