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  "editorialMarkdown": "In depth\n\n## Raffles Singapore\n\nSingapore's 115-suite heritage grand hotel: a National Monument at 1 Beach Road, home to Long Bar, serious dining and a Civic District base for Grand Prix week.\n\n[Explore in depth](<https://above.guide/singapore-f1/things-to-do/raffles-singapore#overview>)[Official site](<https://www.raffles.com/singapore/>)\n\nScroll to explore\n\nStory · Visit · Route · Links\n\n01  Admission **Luxury heritage-hotel rates are dynamic and can rise sharply around the Singapore Grand Prix. Confirm suite category, breakfast, cancellation terms and minimum stay directly.**\n\n02  Time to allow **Three nights for a Singapore Grand Prix weekend; one or two nights for a heritage-luxury Singapore city break.**\n\n03  Pace **Easy to moderate; mostly hotel, Arcade and Civic District walking, with race-week routes subject to controls**\n\n04  Best for **Singapore Grand Prix hotel · Luxury hotel · Heritage hotel**\n\nChoose your depth\n\n### Essentials or more detail?\n\n See visiting essentials, or read more about the history and places nearby.\n\n![Raffles Singapore](<https://above.guide/singapore-f1/_guide/images/experiences/raffles-singapore-2.webp>)\n\n01  The experience\n\n### What to expect.\n\nRaffles Singapore is the heritage hotel against which Singapore's grand-hotel mythology is still measured. It opened in 1887 as a 10-room hotel run by the Sarkies brothers, later grew into the white arcades and verandahs visitors recognise today, and was declared a National Monument by the Singapore government on its centenary in 1987.\n\nFor a Singapore Grand Prix trip, Raffles is not the nearest possible bed to every grandstand, and it is not trying to be a glass-and-skyline resort. Its value is different: it gives a visitor a Civic District base with deep Singapore identity, direct race-week relevance, serious dining, a famous bar, suites only, and the sense of staying inside one of the city stories rather than beside it. The hotel is listed at 1 Beach Road, Singapore 189673, with City Hall, Esplanade, the Padang, CHIJMES, Capitol Singapore and the Marina Bay Street Circuit orbit all close enough to shape the day on foot in normal conditions.\n\n### Why it matters\n\nRaffles matters because it is both a functioning luxury hotel and a preserved national landmark. Many heritage hotels trade on nostalgia after their original use has faded. Raffles is still a hotel, still a dining address, still a social meeting point, and still a shorthand for a particular idea of Singapore: colonial-era architecture adapted to the tropics, Armenian hotel entrepreneurship, literary travel, cocktail history and modern luxury restoration.\n\nChoose Raffles for a stay that combines Singapore’s hotel heritage with race-week dining, the Civic District and an evening at Long Bar.\n\n### What visitors should notice\n\nThe first thing to notice is the scale of the low-rise compound. In a city increasingly defined by towers, Raffles stays horizontal: arcades, palms, courtyards, verandahs, colonnades and deep shade. The preservation value is not just the white facade. It is the way the building creates a sheltered interior world on a busy city block.\n\nThe second thing is that the hotel is suites only. Raffles currently describes the property as having 115 suites, with categories including State Room, Courtyard, Palm Court, Personality, Residence, Promenade, Grand Hotel and Presidential Suites. The all-suite format is central to the hotel's price point and guest experience, and every guest is framed around Raffles Butler Service.\n\nThe third thing is the public-private split. You do not need to be staying at Raffles to drink at Long Bar, book dining, visit selected retail in Raffles Arcade or join a bookable heritage trail, subject to availability and policy. But the hotel is not an open museum. Guest areas, suites, pool and some internal spaces remain hotel-controlled.\n\n### Who will enjoy it\n\nRaffles is strongest for visitors who want heritage and luxury in the same stay. It suits couples, first-time Singapore travellers, premium Grand Prix guests, design and architecture travellers, food-and-drink visitors, and anyone who wants a calmer base than the highest-energy Marina Bay resort hotels.\n\nFor Grand Prix week, it works especially well for visitors who want to combine race sessions with the Civic District: Padang concerts, National Gallery Singapore, St Andrew's Cathedral, CHIJMES, Capitol, Esplanade and the Marina Bay waterfront. It is not a hotel to choose purely from a spreadsheet of distance to one gate. Its advantage is the total field around it.\n\n### Who may find it difficult\n\nRaffles is expensive, formal in parts and popular with non-resident visitors. If the plan is purely to sleep cheaply near the race, it is the wrong tool. If the plan is to move anonymously in and out of a tower hotel without heritage tourists nearby, it may also feel too visible.\n\nThe hotel is accessible in important ways, and the official FAQ states accessible rooms and facilities are available. But this is still a historic property with restored fabric, level changes, event-period crowd controls and race-week routes that can change. Guests who need step-free certainty, bathroom dimensions, hearing support or exact drop-off arrangements should confirm directly before booking.\n\n### Visitor verdict\n\nRaffles Singapore is the heritage-luxury anchor for the Singapore F1 guide. Marina Bay Sands gives the skyline-resort version of the race trip; Raffles gives the grand-hotel, Civic District and Singapore Sling version. It should sit high in the accommodation cluster because it is a hotel people already search for, but the strongest page angle is not \"old famous hotel\". It is: a preserved national monument that still works as a serious Grand Prix base.\n\nAbove Guide position: priority Singapore F1 accommodation bundle; category ` accommodation `; slug ` raffles-singapore `.\n\n02\n\nThe story\n\n### History & character.\n\nRaffles Singapore began as a modest hotel and became one of Singapore's most durable pieces of hospitality theatre. Its history is useful because it compresses several Singapore stories into one site: the rise of colonial travel, the commercial role of the Armenian community, the move from beachside settlement to dense city, the reinvention of heritage buildings, and the way a hotel can become a civic symbol without ceasing to trade as a hotel.\n\n### From bungalow to hotel\n\nThe official Raffles history records 1 December 1887 as the opening date, when the Sarkies brothers opened Raffles Hotel Singapore as a 10-room hotel. The wider Raffles brand history describes the founders as four Persian-Armenian brothers and says the hotel was named after Sir Stamford Raffles.\n\nThe National Heritage Board's Roots entry identifies the brothers as Martin, Tigran, Aviet and Arshak Sarkies, and places their achievement within Singapore's Armenian community. That distinction matters. Raffles was not simply a British colonial hotel dropped into Singapore; it was built and expanded by Armenian hoteliers whose regional business included properties in Yangon and Penang.\n\nThe hotel originally looked towards the sea. Modern visitors need help understanding that, because Beach Road no longer behaves like a beach road in the literal sense. Reclamation, urban growth and the construction of the modern city have changed the setting. The historic name remains, but the physical relationship between hotel, road and coast has been overwritten by the city.\n\n### The grand-hotel years\n\nRaffles' own timeline records steady expansion in the years after opening: wings added to the original bungalow, a main building that gave the hotel a more formal architectural presence, and later verandahs, public rooms and guest accommodation. The National Heritage Board notes that the current main building opened on 18 November 1899 and describes it as French Renaissance in style.\n\nBy the early twentieth century, the hotel had become part of the social landscape of colonial Singapore. It attracted travellers, writers and public figures, and built the associations that still drive much of its appeal. Raffles names Joseph Conrad, Rudyard Kipling and Somerset Maugham among early literary guests, while later hotel storytelling draws on a much wider guestbook of entertainers, political figures and society names.\n\nThe point for editorial copy is not to turn this into a list of famous people. The stronger historical reading is that Raffles was a place where colonial travel, shipping routes, publishing culture, diplomatic movement and elite leisure overlapped. Famous names matter because they show the hotel sitting inside those networks.\n\n### The Singapore Sling story\n\nThe Long Bar and Singapore Sling story is central to Raffles, but it needs careful handling. The official Long Bar page states that the Singapore Sling was first mixed there in 1915 by bartender Ngiam Tong Boon. It also explains the social context usually attached to the drink: a pink cocktail made to resemble fruit juice at a time when women drinking alcohol in public was socially discouraged.\n\nThis is a valuable story because it is more than a cocktail origin claim. It connects gendered public etiquette, hotel bar culture, colonial leisure and modern tourism. It should be included, but not exaggerated into a claim that every recipe or every modern Sling is exactly the 1915 original. Raffles' own magazine acknowledges that today's Singapore Sling is a version of the original rather than a perfect archival reconstruction.\n\n### War, decline and survival\n\nLike many major Singapore buildings, Raffles' twentieth-century history includes wartime occupation and postwar change. National Heritage Board collection material notes that during the Japanese Occupation the hotel was used by the Japanese Imperial Army Headquarters for Transport and Supplies, and also used to room and entertain senior Japanese military officers.\n\nAfter the war, the hotel reopened in 1946. Its later decline is part of the reason preservation became important. Heritage hotels often survive because they remain profitable; Raffles also survived because the city came to see the building as part of Singapore's national and architectural memory.\n\n### National Monument status\n\nRaffles Hotel was preserved as a National Monument on 4 March 1987, according to URA's conservation portal. Raffles' own history frames the same centenary year as the moment the Singapore government officially declared the hotel a National Monument.\n\nThat status is not decorative. It means the building is part of Singapore's protected heritage framework. Above Guide should treat the hotel as a heritage site that happens to contain a luxury business, not simply as a luxury business with old photographs on the wall.\n\n### Restorations and the modern hotel\n\nRaffles closed in March 1989 for a major restoration and reopened on 16 September 1991. The official timeline says the restoration returned the hotel to the look of its elegant 1910s and 1920s period and added an arcade along North Bridge Road.\n\nA later restoration led to the hotel's August 2019 reopening. Raffles describes this as a sensitive restoration that preserved the hotel's ambience while opening new bars, restaurants, courtyards, shops and social spaces. Forbes Travel Guide describes the 2019 renovation as carefully preserving a classic colonial-style hotel, and the URA portal records a 2022 Architectural Heritage Award for conservation.\n\n### Modern significance\n\nThe modern significance of Raffles is not that it stands outside Singapore's current identity. It is that it has been folded into it. The hotel is a functioning National Monument, a luxury property under the Raffles and Accor world, a place-name for cocktail history, and a Civic District landmark used by locals, visitors and international media as visual shorthand.\n\nFor the Singapore F1 guide, the hotel also helps widen the idea of a race trip. The city is not only towers, track lights and hospitality suites. A strong Singapore Grand Prix itinerary can include one of the city's oldest surviving luxury hotels, a 1915 cocktail story, protected architecture, serious restaurants and a walk into the Circuit Park.\n\n03\n\nLook closer\n\n### Highlights and hidden details.\n\n The objects, spaces and small observations that turn a visit into a memorable one.\n\n01\n\n#### 1. The National Monument hotel\n\nRaffles is not only a famous brand address. URA records the building as a National Monument preserved on 4 March 1987, and Raffles' own history places that status on the hotel's centenary. This gives the hotel a heritage weight that most Singapore luxury properties cannot claim.\n\nFor visitors, the highlight is the contrast: low-rise white arcades and tropical courtyards surrounded by a city that has mostly built upwards.\n\n02\n\n#### 2. The 115-suite format\n\nRaffles currently describes itself as a 115-suite hotel. That makes it materially different from a large race-week tower base. Suites, butler service, verandahs, courtyards and original high ceilings create a slower hospitality rhythm.\n\nThe practical advice is simple: choose the suite category carefully and confirm what the room actually overlooks.\n\n03\n\n#### 3. Long Bar and the Singapore Sling\n\nLong Bar is the most famous public-facing Raffles experience. The official account states that bartender Ngiam Tong Boon first mixed the Singapore Sling there in 1915, creating a pink, fruit-juice-looking drink at a time when women drinking alcohol in public was socially discouraged.\n\nIt is a tourist ritual, but it is not empty. The story is a real entry point into hotel social history.\n\n04\n\n#### 4. Tiffin Room and the dining layer\n\nRaffles' dining value is not just Long Bar. The current roster includes Tiffin Room, which the hotel presents as a historic 1892 setting for North Indian cuisine, alongside 1887 by Andre, yi by Jereme Leung, Butcher's Block, The Grand Lobby, Writers Bar and Raffles Courtyard.\n\nThis makes the hotel useful even for visitors staying elsewhere.\n\n05\n\n#### 5. The restored courtyards and arcades\n\nThe spaces between the rooms are part of the attraction: covered walkways, shaded edges, planting, palms, verandahs and framed views. Raffles works best when a visitor slows down and reads it as a compound, not just a facade.\n\nThe 2019 restoration is important here. Current Raffles copy says bars, restaurants, courtyards, shops and social spaces were refreshed while preserving the hotel's ambience.\n\n06\n\n#### 6. Raffles Heritage Trail\n\nThe bookable Raffles Heritage Trail adds a structured way to understand the building without inventing a self-guided museum route. The official page says it is led by resident historians, begins at Raffles Boutique, and includes a trail map.\n\nFor visitors who are not staying overnight, this may be the best history-first way in.\n\n07\n\n#### 7. Civic District race-week positioning\n\nRaffles is valuable during the Singapore Grand Prix because it sits between heritage Singapore and the race-night city. The Padang, Esplanade, City Hall, CHIJMES, Capitol and Marina Bay approaches all matter to a visitor's walking map.\n\nTreat it as a Civic District base, not a blanket guarantee of effortless gate access.\n\n08\n\n#### 8. The spa reset\n\nRaffles Spa gives the hotel a serious recovery-day layer: treatments, hydrothermal facilities, a 25 m heated pool, fitness support and Asian-inspired wellness rituals are all listed on the current spa page.\n\nFor a humid late-night race weekend, that reset function is not decorative. It changes how a stay works.\n\nBeyond the obvious\n\n#### Details worth slowing down for.\n\n01\n\n#### 1. Beach Road is a clue, not a current beach\n\nThe address says Beach Road, but the sea no longer behaves like it did when the hotel first opened. The name preserves a geographic memory that modern reclamation and city growth have pushed away. It is one of the easiest ways to explain how much Singapore has changed around the hotel.\n\n02\n\n#### 2. The Armenian hotel story\n\nThe Sarkies brothers are often flattened into a generic colonial-hotel origin. The National Heritage Board places them inside Singapore's Armenian community and names Martin, Tigran, Aviet and Arshak Sarkies. That context matters because Armenian entrepreneurs played a real role in the region's hotel trade.\n\n03\n\n#### 3. The hotel is low-rise by choice and protection\n\nRaffles' impact is partly negative space. It does not compete with surrounding towers; it resists them. The low-rise profile, verandahs and courtyards make the building a relief valve in the city, while National Monument status protects the heritage asset from ordinary redevelopment logic.\n\n04\n\n#### 4. The Singapore Sling was a social disguise\n\nThe Singapore Sling story is often reduced to \"famous cocktail invented here\". The richer detail is that its pink fruit-juice appearance made it socially acceptable in a period when women drinking alcohol publicly was discouraged. Raffles' own Long Bar account makes that social etiquette part of the origin story.\n\n05\n\n#### 5. Peanut shells at Long Bar are deliberate theatre\n\nLong Bar's peanut-shell custom looks like an anti-Singapore joke because Singapore is famously strict about public cleanliness. Raffles traces the custom to early twentieth-century plantation visitors and still presents it as part of the bar's relaxed ritual.\n\n06\n\n#### 6. The 1991 restoration looked backwards on purpose\n\nThe 1989-1991 restoration was not simply refurbishment. Raffles says the reopened hotel looked much as it did in 1915 during an earlier heyday. That is a curatorial choice: a twentieth-century hotel was selectively restored toward a particular historical image.\n\n07\n\n#### 7. The Arcade makes Raffles more public than a normal hotel\n\nRaffles Arcade is the reason many non-resident visitors can experience the property without pretending to be guests. It holds dining, retail, spa and access points such as the North Bridge Road entrance for Long Bar and Raffles Spa.\n\n08\n\n#### 8. The hotel stories are now programmed\n\nRaffles does not leave its history only to plaques. The Heritage Trail and Raffles Stories experiences package the building's history into guided and interpretive formats. That is useful, but the editorial voice should still separate hotel storytelling from independently verified heritage facts.\n\n09\n\n#### 9. The city moved around the hotel\n\nLook from the hotel towards City Hall, CHIJMES, South Beach, Bugis and Marina Bay. Raffles now sits in a field of civic, retail, convention, hotel and race-week infrastructure. Its historic importance is partly that it survived enough surrounding change to become a fixed point.\n\n10\n\n#### 10. The \"grand hotel\" is also a current restaurant cluster\n\nVisitors sometimes treat heritage hotels as places to photograph, not use. Raffles is different because the public-facing dining roster is current and active. 1887 by Andre receiving Michelin recognition in 2026, Long Bar continuing the Sling ritual, and Tiffin Room retaining a long restaurant identity all make the site part of present-day Singapore hospitality.\n\n04 / Before you go\n\n### Plan your visit\n\n#### Prices & admission\n\nLuxury heritage-hotel rates are dynamic and can rise sharply around the Singapore Grand Prix. Confirm suite category, breakfast, cancellation terms and minimum stay directly.\n\n#### Opening hours\n\nHotel open year-round. Standard check-in is 15:00 and check-out is 12:00. Long Bar currently lists Sunday-Wednesday 11:00-22:30 last seating and Thursday-Saturday 11:00-23:30 last seating; recheck before visiting.\n\n#### Plan your experience\n\nBook direct for the clearest current suite, breakfast, minimum-stay, cancellation, restaurant and accessible-room rules. For race week, verify gate routes and road closures before committing.\n\n[View booking options](<https://www.raffles.com/singapore/offers/>)\n\n#### Participation requirements\n\nAdvance suite booking is essential around the Grand Prix. Confirm minimum stay, breakfast, cancellation terms and suite category directly.\n\nRaffles Singapore needs two visitor guides in one: one for people staying at the hotel, and one for people visiting the public-facing parts of the property. The distinction matters. Raffles is not a museum with unrestricted circulation, but it is more than a private hotel lobby. The Arcade, selected restaurants and bars, spa bookings, events and the heritage trail give non-residents ways to experience the site.\n\n### Essential planning\n\nAddress: 1 Beach Road, Singapore 189673.\n\nPrimary category: accommodation.\n\nBest fit: heritage luxury hotel, Civic District race-week base, Singapore Sling pilgrimage, suite-led stay.\n\nStandard check-in is from 15:00 and check-out is by 12:00 noon, according to the hotel FAQ. Rates, minimum stays and cancellation policies vary by date and offer. Grand Prix week should be treated as high-demand inventory: reserve early, confirm minimum stay, check whether breakfast is included, and make dining bookings separately.\n\n### Staying at the hotel\n\nRaffles currently describes the property as 115 suites, with original 14 ft ceilings in parts of the colonial-style architecture and categories running from State Room and Courtyard Suites through to Grand Hotel and Presidential Suites.\n\nEvery guest should treat the specific suite category as important. A stay at Raffles does not automatically mean the same outlook, layout, courtyard relationship or quietness. For a Singapore Grand Prix stay, ask about arrival access, late-night return, breakfast timing, restaurant availability, cancellation terms and whether any event programming affects courtyards or public spaces.\n\n### Visiting without staying\n\nNon-residents can still experience Raffles through bookable dining and bar visits, subject to current rules. Current official dining listings include 1887 by Andre, yi by Jereme Leung, Butcher's Block, Tiffin Room, The Grand Lobby, Writers Bar, Long Bar and Raffles Courtyard.\n\nLong Bar is the obvious first-time stop because of the Singapore Sling. It is located at #02-01 Raffles Arcade, 328 North Bridge Road, accessible via the North Bridge Road entrance. The current official Long Bar page lists opening hours as Sunday to Wednesday 11:00-22:30 last seating, and Thursday to Saturday 11:00-23:30 last seating. It also says Long Bar is open to walk-ins only.\n\nThe Raffles Heritage Trail is a separate bookable experience led by resident historians. The current official page prices it from SGD 20 and says it begins at Raffles Boutique with a memento and trail map. Treat that price and availability as volatile.\n\n### Food and drink\n\nThe dining roster changes over time, so current restaurant names should be checked before publication updates. As of the 2026 research date, the official site lists 1887 by Andre as a heritage gastronomy restaurant through a French lens; yi by Jereme Leung for Chinese regional cooking; Butcher's Block for wood-fire cooking; Tiffin Room for North Indian cuisine in a historic 1892 setting; The Grand Lobby for afternoon tea; Writers Bar; Long Bar; and Raffles Courtyard.\n\nBook important meals well ahead of a race trip. Even if the hotel is not your accommodation, it can work as a polished pre-session lunch, post-qualifying drink or recovery-day afternoon tea. Do not assume walk-in availability during Grand Prix week.\n\n### Spa, pool and wellness\n\nRaffles Spa is located within Raffles Arcade and is open to hotel guests and local visitors by appointment. The current official spa page lists daily spa hours of 09:00-20:00, hydrothermal facilities 09:00-19:00 with last entry at 19:00, a 25 m heated pool, treatment suites, steam, sauna, ice fountain and a 24-hour fitness centre.\n\nThe pool and fitness arrangements should be checked directly before making promises to non-resident visitors. The spa page is useful for treatments and facilities, but hotel-guest privileges and third-party bookings can carry restrictions.\n\n### Race-week use\n\nRaffles sits in the Civic District/Beach Road area and is useful for a Singapore Grand Prix itinerary because of its relationship to City Hall, the Padang, Esplanade, CHIJMES, Capitol and Marina Bay. The 2026 Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix is scheduled for 9-11 October at the Marina Bay Street Circuit, with a Sprint weekend format listed by Formula 1.\n\nNormal walking times should not be treated as race-week guarantees. Singapore GP ticket zones, gates, road closures, security lines and crowd flows can alter the sensible route from the hotel to the Circuit Park. The current official Singapore GP Zone 4 Walkabout page, for example, lists preferred gates 3B, 4, 5, 6 and 7 and notes that information is subject to change.\n\n### Best time to visit\n\nFor the hotel itself, morning works best for facade photography and a calmer Arcade visit. Late afternoon is stronger for courtyards, verandahs and pre-dinner atmosphere. Long Bar is usually most practical close to opening or during off-peak afternoon periods; the official FAQ suggests 11:00-11:30 and 14:00-15:30 as lower-wait windows.\n\nFor a Grand Prix stay, do not over-fill the afternoon. Singapore humidity, late sessions, concerts and crowds make recovery time a real planning need. Raffles is a good base partly because it can absorb downtime elegantly.\n\n### Facilities and practicalities\n\nHotel contact: +65 6337 1886 and singapore@raffles.com.\n\nNearest useful MRT anchors are City Hall, Esplanade and Bras Basah depending on route, destination and event controls; verify exact station exits for the day.\n\nParking and valet services are listed by the hotel FAQ, but road access is highly sensitive during the Singapore Grand Prix.\n\nPets are not generally accommodated in the hotel, while certified service animals may be permitted with appropriate documentation. The FAQ also notes a Raffles Courtyard pet-friendly social setting from 1 June 2026; confirm current rules before relying on it.\n\n### Volatile details to recheck\n\nRecheck hotel dining roster, restaurant opening hours, Long Bar walk-in rules, spa access, Heritage Trail pricing, room inventory, accessible-room details, cancellation terms, Grand Prix gate guidance, road closures and preferred walking routes before each race-week publication cycle.\n\n05\n\nVisit your way\n\n### Access and family planning.\n\nAccessibility guide\n\nRaffles Singapore has confirmed accessible provision, but accessibility-critical visitors should still treat details as booking-specific. The hotel is a restored National Monument and a functioning luxury property, which means the answer is not a simple yes or no. It depends on room category, route, restaurant, arrival mode, race-week controls and the specific access need.\n\n### Confirmed from official sources\n\nThe official FAQ states that Raffles Singapore offers accessible accommodations and accessible facilities designed for guests with disabilities. It also shows an \"Accessible Room Required\" option within the booking flow.\n\nThe same FAQ confirms concierge service, parking, valet parking, private transfers/taxis by arrangement, an outdoor swimming pool, Raffles Spa, and a 24-hour fitness centre.\n\n### What to confirm before booking\n\nAsk the hotel directly for the number and category of accessible rooms, doorway widths, bathroom layout, roll-in shower availability, grab rails, bed height, lift routes, distance from drop-off to suite, emergency evacuation support, hearing provision and whether the chosen restaurant route is step-free.\n\nFor Grand Prix week, ask separately about arrival and departure. Road closures and security controls can alter car drop-off, taxi pickup and walking routes around the Civic District.\n\n### Wheelchair and step-free movement\n\nThe public pages establish accessible accommodation and facilities, but they do not provide enough granular data to guarantee every guest route. Avoid broad public copy such as \"fully accessible throughout\" unless the hotel supplies a current access statement.\n\nRaffles Arcade access points matter. Long Bar and Raffles Spa list North Bridge Road/Raffles Arcade locations, which may be practical for some visitors, but exact lift and step-free routes should still be checked.\n\n### Sensory environment\n\nRaffles is calmer than many large integrated resorts, but it is not always quiet. Long Bar can be crowded and noisy; Grand Prix week adds guests, corporate events, tourists, traffic controls and late-night movement. Visitors with sensory sensitivity should favour daytime Heritage Trail slots, quieter dining times and suite categories away from public edges where possible.\n\n### Rest points\n\nFor staying guests, the suite is the key accessibility asset: a private retreat near the Civic District. For non-resident visitors, rest points depend on confirmed bookings. Do not assume seating in the lobby or internal hotel spaces is available to casual visitors.\n\n### Toilets\n\nPublic toilet access should be confirmed for the specific venue being used. Restaurants and bars should have guest facilities, but accessibility details need direct confirmation because the source pages do not publish full toilet specifications.\n\n### Hearing and visual impairments\n\nNo detailed hearing-loop, captioning, tactile route or low-vision support information was verified in the public hotel pages during this research cycle. Treat those as direct-confirmation items.\n\n### Accessibility verdict\n\nAsk the hotel to match an accessible suite to your needs, then discuss the routes to your chosen restaurants and public areas before booking.\n\nFamily guide\n\nRaffles Singapore can work well for families, but it is a premium heritage hotel rather than a resort built around children. Its family value comes from space, service, location, shade, dining options and a calmer Civic District base. Its friction points are formality, price, heritage circulation, restaurant age rules and the need to protect rest during a late-night Grand Prix weekend.\n\n### Best ages\n\nOlder children and teenagers will get the most from Raffles if the trip includes Singapore history, architecture, Formula 1, the Singapore Sling story as cultural history, afternoon tea, museums and city walks. Younger children may enjoy the courtyards, pool and spacious suites, but the public story of the hotel is less obviously child-focused.\n\nFor Grand Prix week, the best family use is not to push everyone from morning sightseeing into night sessions without a break. Raffles gives families a base where the day can pause.\n\n### Staying with children\n\nThe all-suite format helps because families often need space more than they need another attraction. The official FAQ states that Raffles has accessible facilities and rooms, concierge, parking, valet and guest services; it also says cancellation terms vary by rate and booking conditions.\n\nBefore booking, confirm maximum occupancy, extra bed rules, cot availability, connecting-suite options, breakfast inclusion, pool access, transfer arrangements and any Grand Prix minimum stay.\n\n### Dining with children\n\nDo not assume every restaurant is equally suitable. 1887 by Andre currently states a diner policy welcoming guests aged 12 and above, so families with younger children should route towards other venues unless the restaurant confirms otherwise.\n\nLong Bar is famous, but it is still a bar. The non-alcoholic Singapore Sling Zero gives older children and non-drinkers a way into the story, but families should check admission, seating and timing directly.\n\nThe Grand Lobby, Raffles Courtyard and Tiffin Room may be more practical family choices depending on time of day and appetite, but reservations are still important in race week.\n\n### Nearby family additions\n\nRaffles pairs well with National Gallery Singapore, the Civic District, CHIJMES, Esplanade, Fort Canning, Marina Bay waterfront and Gardens by the Bay by taxi or MRT. The hotel is not a substitute for those child-friendly experiences; it is a refined base from which to reach them.\n\nFor a family Grand Prix plan, combine one major daytime stop with a long hotel rest and one evening session or concert. Singapore's heat and humidity make ambitious family schedules deteriorate quickly.\n\n### Pushchairs and movement\n\nThe hotel and Arcade should be more manageable than many older buildings, but exact pushchair routes through a historic property should be confirmed, especially if arriving for a restaurant rather than staying. During the Grand Prix, crowd barriers and road closures can make the route from a station or gate less straightforward than the normal map suggests.\n\nUse City Hall, Esplanade or Bras Basah based on current event guidance, not just the closest dot on a map.\n\n### Family verdict\n\nRaffles is a strong family choice for a premium Singapore stay if the adults want heritage, service and food as much as the children want convenience. It is not the highest-energy family resort. It is a polished, calmer race-week base that rewards planning and rest.\n\n06\n\nSelf-guided walk\n\n### Explore beyond the venue.\n\n A practical, step-by-step route connecting this experience with more of Singapore Grand Prix.\n\n01\n\n#### Stop 1 - Beach Road facade\n\nStart at the 1 Beach Road side and take in the hotel as a low-rise landmark. The point is not only the facade; it is how unusual the hotel now looks against the scale of contemporary Singapore.\n\nAllow 5-10 minutes for photographs without blocking entrances.\n\n02\n\n#### Stop 2 - Raffles Arcade edge\n\nWalk around towards North Bridge Road and the Raffles Arcade access points. This is the practical side of the hotel for non-resident visitors, with routes to Long Bar, dining, retail and the spa.\n\nAllow 5 minutes.\n\n03\n\n#### Stop 3 - Long Bar context\n\nIf you are visiting Long Bar, use the North Bridge Road entrance and remember that the current official page says it is walk-in only. If you are not drinking, still use this stop to understand the Singapore Sling story before moving on.\n\nAllow 30-60 minutes if entering; 5 minutes if just orienting.\n\n04\n\n#### Stop 4 - CHIJMES\n\nCross carefully towards CHIJMES. The restored complex gives you another version of Singapore heritage: religious, educational, commercial and social reuse in one block.\n\nAllow 20-40 minutes depending on whether you stop for coffee or lunch.\n\n05\n\n#### Stop 5 - Capitol and City Hall\n\nMove towards Capitol Singapore and City Hall. This is the practical transport hinge for the area, and a useful place to reset in air conditioning.\n\nAllow 10-20 minutes.\n\n06\n\n#### Stop 6 - St Andrew's Cathedral and the Padang\n\nContinue towards St Andrew's Cathedral and the Padang. On a normal day, this opens the Civic District visually. During Grand Prix week, this area can become part of the event environment, so do not assume casual crossing access.\n\nAllow 15-25 minutes.\n\n07\n\n#### Stop 7 - National Gallery Singapore\n\nIf time allows, enter National Gallery Singapore. It is the strongest museum pairing with Raffles and gives the walk a proper cultural centre rather than a surface-level photo loop.\n\nAllow 60-120 minutes if visiting properly.\n\n08\n\n#### Stop 8 - Esplanade approach\n\nWalk towards Esplanade and the bay. This step shifts the route from heritage Singapore towards the modern race-city landscape.\n\nAllow 15-20 minutes.\n\n09\n\n#### Stop 9 - Marina Bay edge\n\nFinish at the Marina Bay waterfront, with views towards Marina Bay Sands and the Singapore skyline. This is where the Raffles story connects to the F1 story: old hotel, civic centre, bayfront circuit, night-race city.\n\nAllow 20-30 minutes at sunset or after dark.\n\n10\n\n#### Stop 10 - Return or continue\n\nReturn to Raffles for dinner, Long Bar, Writers Bar or a booked restaurant, or continue towards Marina Bay Sands and Gardens by the Bay. In race week, choose based on your ticket gate rather than the most scenic route.\n\n07\n\nMake a record\n\n### Photograph it thoughtfully.\n\nRaffles Singapore photographs best when the images show its low-rise heritage character against the modern city, rather than treating it as a generic luxury hotel. The strongest Above Guide image set should make three facts visible: white tropical-colonial architecture, courtyards and arcades, and the Civic District context.\n\n### Best exterior angles\n\nThe classic shot is the Beach Road facade: white elevation, deep verandah lines, palm planting and the hotel name. It is useful as a hero because readers need immediate recognition.\n\nThe second useful exterior is the North Bridge Road/Raffles Arcade side, which explains how non-resident visitors access Long Bar, restaurants, retail and spa. It is less romantic than the facade but more practical for the guide.\n\nThe third is a contextual wide shot from the Civic District side that shows the hotel against taller modern neighbours. That composition does the historical work visually.\n\n### Best interior and courtyard angles\n\nCourtyards, colonnades, tiled floors, verandahs, palms and shaded walkways are the visual heart of Raffles. Avoid tight luxury-detail shots that could be any hotel. The photo should show how the building breathes.\n\nThe Grand Lobby can be strong for scale and afternoon tea, but permission and guest privacy are important. Interior photography should avoid identifiable guests unless consent is clear.\n\n### Long Bar\n\nAt Long Bar, look for the two-storey room, ceiling fans, bar counter and peanut shells on the floor. Ask before photographing staff or other guests.\n\n### Race-week imagery\n\nFor Singapore F1, the ideal image is not a race car passing the hotel unless a rights-clear photograph exists. Better options are the hotel facade near night-race lighting, Padang/Civic District context, guests walking towards the Circuit Park, or the contrast between heritage hotel and Grand Prix city.\n\nDo not manufacture a false trackside view from Raffles.\n\n### Light and timing\n\nMorning light is usually best for clean architectural detail and fewer crowds. Late afternoon gives warmer shade in the courtyards and a better hospitality mood. Blue hour can work for exterior lighting but needs a tripod or high-quality camera because the white facade can blow out against the dark city.\n\n### Permissions and etiquette\n\nRaffles is a working hotel. Do not block entrances, photograph private guests, use tripods in interior spaces without permission, or imply unrestricted access to hotel-only areas. Commercial photography and brand-led shoots should be cleared directly with the hotel.\n\nDrone photography in Singapore is heavily regulated and is not a default option around the Civic District and race-week airspace. Do not brief drone shots unless the operator has confirmed legal permission.\n\n08\n\nAround here\n\n### Make more of the area.\n\n01\n\n#### 4. National Gallery Singapore\n\nNational Gallery Singapore is one of the strongest cultural pairings with Raffles: serious art, major civic architecture and air-conditioned depth. It works well before an evening race session or as a recovery-day anchor.\n\n02\n\n#### 8. Gardens by the Bay\n\nGardens by the Bay is not next door, but it is an obvious half-day pairing for guests staying at Raffles. Use MRT, taxi or a planned Marina Bay walk depending on weather and race-week access.\n\nExplore around Raffles Singapore\n\n The map will load when you reach it.\n\nNearby, on this guide\n\n- [National Gallery Singapore](<https://above.guide/singapore-f1/things-to-do/national-gallery-singapore>)\n- [Gardens by the Bay](<https://above.guide/singapore-f1/things-to-do/gardens-by-the-bay>)\n\n09\n\nGood to know\n\n### Questions, answered.\n\n01 Is Raffles Singapore a good hotel for the Singapore Grand Prix?\n\nYes, if you want a heritage-luxury base in the Civic District with strong access to the Marina Bay race orbit. It is best for visitors who value place, service and dining as much as raw distance to a gate.\n\n02 Is Raffles Singapore inside the Marina Bay Street Circuit?\n\nDo not describe it as inside the circuit without a precise event-source context. It is a Civic District/Beach Road hotel close to key race-week areas, but access depends on ticket zone, gate and road controls.\n\n03 What is the address of Raffles Singapore?\n\n1 Beach Road, Singapore 189673.\n\n04 When did Raffles Singapore open?\n\nRaffles Hotel Singapore opened on 1 December 1887 as a 10-room hotel.\n\n05 Who founded Raffles Singapore?\n\nThe Sarkies brothers founded the hotel. National Heritage Board material names Martin, Tigran, Aviet and Arshak Sarkies.\n\n06 Is Raffles Singapore a National Monument?\n\nYes. URA records Raffles Hotel as a National Monument preserved on 4 March 1987, and Raffles' own timeline states that it was declared a National Monument on its centenary.\n\n07 How many suites does Raffles Singapore have?\n\nThe current official hotel page says Raffles Singapore has 115 suites.\n\n08 Is Raffles Singapore all-suite?\n\nYes. Current official copy presents the hotel as a 115-suite property.\n\n09 What time is check-in?\n\nStandard check-in is from 15:00.\n\n10 What time is check-out?\n\nStandard check-out is by 12:00 noon.\n\n11 Is breakfast included?\n\nIt depends on the selected rate or offer. Confirm directly when booking, especially for Grand Prix week.\n\n12 Can non-guests visit Raffles Singapore?\n\nYes, through public-facing venues such as Long Bar, restaurants, selected Arcade retail, spa bookings and the Heritage Trail, subject to current rules and availability.\n\n13 Can I go to Long Bar without staying at Raffles?\n\nYes, Long Bar is a public-facing venue. The current official page says it is walk-in only.\n\n14 Was the Singapore Sling invented at Raffles?\n\nRaffles states that bartender Ngiam Tong Boon first mixed the Singapore Sling at Long Bar in 1915.\n\n15 Is there a non-alcoholic Singapore Sling?\n\nThe current Long Bar page describes Singapore Sling Zero, an alcohol-free version.\n\n16 What are Long Bar's opening hours?\n\nCurrent official hours are Sunday to Wednesday 11:00-22:30 last seating, and Thursday to Saturday 11:00-23:30 last seating. Recheck before visiting.\n\n17 What restaurants are at Raffles Singapore?\n\nCurrent official listings include 1887 by Andre, yi by Jereme Leung, Butcher's Block, Tiffin Room, The Grand Lobby, Writers Bar, Long Bar and Raffles Courtyard.\n\n18 Is 1887 by Andre at Raffles Singapore?\n\nYes. The official dining page lists 1887 by Andre at Raffles Singapore, and its own page records Michelin Guide 2026 recognition.\n\n19 Is Raffles Singapore family-friendly?\n\nIt can be, particularly for families who value suite space, service and location. It is not a children-first resort, and some restaurants or bars may have age or dress expectations.\n\n20 Does Raffles Singapore have a pool?\n\nYes. The official FAQ confirms an outdoor swimming pool, and the spa page lists a 25 m heated pool.\n\n21 Does Raffles Singapore have a spa?\n\nYes. Raffles Spa is located in Raffles Arcade and currently lists treatments, hydrothermal facilities, a pool and fitness support.\n\n22 Is Raffles Singapore accessible?\n\nThe official FAQ states that accessible accommodations and facilities are available. Accessibility-critical visitors should confirm the exact room, bathroom, route and arrival arrangements before booking.\n\n23 Is Raffles Singapore pet-friendly?\n\nThe hotel FAQ says pets are not accommodated within the hotel, while certified service animals may be permitted with appropriate documentation. It separately references a pet-friendly Raffles Courtyard social setting from 1 June 2026, which should be reconfirmed.\n\n24 Which MRT station is best for Raffles Singapore?\n\nCity Hall, Esplanade and Bras Basah can all be relevant depending on destination and route. During Grand Prix week, use official event guidance rather than normal map distance.\n\n25 How far is Raffles Singapore from Changi Airport?\n\nThe hotel FAQ says Changi Airport is about 20 km away and approximately 25-30 minutes by car; its about page says about 20 minutes in general travel copy. Treat journey time as traffic-dependent.\n\n26 Is Raffles Singapore better than Marina Bay Sands for F1?\n\nIt depends on the trip. Marina Bay Sands is the skyline-resort choice; Raffles is the heritage-luxury Civic District choice. Raffles is better if you want history, Long Bar and a calmer grand-hotel setting.\n\n27 Is Raffles Singapore a boutique hotel?\n\nNot exactly. It is a 115-suite grand heritage hotel. It has boutique-level character compared with large towers, but the more accurate label is heritage luxury hotel.\n\n28 Can I take photographs inside Raffles Singapore?\n\nPhotography should be respectful and venue-specific. Exterior shots are straightforward; interiors, guests, restaurants and commercial shoots require care and may need permission.\n\n29 Should I book restaurants before Grand Prix week?\n\nYes. Book important meals as early as possible and confirm cancellation terms.\n\n30 What should I verify before booking Raffles for F1?\n\nMinimum stay, suite category, breakfast, cancellation terms, arrival route, late-night return, restaurant bookings, accessible-room details and your likely route to the Circuit Park.\n\n10\n\nBefore you visit\n\n### Useful links.\n\nVenue and visitor information\n\n### Primary sources\n\nRaffles Singapore - Official hotel page https://www.raffles.com/singapore/ Used for official hotel name, 1 Beach Road address, telephone/email, 115-suite count, all-suite positioning, dining roster, spa summary, Singapore Sling/Long Bar summary, butler service and current public-facing hotel description.\n\nRaffles Singapore - About / history page https://www.raffles.com/singapore/about/.html Used for opening date, 10-room origin, Sarkies brothers, literary guests, National Monument centenary reference, 1989 closure, 1991 reopening, Long Bar relocation note, 2019 reopening and restoration framing.\n\nRaffles Hotels & Resorts - Raffles story https://www.raffles.com/about/ Used for broader Raffles brand origin, 1887 opening, Sarkies brothers, naming after Sir Stamford Raffles, 1991 restoration and Raffles brand context.\n\nNational Heritage Board collection listing - Raffles Hotel https://www.roots.gov.sg/Collection-Landing/listing/1132395?taigerlist=collections Used for 1899 main building opening date, French Renaissance style, Japanese Occupation use, 1946 reopening, later decline and 1989-1991 renovation context.\n\nNational Heritage Board / Roots - Raffles Hotel National Monument https://www.roots.gov.sg/places/places-landing/Places/national-monuments/raffles-hotel Used for oldest surviving luxury-hotel framing, Armenian community context, Sarkies brothers names and National Monument heritage significance. Note: browser access may trigger anti-bot interstitial, but indexed official excerpt was used alongside URA.\n\nRaffles Singapore - Suites https://www.raffles.com/singapore/suites/ Used for suite categories, original 14 ft ceilings in official copy, colonial-style architecture and Raffles Butler Service.\n\nRaffles Singapore - Dining https://www.raffles.com/singapore/dining/ Used for current official dining roster: 1887 by Andre, yi by Jereme Leung, Butcher's Block, Tiffin Room, Raffles Courtyard, The Grand Lobby, Long Bar and Writers Bar.\n\nRaffles Singapore - Raffles Heritage Trail https://www.raffles.com/singapore/whats-on/raffles-heritage-trail/ Used for resident-historian tour, Raffles Boutique start point, trail map/memento description and current from-SGD-20 price.\n\nRaffles Singapore - FAQs https://www.raffles.com/singapore/FAQs/ Used for check-in/check-out, amenities, pool, spa, gym, business services, Changi transfer estimate, parking, pet/service-animal note, cancellation variability, concierge and accessible accommodations/facilities.\n\nRaffles Singapore - Long Bar https://www.raffles.com/singapore/dining/long-bar/ Used for Long Bar address, hours, walk-in-only note, Singapore Sling origin, Ngiam Tong Boon, peanut-shell custom, dress guidance and Singapore Sling Zero.\n\nRaffles 1887 magazine - How the Singapore Sling conquered the world https://www.raffles.com/magazine/singapore/How-the-Singapore-Sling-conquered-the-world-/ Used for deeper Singapore Sling origin context and the caution that modern Singapore Slings diverge from the original.\n\nRaffles Singapore - Raffles Spa https://www.raffles.com/singapore/spa/ Used for spa location, daily hours, hydrothermal hours, 25 m heated pool, treatment suites, sauna/steam/ice fountain and 24-hour fitness centre.\n\nURA conservation portal - Raffles Hotel https://www.ura.gov.sg/conservation/find-a-building/conservation-portal/020-rfht/ Used for National Monument status, current address, preservation date of 4 March 1987 and 2022 Architectural Heritage Award.\n\n### Supporting sources\n\nForbes Travel Guide - Raffles Hotel Singapore https://www.forbestravelguide.com/hotels/singapore-singapore/raffles-hotel-singapore Used for independent luxury-hotel rating context, Five-Star status, 2019 renovation context, dining/spa summary and address/airport range.\n\nRaffles Singapore - The Raffles Stories https://www.raffles.com/singapore/experiences/the-raffles-stories/ Used for current programmed storytelling topics, including Cad's Alley, Singapore Sling, films and hotel anecdotes.\n\nFormula 1 - Singapore Grand Prix 2026 https://www.formula1.com/en/racing/2026/singapore Used for 2026 Singapore Grand Prix dates, Sprint-weekend schedule context, Marina Bay Street Circuit, 4.927 km circuit length, first Grand Prix in 2008 and night-race framing.\n\nSingapore GP - Zone 4 Walkabout https://singaporegp.sg/en/tickets/general-tickets/grandstands/zone-4-walkabout/ Used for official Zone 4 access/gate context, preferred gates, Padang Stage reference and warning that information is subject to change.\n\nRaffles Singapore - 1887 by Andre https://www.raffles.com/singapore/dining/1887-by-andre/ Used for current restaurant concept, MICHELIN Guide Opening of the Year Award 2026, Two MICHELIN Stars 2026 and age/dress/cancellation policy notes.\n\n### Conflict ledger\n\n#### Airport transfer time\n\nThe Raffles about page uses a broad \"20 minutes\" Changi Airport statement, while the FAQ says Changi Airport is about 20 km and approximately 25-30 minutes by car. Above Guide uses the FAQ wording with a traffic and race-week caveat because it is more explicit.\n\n#### National Monument dating\n\nURA gives the formal preservation date as 4 March 1987. Raffles' own timeline says the hotel was declared a National Monument on its 100th anniversary. These are compatible for visitor copy; use URA for the exact date.\n\n#### Singapore Sling originality\n\nRaffles public pages state the Singapore Sling was first mixed at Long Bar in 1915 by Ngiam Tong Boon. Raffles magazine adds that the modern drink is a version rather than an exact unchanged original. Above Guide should include both: origin story yes, unchanged-recipe claim no.\n\n#### Coordinates\n\nThe Singapore generated inventory provides 1.2965, 103.859 with present-unreviewed status. Official accessible pages provide address but not authoritative coordinates in text. Keep the coordinate status flagged until checked against a mapping source during a future data pass.\n\n### Image credits\n\nNo image ladder has been added in this pass. Future image work should use rights-clear photographs or grounded generated variants only, with source file URLs and licence data recorded here before publication.\n\nReviewed on **2026-08-29**\n\nOpening hours, prices, programmes and access arrangements can change. Confirm critical details with the venue.\n\nContinue exploring\n\n### Build this into\nyour Singapore Grand Prix.\n\n[Visit the official site](<https://www.raffles.com/singapore/>)[All things to do](<https://above.guide/singapore-f1/things-to-do>)\n\nContinue exploring / Singapore\n\n### More things to do\n*in Singapore*\n\nExplore Singapore activities, sights and places to eat. 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Lounge](<https://above.guide/singapore-f1/_guide/images/f1/singapore/activities/ce-la-vi-singapore-v1-480.webp>)\n\n  17  Nightlife & Bars **CÉ LA VI Singapore Club Lounge** Explore experience](<https://above.guide/singapore-f1/things-to-do/ce-la-vi-singapore>)  [![MARQUEE Singapore](<https://above.guide/singapore-f1/_guide/images/f1/singapore/activities/marquee-singapore-v1-480.webp>)\n\n  18  Nightlife & Bars **MARQUEE Singapore** Explore experience](<https://above.guide/singapore-f1/things-to-do/marquee-singapore>)\n\n07  Landmarks & Gardens\n\n [![ArtScience Museum](<https://above.guide/singapore-f1/_guide/images/f1/singapore/activities/artscience-museum-v1-480.webp>)\n\n  19  Landmarks & Gardens **ArtScience Museum** Explore experience](<https://above.guide/singapore-f1/things-to-do/artscience-museum>)  [![Gardens by the Bay](<https://above.guide/singapore-f1/_guide/images/f1/singapore/activities/gardens-exterior-daylight-v1-480.webp>)\n\n  20  Landmarks & Gardens **Gardens by the Bay** Explore experience](<https://above.guide/singapore-f1/things-to-do/gardens-by-the-bay>)  [![National Gallery Singapore](<https://above.guide/singapore-f1/_guide/images/f1/singapore/activities/national-gallery-singapore-v1-480.webp>)\n\n  21  Landmarks & Gardens **National Gallery Singapore** Explore experience](<https://above.guide/singapore-f1/things-to-do/national-gallery-singapore>)  [![Singapore Botanic Gardens](<https://above.guide/singapore-f1/_guide/images/f1/singapore/activities/singapore-botanic-gardens-v1-480.webp>)\n\n  22  Landmarks & Gardens **Singapore Botanic Gardens** Explore experience](<https://above.guide/singapore-f1/things-to-do/singapore-botanic-gardens>)  [![Singapore Flyer](<https://above.guide/singapore-f1/_guide/images/experiences/singapore-flyer-480.webp>)\n\n  23  Landmarks & Gardens **Singapore Flyer** Explore experience](<https://above.guide/singapore-f1/things-to-do/singapore-flyer>)\n\n08  Adventure, Active & Sport\n\n [![HyperDrive](<https://above.guide/singapore-f1/_guide/images/f1/singapore/activities/hyperdrive-v1-480.webp>)\n\n  24  Adventure, Active & Sport **HyperDrive** Explore experience](<https://above.guide/singapore-f1/things-to-do/hyperdrive>)\n\n09  Go deeper"
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