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
33 to choose from
FreeSingapore Botanic Gardens
UNESCO-listed gardens, free to wander
Half day·Bukit Timah·Free
FreeBukit Timah Nature Reserve
Rainforest trails on Singapore's highest hill
3 hours·Bukit Timah·Free
TicketsFormer Ford Factory
Where Singapore surrendered, 15 Feb 1942
1.5 hours·Bukit Timah·From S$7
TicketsNational Orchid Garden
Over 1,500 orchid species in the Botanic Gardens
1.5 hours·Bukit Timah·From S$15
FreeRail Corridor
The old KTM line, now a 24km greenway
Half day·Bukit Timah·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
FreeHindhede Nature Park
A quarry lookout at the foot of Bukit Timah Hill
1.5 hours·Bukit Timah·Free
TicketsYoga at the Botanic Gardens
A small yoga class on the lawn by Eco Lake
1 hour·Bukit Timah·From S$40
FreeAdam Road Food Centre
Nasi biryani with the expressway overhead
1 hour·Bukit Timah·Free
FreeRifle Range Nature Park
Trails and a wetland in the old Sin Seng Quarry
2 hours·Bukit Timah·Free
FreeEco-Link@BKE
The wildlife bridge over the Bukit Timah Expressway
1 hour·Bukit Timah·Free
TicketsTai Chi at the Botanic Gardens
A small tai chi and qigong class by Eco Lake
1 hour·Bukit Timah·From S$25
FreeBukit Brown Cemetery
The last great Chinese cemetery, open to walkers
2 hours·Bukit Timah·Free
TicketsHorse Riding Taster
A first riding lesson at a Bukit Timah club
1 hour·Kranji·From S$143
Bukit Timah Railway Station
A 1932 station turned heritage gallery
45 min·Bukit Timah·Free
Botanical Art Gallery
Singapore's first permanent botanical art display
45 min·Bukit Timah·Free
Westlake Restaurant
A Queen's Road zi char with braised pork and pau
1 hour·Bukit Timah·Free
Free Tours at the Botanic Gardens
Volunteer-led Saturday walks, free to join
Flexible·Bukit Timah·Free
Forest Bathing at The Sundowner
A two-hour private forest bathing session
2 hours·Bukit Timah·From S$150
The Sundowner Farm Experience
Hand-feed rescued honeybees beside Bukit Timah
2 hours·Bukit Timah·From S$115
DreamDora at Dunearn Village
A walk-in indoor playground in Dunearn Village
1 hour·Bukit Timah·From S$28
Hazel Park Open Space
A playground with a sandpit off Upper Bukit Timah
30 min·Bukit Panjang·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
FreeDairy Farm Nature Park
Wallace Trail and a quarry on an old dairy farm
2 hours·Bukit Panjang·Free
FreeZhenghua Nature Park
A forest strip along the BKE
2 hours·Bukit Panjang·Free
FreeMarsiling Park
A hilly neighbourhood park in Woodlands
1 hour·Marsiling·Free