Where to Stay for the 2024 Singapore Grand Prix

From affordable hostels to luxury hotels overlooking the track, here’s the best places to stay for the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix 2024.

  • The 2024 Singapore Grand Prix takes place from September 20-22
  • Reserve accommodation for the race with free cancellation via Booking.com
  • The Editor has attended the Singapore Grand Prix four times, most recently in 2022.

The ‘F1 night race’ is a major sporting event with in excess of 40,000 international visitors converging on the city for the weekend, so good rooms are at a premium and prices are high. Luckily, there are ways to avoid the high prices if you are willing to compromise on creature comforts and/or location. Booking well in advance also helps a lot. Book as far in advance as you can for the best choice and most competitive prices.

Trackside Hotels at Marina Bay

Many of Singapore’s best hotels are located around the Marina Bay street circuit, literally a stone’s throw from the action. If you are staying in the right room at one of these luxury hotels (which won’t come cheap on Grand Prix weekend), you don’t even necessarily have to buy race tickets as many rooms have views of the track. Check with the hotel before reserving to be sure you will have a room (or even better, a balcony) with a view

  • Swissotel The Stamford: The Swissotel is perfectly located next to Turn 9, with easy access to two MRT stations (City Hall and Esplanade.)
  • Pan Pacific Singapore: Located on the inside of the circuit next to Turn 6, Pan Pacific Singapore is an excellent 5-star option. The huge rooms offer great views of the circuit and skyline.
  • Marina Bay Sands: Singapore’s iconic architectural landmark Marina Bay Sands is comprised of three towers connected by an incredible rooftop infinity pool. Some rooms have circuit views.
  • Raflles Singapore: An iconic landmark, the Raffles Hotel is a grand reminder of Singapore’s colonial past. It’s also an incredible 5-star hotel and just a stone’s throw from the Padang area of the circuit.
  • Ritz Carlton Millenia: The ultimate Grand Prix hotel experience. Located a few minutes walk from the pits, Ritz Carlton Millenia is a favored hotel amongst the F1 teams.
  • Mandarin Oriental: Get close to the action at the Mandarin Oriental, of the best five-star Grand Prix hotels in Singapore. The hotel is also popular amongst F1 teams.

Where to Stay in Singapore

If you can’t afford – or don’t want to pay for – the trackside accommodation we’ve already mentioned, there are lots of excellent luxury hotels for less elsewhere in Singapore. Decent mid-range hotels also abound in the city state, though you will have to be ready for the possibility of windowless rooms in centrally located hotels (especially those in narrow “shophouse” buildings around Boat Quay and Chinatown.) Alternatively, you can look a little further from the city center for better value, but be sure to check your hotel is close to an MRT or bus station so you’ll be able to easily get to the circuit.

Where to Stay in Chinatown

Chinatown is close enough to the circuit to make it thoroughly practical for the traveler, while also bringing you a whole other kind of experience, given that some of the oldest parts of the city are here. Its street food is world-renowned thanks to visits from the likes of the late great Anthony Bourdain, has Unesco World Heritage status. We recommend you spend time soaking up the atmosphere and trying some delicious delicacies in Chinatown.

The Furama City Centre provides close proximity to public transport, being five minutes from two MRT stations, while you get generous space in your room, along with excellent en-suite bathrooms and views of Marina Bay, meaning you can see where the action is happening before you head out to the track. It will take you around 20 minutes to get to Marina Bay Sands from this hotel by MRT.

A relative bargain comes in the compact form of the CUBE Boutique Capsule Hotel at Chinatown, which is one of Singapore’s many capsule hotels, offering all mod-cons in a relatively small room. In CUBE, you get air conditioning and a flat-screen TV as standard in your room, but there is also a communal space where you can even play video games with your fellow guests! If you value cost over space, this is a great option. The hotel is 20 minutes on the Downtown Line from Marina Bay Sands.

Like the CUBE, Singapore has a wide selection of good-quality hostels, many of which are located in Chinatown, within walking distance to the circuit and plenty of nightlife options. A little further away, Little India also has a good selection of cheaper hostels. Capsule hotels are a very Asian phenomenon, somewhere between a hostel and a hotel, offering guests a small private space.

View all hotels in Chinatown for the 2024 Singapore Grand Prix (September 20-22).

Where to Stay in Clarke Quay

Next to Chinatown is Clarke Quay, a waterside development with entertainment and shopping malls situated conveniently next to hotels and apartments, and within walking distance of Marina Bay Street Circuit. Park Regis Singapore is a modern, glassy hotel just a very short walk from Clarke Quay MRT station, with the Singapore River Cruise tourist attraction also right next to the hotel. All rooms feature panoramic windows with fabulous views of the city below, and there is a concierge service available to guests. There is also an outdoor swimming pool if you need to relax while you’re there. 

If you want to save money on the hotel but still enjoy good-quality facilities, give the reliable Ibis Budget Singapore Clarke Quay a try. Even though Ibis is known for its clean, responsible, no-frills approach to hotels, this branch of the franchise takes into account local requirements, with an outdoor swimming pool on the roof, and a fitness center. It might be that this lower-priced option provides you with all you need to enjoy your time at the Singapore Grand Prix.

Check hotel prices in Clarke Quay for the 2024 Singapore Grand Prix (September 20-22)

Where to Stay on Sentosa Island

It might be that you want to take a complete break from racing talk when you leave the circuit, and if so, you might want to consider the hotels lining Sentosa Island, which is a bit more of a trip, but has plenty to recommend it for the race-week traveler. 

Sentosa, before it was given that name in independent Singapore, was a British military fortress, and yet now you can find luxurious resorts for a wonderful beach break alongside your F1 experience. One of the higher-priced resorts, the Sofitel Singapore Sentosa Resort & Spa is rated highly for its sustainability, and yet the thing you’ll notice when you arrive is the breathtaking bay view from the southern end of Singapore, which you can enjoy from an outdoor swimming pool. The resort is the furthest hotel from the track of the ones we profile, but it’s only a few minutes’ walk from the Sentosa Express monorail, which connects to the main island’s MRT network. 

Adjacent to Adventure Cove Waterpark on Sentosa is Resorts World Sentosa – Equarius Hotel, which is one of the higher-priced hotels, but which puts you right in the middle of all the entertainment Sentosa offers tourists, and is also within easy access of Marina Bay, given that it’s a very short walk to Beach Station and the Sentosa Express.  The Feng Shui Inn restaurant cooks up mouth-watering Chinese fusion food. Overall, if you can afford it, it’s everything you could possibly want from a trip to Singapore, while still being close enough to the Grand Prix to make it practical.

Sitting right next to the Sentosa Express Beach Station is the mid-priced Siloso Beach Resort, which boasts landscaped spring-water pools featuring slides, so that if you’re bringing the family you can guarantee they won’t be bored. This is even more the case as the hotel is within shouting distance of Universal Studios Singapore, so maybe you might choose to double up your racing with some theme-park fun!

Browse hotels on Sentosa Island for the 2024 Singapore Grand Prix (September 20-22).

Where is your favorite place to stay for the Singapore GP? Leave a comment!

 

18 thoughts on “Where to Stay for the 2024 Singapore Grand Prix”

  1. An amazing and detailed explanation, Andrew! Thank you so much for this! I was searching for such a similar list from few days. I am glad that I came across this and got such a good list.

  2. Thank god i found your website! goodjoob :) any ideas where usually the hotel of all the F1 team also the drivers stay?

  3. Thanks for the input.
    What’s the best/nearest hotel to stay at if I’ll be watching the GP at the main grandstand?

    1. Hi Jenny, depends which part of the track! It’s 15 minutes walk to Padang, where the big concerts are held, and about 30 minutes to Zone 1/Main Straight. Or you could take the metro 1-2 stops. It’s all very convenient!

  4. Hi Andrew
    Im looking for a hotel on or inside the track please in Singapore. Can you please suggest any as im getting conflicting results on internet. Some say not far and another sire will say on the track.
    Not real expensive but I realise they wont be cheap either. Thankyou..
    Cheers
    Annette

    1. I’ve already listed the hotels in the article that are closest to the track. But to be clear, the following are REALLY CLOSE to the pits and paddock, so these are where most of the teams stay: Ritz-Carlton Millenia, Pan Pacific, Mandarin Oriental.

    1. Good question! I think you will have a great time however you plan your dates, but I’d lean towards coming a bit earlier and soaking up some of the “race week” atmosphere in the city. There’s often specific F1 related events leading up to the race. And of course all the teams etc will leave straight after the race.

  5. From ,my esperiience in the past, hotel rate goes up in 3 times in the GP week, commpare to normal era.
    MRT is extremely comvenient, so ricommend you to stay a bit out from Maria area, it is originally most expensive in hotel fee.

    If you have no worry in budget, go ahead with Pan Pacific. Marina Mandarin, Ritz Carlton etc., they offer you circuit view from room, with 3 or 4 night exclusive packages.

    I would say the quality of food in the cirquit is a bit poor even Sinfapore is well reputated in cuisines…
    If you are in Zone 4, recommend you to get out from the gate to go Boat Quay, 5 to 10min walk to reach restaurants, and some more walk, you can reach Lau Pa Sat, big foodcoat.
    From Zone 1, a bit difficult but you may be able to find better ones at the foot of Singapore Flyer.

    Of course, before/after the race, please do enjoy various beautiful cuisines in the food heaven!

  6. Elizabeth Sheehan

    Hi Andrew
    Would you recommend the Intercontinental. It seems a reasonable price and good location.

    1. There are two Intercontinental hotels in Singapore, but both are within walking distance of the track. Not sure where you will be sitting, though. I’d say either way this is a trusted international hotel brand, so it should be a safe choice

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