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
279 to choose from · showing 49–96
Istana Park
The lawn opposite the Istana gates
30 min·Orchard·Free
Esplanade Park
Cenotaph, Lim Bo Seng, the waterfront strip
45 min·Civic District·Free
Dhoby Ghaut Green
A pocket lawn over the MRT interchange
20 min·Dhoby Ghaut·Free
Pearl's Hill City Park
The old reservoir hill above Chinatown
1 hour·Chinatown·Free
Duxton Plain Park
A linear park on an old railway trace
30 min·Duxton·Free
Tiong Bahru Park
The neighbourhood lawn, birds, a playground
1 hour·Tiong Bahru·Free
Raffles Place Park
The CBD's pocket green, sculptures, lunch
15 min·Civic District·Free
Youth Olympic Park
Sculptures on the Marina Bay waterfront walk
20 min·Marina Bay·Free
Kallang Riverside Park
Stadium, river, the old national heart
1 hour·Kallang·Free
Clementi Woods Park
12-hectare woods beside West Coast Plaza
1.5 hours·Clementi·Free
one-north Park
Biopolis lawns, a designed tech-campus green
45 min·Kent Ridge·Free
Ang Mo Kio Town Garden West
A neighbourhood hill forest, surprisingly wild
1.5 hours·Ang Mo Kio·Free
Toa Payoh Town Park
Closed for redevelopment, due back in 2030
1 hour·Toa Payoh·Free
Bidadari Park
A new park on an old cemetery, Alkaff Lake
1.5 hours·Bidadari·Free
Katong Park
The old seafront park, now inland, still breezy
45 min·East Coast·Free
Punggol Point Park
Ship-inspired sunset deck on the Johor Strait
1 hour·Punggol·Free
Punggol Park
A lake park, older than the waterway
1 hour·Hougang·Free
Yishun Pond Park
A pond next to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital's garden
1 hour·Yishun·Free
Zhenghua Nature Park
A forest strip along the BKE
2 hours·Bukit Panjang·Free
Upper Peirce Reservoir Park
A lookout over still water in the Central Catchment
45 min·Central Catchment·Free
Lower Peirce Reservoir Park
Boardwalk through secondary forest at Lower Peirce
1.5 hours·Central Catchment·Free
Lower Seletar Reservoir Park
A long dam walk and kayaks in the north-east
1.5 hours·Seletar·Free
Kranji Reservoir Park
A picnic strip on the water at Kranji
1 hour·Kranji·Free
Japanese Cemetery Park
Southeast Asia's largest Japanese cemetery, in Hougang
1 hour·Hougang·Free
Mandai Mangrove & Mudflat
A planned mangrove and mudflat nature park
2 hours·Mandai·Free
Lim Chu Kang Nature Park
Nature on the farmland edge of the far north-west
2 hours·Lim Chu Kang·Free
Jurong Central Park
A Jurong town park next to the lakes
1 hour·Jurong East·Free
Choa Chu Kang Park
A heartland park with a playground for the kids
1 hour·Choa Chu Kang·Free
Mount Emily Park
A quiet hill park behind Dhoby Ghaut
45 min·Dhoby Ghaut·Free
Tras Link Park
A pocket of CBD green by Tanjong Pagar station
15 min·Tanjong Pagar·Free
Park Connector Network Ride
Free park-to-park cycle paths across the island
Half day·Citywide·Free
Windsurfing Taster, East Coast
A first go at windsurfing off East Coast Park
2 hours·East Coast·From S$200
HDB Heartland Walk
A void deck, a market and a town park
2 hours·Toa Payoh·Free
Bedok Town Park
A neighbourhood park beside Bedok Reservoir
1 hour·Bedok·Free
Pasir Ris Town Park
A fishing pond and playground in Pasir Ris
1.5 hours·Pasir Ris·Free
Tampines Sun Plaza Park
A big Tampines lawn with a playground
1 hour·Tampines·Free
Ang Mo Kio Town Garden East
A small Ang Mo Kio garden round a pond
45 min·Ang Mo Kio·Free
Toa Payoh Sensory Park
A small Toa Payoh park with a fountain and sculptures
45 min·Toa Payoh·Free
Marsiling Park
A hilly neighbourhood park in Woodlands
1 hour·Marsiling·Free
Fort Tanjong Katong
Unearthed coastal fort under a Katong park
30 min·East Coast·Free
Sungei Api Api
A riverside green space in Pasir Ris
1 hour·Pasir Ris·Free
Lim Bo Seng Memorial
Esplanade Park's memorial to a resistance hero
10 min·Civic District·Free
Tan Kim Seng Fountain
A Victorian iron fountain in Esplanade Park
10 min·Civic District·Free
Mandai Boardwalk
A free 3.3km reservoir walk beside the Mandai parks
1.5 hours·Mandai·Free
East Coast Night Cycle
12km of lamplit park path once the heat drops
2 hours·East Coast·From S$10
Outram Park Fried Kway Teow
Bib Gourmand char kway teow at Hong Lim Market
45 min·Chinatown·From S$6
Tanjung Piai Day Trip
The southernmost tip of mainland Asia, in Johor
Full day·Johor·About S$6
Paintball / Gel Blaster
Outdoor paintball and gel blaster games for groups
1.5 hours·Yishun·From S$59