Since moving to Singapore and reading about Haw Par Villa in the Singapore Lonely Planet Guide, we’ve always been intending to go. It took us more than seven years, but we finally paid it a visit.
It’s known for the Ten Courts of Hell attraction, a graphic depiction of a quasi-Buddhist Chinese afterlife of judgment, punishment and subsequent reincarnation.
The park, whose attractions are in states of repair that vary from recently repainted to cordoned off, has itself died and been reborn several times. It was fairly quiet but not completely empty when we went.
The park parts of the park are kinda nice if you can get over the creepy didactic sculptures, but I’m not eager to go back anytime soon.
Learn More about Haw Par Villa
- http://www.yoursingapore.com/see-do-singapore/culture-heritage/heritage-discovery/haw-par-villa.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haw_Par_Villa
- http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/haw-par-villa-looks-set-for-another-makeover
- http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/haw-par-villa-to-get-fine/2372348.html
Below are 25 photos.
