In shortKoon Seng Road Shophouses is free to enter, at Koon Seng Road, East Coast. Checked November 2026.
Culture · free
Duration
30 min
The take
The pastel Peranakan terraces from a hundred postcards. Take your photos early, then walk to East Coast Road for a bowl at 328 Katong Laksa, and that's the morning sorted. Emerald Hill off Orchard has Peranakan terraces closer to town.
Good to know
Free to photograph from the public road; these are people's homes
Come around 9am for empty shots, before tour groups arrive by 11am
Finding it: Koon Seng Road, Joo Chiat: two restored terrace rows. Paya Lebar or Eunos MRT, then walk or take a bus
Address checked November 2026
Read the story behind it
People also ask
Keep exploring
TicketsPeranakan Batik Workshop
Paint a batik piece in an open studio
3 hours·Katong·From S$90
Kuan Im Tng Temple, Joo Chiat
A quiet Guanyin temple on Tembeling Road
30 min·Joo Chiat·Free
FreeSri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
A Ganesha temple on Ceylon Road in Katong
30 min·East Coast·Free