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
138 to choose from · showing 49–96
FreeTelok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church
A national monument on Telok Ayer Street
20 min·Chinatown·Free
FreeFree Walking Tour (tip-based)
Tip-based walks in three heritage neighbourhoods
2.5 hours·Civic District·Free
FreeCivic District Heritage Trail
Padang, Gallery, cathedral and river on foot
2.5 hours·Civic District·Free
TicketsWWII Heritage Combo
The Battlebox with Bukit Chandu, or Changi Chapel
5 hours·Civic District·About S$55
FreeTanglin Halt Market
Old Queenstown, stalls people still cross town for
1 hour·Queenstown·Free
Taman Jurong Market & Food Centre
The old "60 stalls" food centre, rebuilt
1 hour·Jurong West·Free
TicketsTiong Bahru Walking Tour
The art deco estate, its market and bookshops
2.5 hours·Tiong Bahru·About S$45
FreeFort Canning Guided Walk
The forbidden hill, its spice garden and the bunker
2 hours·Civic District·Free
Balestier Heritage Trail
Temples, shophouses and old hospital wards on foot
2 hours·Balestier·Free
Sembawang Heritage Trail
Naval base landmarks, old bungalows and a temple
Half day·Sembawang·Free
Ang Mo Kio Heritage Trail
The Clover Block, a bird corner and heartland temples
Half day·Ang Mo Kio·Free
Toa Payoh Heritage Trail
Singapore's first HDB town, dragon playground included
2 hours·Toa Payoh·Free
Yishun Heritage Trail
Two old villages, a ring road and a heritage garden
Half day·Yishun·Free
Pasir Ris Heritage Trail
Seaside-themed flats, old playgrounds, a coastal park
1.5 hours·Pasir Ris·Free
Changi Heritage Trail
Beaches, bungalows and wartime sites at Changi
Half day·Changi·Free
Woodlands Heritage Trail
Temples, jetties and the Causeway in Singapore's north
Half day·Woodlands·Free
Jurong Heritage Trail
25 stops, from an early food centre to Chinese Garden
Flexible·Jurong·Free
MOE Heritage Centre
Singapore's schooling story, free on weekdays
1 hour·Balestier·Free
KWSH Heritage Gallery
Five elements of Chinese medicine, in an 1857 ward
1 hour·Boon Keng·Free
Kreta Ayer Heritage Gallery
Chinese opera, puppetry and tea in Chinatown
45 min·Chinatown·Free
Geylang Serai Heritage Gallery
A Malay heartland's story inside Wisma Geylang Serai
45 min·Geylang Serai·Free
Botanic Gardens Heritage Museum
The Gardens' story since 1859, in Holttum Hall
45 min·Tanglin·Free
Bukit Timah Railway Station
A 1932 station turned heritage gallery
45 min·Bukit Timah·Free
Maqam Habib Noh and Haji Salleh Mosque
A 1903 mosque under Mount Palmer's two shrines
1 hour·Tanjong Pagar·Free
Church of Our Lady of Lourdes
National-monument church with a Tamil Mass
45 min·Rochor·Free
Kampong Kapor Methodist Church
Little India's 1930 church with a Peranakan service
1 hour·Little India·Free
Saint George's Church
Tanglin's 1913 Romanesque garrison church
1 hour·Tanglin·Free
Gurdwara Sahib Silat Road
The gurdwara that serves langar all day
1 hour·Bukit Merah·Free
Church of Saints Peter and Paul
A Neo-Gothic national monument on Queen Street
45 min·Bras Basah·Free
Nanyang Sauce Brewery Tour
A one-hour tour of a family soy-sauce brewery
1 hour·Jurong·From S$39
TK Pottery Jungle
One of two surviving dragon kilns, plus workshops
2 hours·Jurong West·From S$80
Kebun Baru Birdsinging Club
Singapore's biggest songbird corner, best at dawn
1 hour·Ang Mo Kio·Free
Echoes of Clementi Mural
A sepia comic mural at Clementi MRT Exits A and B
15 min·Clementi·Free
Popiah Tour at Kway Guan Huat
Watch popiah skin made, then wrap your own
1 hour·Joo Chiat·From S$10.90
Pek Sin Choon
Nanyang tea blended and packed since 1925
30 min·Chinatown·Free
Chesed-El Synagogue
A synagogue on Oxley Rise since 1905
30 min·Dhoby Ghaut·Free
Ang Mo Kio Dragon Playground
A 1979 dragon playground, one of four left
30 min·Ang Mo Kio·Free
Lam Yeo Coffee Powder Factory
Nanyang coffee roasted since 1959, Balestier
30 min·Balestier·Free
St Joseph's Church, Victoria Street
A national monument church on Victoria Street
30 min·Bugis·Free
Ying Fo Fui Kun
A Hakka clan house on Telok Ayer Street
30 min·Chinatown·Free
Fort Serapong
Information boards at an 1880s battery on Sentosa
30 min·Sentosa·Free
Museum of Food Workshops
Heritage cooking workshops in Joo Chiat
Flexible·Joo Chiat·About S$60
Nelson Bar Sembawang
Singapore's oldest sailor bar, on the Sembawang Strip
Evening·Sembawang·Free
Kampung Cookhouse at Tiong Bahru
Free family-recipe cooking demos in Tiong Bahru
2 hours·Tiong Bahru·Free
1918 Heritage Bar
Cocktails in a 1918 mansion on Telok Blangah Hill
Evening·Telok Blangah·Free
Hougang Heritage Trail
Three self-guided walks along Upper Serangoon Road
2 hours·Hougang·Free
Ramakrishna Mission Temple
A Vedanta temple open morning and evening
1 hour·Bartley·Free
Sri Siva Durga Temple
A Potong Pasir temple with posted worship times
1 hour·Potong Pasir·Free