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
76 to choose from · showing 1–48
FreeBuddha Tooth Relic Temple
Tang-style temple, free entry, rooftop garden
1 hour·Chinatown·Free
FreeChinatown Free Walking Tour
Temples, shophouses and clan streets, for a tip
2.5 hours·Chinatown·Free
TicketsTea Chapter Appreciation
Brew your own pot in a Neil Road teahouse from 1989
1.5 hours·Chinatown·From S$40
FreeMaxwell Food Centre
Tian Tian's Hainanese chicken rice, no booking
1 hour·Chinatown·Free
FreeSri Mariamman Temple
Singapore's oldest Hindu temple, free to enter
30 min·Chinatown·Free
FreeThian Hock Keng Temple
Singapore's oldest Hokkien temple, on Telok Ayer
30 min·Chinatown·Free
FreeSingapore City Gallery
Free scale model of the city at URA
1 hour·Chinatown·Free
TicketsChinatown Heritage Centre
Restored 1950s shophouses on Pagoda Street
1.5 hours·Chinatown·From S$25
TicketsClosed until 2027Baba House
Peranakan terrace on Neil Road, closed until 2027
1.5 hours·Chinatown·From S$18
FreeFuk Tak Chi Museum
One of Singapore's oldest temples, now a tiny museum
30 min·Chinatown·Free
FreeYueh Hai Ching Temple
Wak Hai Cheng Bio, a Telok Ayer temple from 1826
30 min·Chinatown·Free
FreeAnn Siang Hill & Club Street
Shophouse bars, staircases and the after-work crowd
Evening·Chinatown·Free
FreeChinatown Complex Food Centre
Singapore's biggest hawker centre, over a wet market
1.5 hours·Chinatown·Free
FreeAmoy Street Food Centre
CBD hawker centre built around the office lunch
45 min·Chinatown·Free
FreeHong Lim Market & Food Centre
Chicken rice worth arguing over, by Chinatown
1 hour·Chinatown·Free
People's Park Food Centre
From a 1923 hawker shelter to a food centre
1 hour·Chinatown·Free
TicketsNative
Regional spirits in a tiny Amoy Street room
2 hours·Chinatown·About S$28
Pay therePeople's Park Complex Foot Massage
Chinatown's row of foot reflexology shops
1 hour·Chinatown·About S$18
TicketsChinatown Complex Food Tour
A guided graze over two floors of hawker stalls
3 hours·Chinatown·About S$79
TicketsEmployees Only Singapore
The New York speakeasy, Chinatown edition
2 hours·Chinatown·From S$20
TicketsA Noodle Story
Singapore-style ramen at Amoy Street Food Centre
45 min·Chinatown·From S$8
TicketsSong Fa Bak Kut Teh
Teochew bak kut teh at the New Bridge Road original
1 hour·Chinatown·From S$18
FreeSingapore Chinese Cultural Centre
SINGAPO人 gallery and a rooftop over the CBD
1.5 hours·Chinatown·Free
TicketsSingapore Musical Box Museum
Antique musical boxes that still play, by booking
1 hour·Chinatown·From S$20
FreeJamae Chulia Mosque
A South Indian mosque on South Bridge Road
20 min·Chinatown·Free
FreeHong Lim Park & Speakers' Corner
Singapore's only legal outdoor soapbox, plus a lawn
30 min·Chinatown·Free
FreePearl's Hill City Park
The old reservoir hill above Chinatown
1 hour·Chinatown·Free
FreeChinatown Night Market
Souvenirs and snacks on Pagoda Street after dark
1 hour·Chinatown·Free
FreeMasjid Al-Abrar
A Chulia mosque on Telok Ayer, from 1827
20 min·Chinatown·Free
TicketsSingapore Chinese Orchestra
Year-round hall concerts, plus the Huayi festival
2 hours·Chinatown·From S$28
FreeChinatown Food Street
Hawker stalls along pedestrianised Smith Street
1 hour·Chinatown·Free
TicketsZén
Three Michelin stars on Bukit Pasoh
3 hours·Chinatown·From S$450
TicketsGibson
A martini parlour upstairs on Bukit Pasoh
2 hours·Chinatown·About S$26
FreeVesak Day, 20 MayVesak Day Temple Circuit
Lanterns, chanting and vegetarian stalls for Vesak
Half day·Chinatown·Free
TicketsHawker Chan (Liao Fan)
Soya sauce chicken at Chinatown Complex
45 min·Chinatown·About S$5
TicketsTian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice
The Maxwell stall behind the chicken-rice debate
45 min·Chinatown·From S$6
FreeYue Hwa Chinese Products
The department store of Chinese medicine and silk
45 min·Chinatown·Free
FreeChinatown Complex Wet Market
The working wet market under Chinatown Complex
45 min·Chinatown·Free
TicketsTCM Consultation & Herbs
Pulse, tongue, a bag of bitter tea
1 hour·Chinatown·From S$35
FreeChinatown Library
A small, quiet public library in Chinatown
30 min·Chinatown·Free
FreeTelok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church
A national monument on Telok Ayer Street
20 min·Chinatown·Free
TicketsOutram Park Fried Kway Teow
Bib Gourmand char kway teow at Hong Lim Market
45 min·Chinatown·From S$6
TicketsCloudstreet
Modern Australian fine dining in Tanjong Pagar
3 hours·Chinatown·From S$280
TicketsEsquina
Spanish small plates at a Keong Saik counter
2 hours·Chinatown·From S$95
TicketsNouri
A no-waste tasting menu on Amoy Street
2.5 hours·Chinatown·From S$220
TicketsDim Sum Making Class
Make dim sum from scratch, then eat it
3 hours·Chinatown·From S$88
TicketsMeta
Korean-leaning tasting menu on Keong Saik
2.5 hours·Chinatown·From S$240
TicketsBorn
A Michelin-starred dinner for a big occasion
2.5 hours·Chinatown·About S$200