Oh, if the walls could talk at Raffles Singapore, the Garden City’s stunningly renovated, nonpareil, historic hotel. From Singapore Slings tippled at the Long Bar by the likes of Ernest Hemingway and Somerset Maugham, to the tale of an escaped tiger who hid away from the circus beneath the hotel’s restaurant, the more-than-a-century-old Raffles bears a nearly mystic status among world travelers. No better place to immerse yourself in its jet-setter’s aura than in the Sarkies Suite, named for the family that founded Raffles and managed it until the early 1930s. Positioned in the Main Building, the 2,798-sq-ft guest room commands views of the leafy Palm Court and the hotel’s trademark porte-cochère. Enriched with antiques and objets d’art, the suite welcomes families and long-stay couples with two bedrooms, separate living and dining areas, a private veranda, and a double vanity bathroom.