Orchard Road Hotels

Perhaps the best known boulevard in Asia, Orchard Road doesn't have thecolourful history of say Chinatown or Little India. It was, as the name implies an orchard - or rather several orchards owned by wealthy families with names like Cairnhill, Cuppage, Scotts and so on. The orchards produced mostly nutmeg and pepper - not fruit. And since the area is one of the lower points in Singapore, in the early days it was prone to flooding. As such the area wasn't populated and didn't develop as quickly as other areas commercially.