Singapore
Things to do
Theme parks, hawker food and free gardens, for a spare hour or a whole day. Or choose by the kind of day you’re having.
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All things to do
660 to choose from · showing 49–96
FreeCivil Defence Heritage Gallery
Fire station museum on Hill Street
1 hour·Civic District·Free
FreeSentosa Sensoryscape
A free walk of light, scent and mist
45 min·Sentosa·Free
FreeSentosa Boardwalk
Walk onto the island, harbour on both sides
30 min·Harbourfront·Free
FreeFountain of Wealth
Once the world's largest fountain, still free
20 min·Suntec·Free
FreeChangi Butterfly Garden
Free butterflies in Terminal 3
30 min·Changi·Free
FreeJewel Rain Vortex (free viewing)
The world's tallest indoor waterfall, free to watch
30 min·Changi·Free
FreeSingapore Sports Hub & National Stadium
The dome, the river, a public concourse
1 hour·Kallang·Free
FreeEsplanade – Theatres on the Bay
The durian on the bay: concerts and free lobbies
1 hour·Marina Bay·Free
FreeCHIJMES
A Gothic chapel and a courtyard of restaurants
45 min·Civic District·Free
FreeCapitol Theatre
A restored 1930s movie palace on Stamford Road
varies·Civic District·Free
FreeMacRitchie Treetop Walk
A free 250m bridge up to 25m above the forest
3 hours·MacRitchie·Free
FreeLabrador Nature Reserve
WWII gun batteries, coastal forest and harbour views
2 hours·Harbourfront·Free
FreeChinese Garden
Twin Pagoda and Cloud Pagoda at Jurong Lake
2 hours·Jurong East·Free
FreeJapanese Garden
Seiwaen garden, next door to Chinese Garden
1.5 hours·Jurong East·Free
FreeJurong Lake Gardens
Singapore's third national garden, by Jurong Lake
Half day·Jurong East·Free
FreeChek Jawa Wetlands
Ubin's boardwalk over a rare intertidal flat
3 hours·Pulau Ubin·Free
FreeMount Faber Peak
Harbour views from the top, free if you walk up
1.5 hours·Harbourfront·Free
FreeConey Island Park
Casuarinas, boardwalks and wild beaches off Punggol
3 hours·Coney Island·Free
FreeRail Corridor
The old KTM line, now a 24km greenway
Half day·Bukit Timah·Free
FreePunggol Waterway Park
A waterway, three bridges and a sea breeze in Punggol
2 hours·Punggol·Free
FreeBishan-Ang Mo Kio Park
62-hectare river park on a restored Kallang canal
2 hours·Bishan·Free
FreeWest Coast Park
Adventure playground, dog run and BBQ pits in the west
2 hours·West Coast·Free
FreePasir Ris Park
Mangrove boardwalk and a giant playground
2 hours·Pasir Ris·Free
FreeChangi Beach Park
Sand and kelong views next to Changi Village
2 hours·Changi·Free
FreeTanjong Beach, Sentosa
Sentosa's quietest beach, with clubs if you want them
3 hours·Sentosa·Free
FreeLearning Forest, Botanic Gardens
Free swamp-forest boardwalks in the Botanic Gardens
1.5 hours·Bukit Timah·Free
FreeJacob Ballas Children's Garden
Free water play for kids in the Botanic Gardens
2 hours·Bukit Timah·Free
FreeLazarus Island Sandbar
A quiet sandbar beach, where the ferry lands
Half day·Southern Islands·Free
FreeSisters' Islands Marine Park
Singapore's first marine park, by ferry
Half day·Southern Islands·Free
FreeLittle Guilin (Bukit Batok)
A flooded granite quarry by Bukit Gombak MRT
1 hour·Bukit Batok·Free
FreeHindhede Nature Park
A quarry lookout at the foot of Bukit Timah Hill
1.5 hours·Bukit Timah·Free
FreeDairy Farm Nature Park
Wallace Trail and a quarry on an old dairy farm
2 hours·Bukit Panjang·Free
FreeWindsor Nature Park
Quiet boardwalks on the way to MacRitchie
2 hours·Central Catchment·Free
FreeThomson Nature Park
Forest trails past an old Hainanese village
2 hours·Central Catchment·Free
FreeChestnut Nature Park
Singapore's largest nature park, for hikers and bikers
3 hours·Bukit Panjang·Free
FreeBedok Reservoir Park
Kayaks, a jogging loop and big eastern skies
2 hours·Bedok·Free
FreeKampong Lorong Buangkok
Singapore's last mainland kampong, still lived in
45 min·Buangkok·Free
FreeSouthern Ridges Forest Walk
A raised metal walkway through Southern Ridges forest
2 hours·Harbourfront·Free
FreeTelok Blangah Hill Park
Terrace gardens on a ridge above HarbourFront
1.5 hours·Harbourfront·Free
FreeKent Ridge Park
A canopy walk and a reflexology path on a WWII ridge
2 hours·Kent Ridge·Free
FreeUpper Seletar Reservoir Park
A 1969 rocket-shaped lookout over a quiet reservoir
1 hour·Mandai·Free
FreeSultan Mosque
Kampong Gelam's gold dome, open to visitors most days
45 min·Kampong Glam·Free
FreeSri Veeramakaliamman Temple
Kali's temple on Serangoon Road, since 1855
30 min·Little India·Free
FreeSri Srinivasa Perumal Temple
The Serangoon Road temple where Thaipusam begins
30 min·Little India·Free
FreeKwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple
Waterloo Street's busy temple to Guanyin
30 min·Bugis·Free
FreeKong Meng San Phor Kark See
Singapore's largest Buddhist monastery, in Bishan
2 hours·Bishan·Free
FreeLian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery
A 1902 monastery among Toa Payoh's HDB blocks
1 hour·Toa Payoh·Free
FreeArmenian Church of St Gregory
Singapore's oldest church, from 1835
30 min·Civic District·Free