Traveling on a budget in singapore consider the value hotel thomson a popular choice for cost conscious guests hop aboard the bus it stops right outside the hotel and take a 10 minute ride to singapores famous orchard road shopping district the bus also stops at a nearby mrt rail station or you can walk there in about 10 minutes velocity a mall dedicated to sports is 06 miles 1 kilometer from the hotel the dazzling new esplanade theaters on the bay performing arts complex is 4