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.
Previews stay on this site, with no charge. Tickets link out to where you buy them. Free entry needs no ticket, though some places ask you to book.
All things to do
122 to choose from · showing 49–96
Botanical Art Gallery
Singapore's first permanent botanical art display
45 min·Bukit Timah·Free
Free Tours at the Botanic Gardens
Volunteer-led Saturday walks, free to join
Flexible·Bukit Timah·Free
Toh Garden
A working orchid farm open to visitors
1 hour·Sungei Tengah·Free
Choa Chu Kang Library
A library built around an indoor garden
1 hour·Choa Chu Kang·Free
Jurong Lake Gardens Pool
An inclusive public pool by Jurong Lake Gardens
2 hours·Jurong East·From S$1.30
Aramsa The Garden Spa
A garden spa inside Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park
1 hour·Bishan·From S$98
CapitaSpring Green Oasis and Sky Garden
Free tower gardens on levels 17 to 20 and 51
1 hour·Marina Bay·Free
Ng Teng Fong Roof Garden Gallery
A free rooftop garden with skyline views and art
1 hour·Civic District·Free
Sky Garden Eden Farm Tour
A guided hour in the world's highest edible garden
1 hour·Marina Bay·From S$35
Christmas Train Show, Gardens by the Bay
Miniature trains through a Finnish Santa's hometown
1 hour·Marina Bay·From S$12
Spring Blossoms, Gardens by the Bay
Lunar New Year blooms in the Flower Dome
Flexible·Marina Bay·From S$12
Forest Discovery Centre
Forest exhibits in a bungalow from 1898
1 hour·Dempsey·Free
CDL Green Gallery
Free exhibitions in a hempcrete gallery
30 min·Tanglin·Free
COMO Adventure Grove
Tree-inspired climbing and slides for children
1.5 hours·Dempsey·Free
Alexandra Garden Trail
A short green link to the Southern Ridges
45 min·Alexandra·Free
Pek Kio Park
Pocket park with a therapeutic garden
30 min·Balestier·Free
Telok Ayer Park
A lawn with garden swings in the CBD
15 min·Chinatown·Free
Live Music at Sensoryscape
Free Friday and Saturday acts at Glow Garden
Evening·Sentosa·Free
Island Symphony at Sensoryscape
Free community orchestras at Glow Garden
Flexible·Sentosa·Free
State Courts Heritage Gallery
A heritage gallery, a Sky Garden and live hearings
1 hour·Outram·Free
KPMG Wellness Garden
A therapeutic garden and nature gym by the sea
1 hour·East Coast·Free
Serangoon Garden Market
A 1957 market in Serangoon Gardens, rebuilt in 2002
1 hour·Serangoon·Free
Haus Linear Park
A short linear park along Serangoon Garden Way
20 min·Serangoon·Free
Dew Garden
A playground and fitness corner on Jalan Tari Payong
20 min·Sengkang·Free
Healing Garden, Botanic Gardens
Medicinal plants sorted by the body part they treat
45 min·Bukit Timah·Free
Ginger Garden, Botanic Gardens
A hectare of gingers, a lily pond and a waterfall
1 hour·Bukit Timah·Free
Evolution Garden, Botanic Gardens
A trail through 3.5 billion years of plant life
40 min·Bukit Timah·Free
Ethnobotany Garden, Botanic Gardens
Plants people ate, built with and healed with
45 min·Bukit Timah·Free
Foliage Garden, Botanic Gardens
A garden planted for the colour of its leaves
30 min·Bukit Timah·Free
Palm Valley, Botanic Gardens
Palms planted since 1879 and a heliconia walk
45 min·Bukit Timah·Free
Trellis Garden, Botanic Gardens
Climbers on trellises, from tendrils to twining stems
30 min·Bukit Timah·Free
PreviewGardens by the Bay Night Photography Walk
Night photography among the Supertrees, from blue hour to the Skyway
2.5 hours·Marina Bay·S$95
TicketsNational Gallery Singapore
Southeast Asian art in two national monuments
3 hours·Civic District·From S$20
FreeMarina Barrage & Picnic Green
Green Roof and water playground on the reservoir
2 hours·Marina Bay·Free
FreeFort Canning Park
A free 22-hectare hill park above the Civic District
2 hours·Civic District·Free
FreeGrounds closed, Hell's Museum openHaw Par Villa
Tiger Balm sculpture park, grounds partly closed
2 hours·Pasir Panjang·Free
TicketsMalay Heritage Centre
Six galleries in the old sultan's palace, Kampong Gelam
1.5 hours·Kampong Glam·From S$10
FreeSouthern Ridges Forest Walk
A raised metal walkway through Southern Ridges forest
2 hours·Harbourfront·Free
FreeKong Meng San Phor Kark See
Singapore's largest Buddhist monastery, in Bishan
2 hours·Bishan·Free
FreeArmenian Church of St Gregory
Singapore's oldest church, from 1835
30 min·Civic District·Free
FreeDempsey Hill
Old barracks turned restaurants and antique shops
2 hours·Dempsey·Free
FreeNParks Free Guided Walk
Free walks with volunteer naturalists across the parks
2 hours·Citywide·Free
FreeAdam Road Food Centre
Nasi biryani with the expressway overhead
1 hour·Bukit Timah·Free
TicketsOdette
Three Michelin stars in the National Gallery
3 hours·Civic District·From S$288
FreeSingapore Chinese Cultural Centre
SINGAPO人 gallery and a rooftop over the CBD
1.5 hours·Chinatown·Free
TicketsLive Turtle & Tortoise Museum
More than 600 turtles and tortoises, now in Yishun
1.5 hours·Yishun·From S$16
FreeKallang Riverside Park
Stadium, river, the old national heart
1 hour·Kallang·Free
FreeClementi Woods Park
12-hectare woods beside West Coast Plaza
1.5 hours·Clementi·Free