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
1067 to choose from · showing 1009–1056
Horizon Ferry to Nirup Island
A direct boat to a Batam resort island
Flexible·Batam·From S$43
Pulau Kukup National Park
A 647-hectare mangrove island off Kukup
Full day·Johor·About S$6
Discover Snorkelling at the Oceanarium
Snorkel over the Open Ocean Habitat
90 min·Sentosa·From S$109
Discover Scuba at the Oceanarium
A first 12-metre dive beside mantas and sharks
2 hours·Sentosa·From S$313
Big Bus Night Tour
An open-top bus loop of the city after dark
3 hours·Marina Bay·From S$47.25
Quentin's Eurasian Restaurant
Eurasian home cooking on Ceylon Road
2 hours·Katong·From S$15.80
KPMG Wellness Garden
A therapeutic garden and nature gym by the sea
1 hour·East Coast·Free
Chong Boon Market and Food Centre
Market hall and 39 cooked-food stalls on Avenue 10
1 hour·Ang Mo Kio·Free
Cheng San Market and Cooked Food Centre
Fifty cooked-food stalls in a market hall
1 hour·Ang Mo Kio·Free
Mayflower Market
Forty stalls and a market in the Mayflower estate
1 hour·Ang Mo Kio·Free
Teck Ghee Square
A 1979 food centre with 40 stalls in Teck Ghee
1 hour·Ang Mo Kio·Free
Beo Crescent Market
A 1965 market with 32 cooked-food stalls
1 hour·Bukit Merah·Free
Havelock Road Cooked Food Centre
Thirty cooked-food stalls on Havelock Road
1 hour·Bukit Merah·Free
Bukit Merah Central Food Centre
Fifty-seven stalls beside Bukit Merah Central
1 hour·Bukit Merah·Free
Ayer Rajah Food Centre
Eighty cooked-food stalls on West Coast Drive
1 hour·Clementi·Free
Clementi West Street 2 Food Centre
Sixty stalls in the Clementi West flats
1 hour·Clementi·Free
50A Marine Terrace
Twenty-four stalls in a small Marine Terrace hall
1 hour·Marine Parade·Free
Serangoon Garden Market
A 1957 market in Serangoon Gardens, rebuilt in 2002
1 hour·Serangoon·Free
Venus Green
A small green by the Windsor Nature Park car park
30 min·Bishan·Free
Taman Permata Park
A cosy playground green along Upper Thomson Road
30 min·Bishan·Free
Kim Pong Park
Art-deco swings and a pavilion near Tiong Bahru
30 min·Tiong Bahru·Free
Chestnut Close Park
Play areas and an event space beside a canal
30 min·Bukit Panjang·Free
Villa Verde Park
A bridge to the Rail Corridor and a railway playground
45 min·Choa Chu Kang·Free
Choa Chu Kang Way Park
Dragonfly motifs and a shaded playground
30 min·Choa Chu Kang·Free
Sunset Way Park
A fitness-corner green along Sunset Way
30 min·Clementi·Free
Faber Heights Park
Slides and swings beside the Ulu Pandan connector
30 min·Clementi·Free
Marine Parade Road Park
A fitness corner and a Madras Thorn heritage tree
20 min·Marine Parade·Free
Arthur Park
A nature playgarden and fitness corner on Arthur Road
30 min·Marine Parade·Free
Fernvale Park
A quiet green facing Thanggam LRT station
20 min·Sengkang·Free
Jalan Kayu Park
A small green in the Jalan Kayu area
20 min·Sengkang·Free
Nim Meadow Park
A playground that nods to rubber-plantation days
30 min·Serangoon·Free
Haus Linear Park
A short linear park along Serangoon Garden Way
20 min·Serangoon·Free
Ang Mo Kio Linear Park
6.2 hectares of ribbon planting along Avenue 5
45 min·Ang Mo Kio·Free
Chuan Lane Park
A small green at the end of Chuan Lane
20 min·Serangoon·Free
Luxus Hills Park
A playground and fitness corner by Yio Chu Kang Road
20 min·Serangoon·Free
Hazel Park Open Space
A playground with a sandpit off Upper Bukit Timah
30 min·Bukit Panjang·Free
Dew Garden
A playground and fitness corner on Jalan Tari Payong
20 min·Sengkang·Free
Telok Blangah Food Centre
Forty cooked-food stalls on Telok Blangah Drive
1 hour·Telok Blangah·Free
11 Telok Blangah Crescent Market and Food Centre
A 1974 hall with 56 stalls in Telok Blangah
1 hour·Telok Blangah·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
Nagore Dargah Indian Muslim Heritage Centre
A Chulia shrine on Telok Ayer, now a heritage centre
30 min·Chinatown·Free
PreviewHawker Champions After Dark
Eat through Old Airport Road in the evening with a local ex-chef
3.5 hours·Geylang·S$89