Upon arrival in Singapore, you should definitely purchase one of the tourist electronic cards - EZ-Link or Singapore Tourist Pass, if your plans include frequent driving on public transport . It is about the last of them that we will discuss later.
How does the tourist card work?
The peculiarity of this card is that it gives an opportunity to travel unlimited number of times a day on any public transport. Exceptions are taxis and night buses.
To use the card, it is necessary to bring it to a special device at the entrance to the transport and exit from it. Also, with the Singapore Tourist Pass card, you will get discounts at McDonald's chain restaurants, 7-Eleven supermarkets and in vending machines that sell Coca-Cola.
How much is the tourist card?
Such cards are one-day, two- and three-day. Accordingly, their cost: 20, 26 and 30 Singapore dollars. This price includes the cost of plastic, from which the card is made - 10 Singapore dollars. If you give the card to the cashier's TransitLink Ticket Office within 5 days after purchase, you will receive these 10 Singapore dollars back.
The tourist map can be reached at such subway stations as Changi Airport , Orchard Road , Chinatown , City Hall, Raffles Place, Ang Mo Kio, HarbourFront, Bugis. To buy, you need to have a migration card and passport with you.
Also there is one more variant of such card - Singapore Tourist Pass Plus. In addition to an unlimited number of trips by ordinary transport, she offers one city tour on the FunVee bus and a speedboat ride on the Singapore River. The price of this card is the same as the usual one, the only difference is that after using it a deposit of 10 Singapore dollars is not returned to you.
With active travel to the sights of Singapore tourist map offers the opportunity to save very well, and also every time before any trip, do not lose valuable time for the purchase of tickets.