Capella Singapore is a 113-key resort on Sentosa Island, ten minutes from central Singapore, built around two restored 1880s colonial bungalows with Foster + Partners wings, 38 plunge-pool villas, and Auriga Spa. Here's who it fits.
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Capella Singapore is a 113-key resort on Sentosa Island at 1 The Knolls, just over ten minutes from the central area of Singapore and about 26km from Changi Airport.
The property is built around two restored Tanah Merah colonial bungalows dating to the 1880s, with contemporary buildings designed by architects Foster + Partners and interiors by Jaya Ibrahim, spread across thirty acres of landscaped grounds. Accommodation runs from rooms and suites to villas with private plunge pools, restored Colonial Manors, and one- to three-bedroom Residences. Dining spans Italian at Fiamma, modern Cantonese at Cassia, the Mediterranean-leaning all-day The Knolls, plus The Pineapple Room and Bob's Bar. Wellness centres on Auriga Spa and three cascading swimming pools.
Capella Singapore is a 113-key resort on Sentosa Island at 1 The Knolls, just over ten minutes from the central area of Singapore and about 26km from Changi Airport.
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Capella Singapore is a 113-key resort on Sentosa Island, ten minutes from central Singapore, built around two restored 1880s colonial bungalows with Foster + Partners wings, 38 plunge-pool villas, and Auriga Spa.
Private dining room at Fiamma restaurant, Capella Singapore
Lounge seating area at Fiamma restaurant, Capella Singapore
Dim sum spread at Cassia restaurant, Capella Singapore
19 July 2026
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Capella Singapore is a 113-key resort on Sentosa Island, ten minutes from central Singapore, built around two restored 1880s colonial bungalows with Foster + Partners wings, 38 plunge-pool villas, and Auriga Spa. Here's who it fits.
Capella Singapore is a 113-key resort on Sentosa Island at 1 The Knolls, just over ten minutes from the central area of Singapore and about 26km from Changi Airport. The property is built around two restored Tanah Merah colonial bungalows dating to the 1880s, with contemporary buildings designed by architects Foster + Partners and interiors by Jaya Ibrahim, spread across thirty acres of landscaped grounds. Accommodation runs from rooms and suites to villas with private plunge pools, restored Colonial Manors, and one- to three-bedroom Residences. Dining spans Italian at Fiamma, modern Cantonese at Cassia, the Mediterranean-leaning all-day The Knolls, plus The Pineapple Room and Bob's Bar. Wellness centres on Auriga Spa and three cascading swimming pools.
The verdict
Capella Singapore is a resort address that happens to sit ten minutes from a financial capital — thirty acres of Sentosa Island grounds built around two restored 1880s colonial bungalows, with contemporary wings by Foster + Partners and interiors by Jaya Ibrahim. It fits travelers who want rainforest, private plunge pools, and cascading pools without leaving the city-state.
The heart of Capella Singapore is architectural rather than newly built: two restored colonial bungalows in the Tanah Merah style, dating to the 1880s, from which the resort extends into gardens and grounds framed by the sea. The contemporary structures that wrap around this heritage core were designed by Foster + Partners, intended to sit in harmony with the older buildings and the surrounding landscape, while the interiors across all 113 rooms, suites, villas and manors were designed by Jaya Ibrahim. The result is a single estate that reads as both a piece of restored Singapore history and a modern resort, set within thirty acres of landscaped grounds and rainforest on Sentosa Island.
Wellness centres on Auriga Spa, which has separate male and female areas each with a Vitality Pool, Herbal Steam Room, Ice Fountain and Experiential Showers. The spa is open daily from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Outside the spa, the resort has three cascading swimming pools threaded through the grounds. For families, an Island Explorer program runs as a self-guided adventure encouraging younger guests to explore the thirty-acre rainforest, and children up to 11 years old stay free when travelling with a full-paying adult.
Capella Singapore sits at 1 The Knolls, Sentosa Island, Singapore 098297 — just over ten minutes from the central area of Singapore and roughly 26km from Changi International Airport. That places it in an unusual position: a resort with rainforest, villas and beachward grounds that is still within easy reach of Singapore's business district, restaurants and shopping. The trade-off is that Sentosa is an island resort setting rather than a walkable urban neighbourhood, so the surrounding area is the island's attractions and greenery rather than a dense streetscape.
Capella Singapore's dining program spans Mediterranean, Italian, and Cantonese restaurants plus two bars — The Knolls, Fiamma, Cassia, Bob's Bar, The Pineapple Room.
Capella Singapore's accommodation spans Main Building rooms and suites, 38 pool villas, and two restored 1880s colonial manors on Sentosa Island.
Capella Singapore was built by wrapping a modern Sentosa resort around two restored 1880s colonial bungalows. How the heritage core, the Foster + Partners wings, and a ten-minute distance from the city define the stay.
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