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Inara Homes Hotel
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Description: Welcome to Inara homes At Inara Homes an opportunity has been created to experience the wealthy elite in the late 19th to the mid 20th centuries, who made their fortunes in the Far East and built seaside resorts, villas and manors along the beachfront of Katong with affordable pricing yet recreating the home environment. It is centrally located at the central part of Singapore, easy access to the Chinatown, City Hall, Orchard Rd, local pubs and many other central places and place of interest.Tanjong Katong, now an estate, translated means 'turtle point'. Katong was a species of sea-turtle which is now extinct. It also means 'the rippling effect of a sea mirage' when looking at a shore-line. Boathouses, beach-side retreats, mighty mansions and more, have all been a part of Tanjong Katong. Katong was the location of many villas and mansions of the wealthy elite in the late 19th to the mid 20th centuries, who made their fortunes in the Far East and built seaside resorts, villas and manors along the beachfront of Katong, beginning from Katong Park to the end of the East Coast. History In 1822, Raffles set aside the stretch between Sandy Point to Deep Water Point (Tanjong Katong) as a Marine Yard. Chinese settlers were provided compensation to give impetus to the new industry resulting in boatyards proliferating here by the 1860s. Wealthy Straits Chinese, Europeans and Jews built mansions, hotels and recreation clubs along the beach for weekend retreats. Stretching from Tanjong Katong Road to the former Grove Road (now Mountbatten Road) was a vast coconut estate, the Grove Estate, owned by Thomas Dunman, Singapore's first Superintendent of Police. The residential areas as what we know today were well established by 1941. Today, the shop houses retain the atmosphere of the 1970s including an old bookshop, a tailor and several coffee shops. The river now seems to live up to the delightful Malay folk tune which is now a National Song, 'Di-Tanjong Katong (ayer-nya biru)' which sings of the tranquil atmosphere of Tanjong Katong with blue sea waters washing ashore. Facilities: • Minibar |
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