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
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Marina Barrage & Picnic Green
Green Roof and water playground on the reservoir
2 hours·Marina Bay·Free
CE LA VI SkyBar Entry
Sky Bar 57 floors up, with a house pour in the cover
Evening·Marina Bay·From S$38
East Coast Lagoon Food Village
Barbecued stingray by the sea, no booking needed
1.5 hours·East Coast·Free
Clarke Quay Riverside Night
River bars, shophouse colour and late satay
Evening·Clarke Quay·Free
East Coast Park
Seafront cycling, sand and barbecue pits
Half day·East Coast·Free
Raffles Hotel Arcade & Long Bar
Singapore Slings and peanut shells at Long Bar
1 hour·Civic District·From S$44
Haji Lane
Murals, independent shops and evening bars
1 hour·Kampong Glam·Free
Ann Siang Hill & Club Street
Shophouse bars, staircases and the after-work crowd
Evening·Chinatown·Free
Duxton Hill
Blair Plain bars in conserved shophouses
Evening·Duxton·Free
Gillman Barracks
Contemporary art galleries in 1936 army barracks
2 hours·Harbourfront·Free
Dempsey Hill
Old barracks turned restaurants and antique shops
2 hours·Dempsey·Free
Holland Village
Cafes, a wet market and late bars
2 hours·Holland Village·Free
ATLAS Bar
Art Deco gin temple in Parkview Square
2 hours·Civic District·From S$28
Jigger & Pony
Award-winning cocktails in the Amara hotel lobby
2 hours·Tanjong Pagar·From S$26
1-Altitude Coast
Sentosa rooftop pool bar looking over Palawan
Evening·Sentosa·From S$50
Lantern at Fullerton Bay
Rooftop pool bar on the water
2 hours·Marina Bay·From S$28
Barista Skills Workshop
Pull an espresso and froth milk in two hours
2 hours·Tiong Bahru·About S$128
Nutmeg & Clove
Singapore in a glass, now on Purvis Street
2 hours·Bugis·From S$24
Manhattan Bar
Conrad Orchard hotel bar, Asia's 50 Best fixture
2 hours·Orchard·From S$28
Auld Alliance
A whisky bar with its own bottlings, at the Capitol
2 hours·Civic District·About S$30
Burnt Ends
Dave Pynt's wood-fired grill, one Michelin star
2 hours·Dempsey·From S$180
Coastes
The long-running Siloso beach bar
Half day·Sentosa·From S$30
Gibson
A martini parlour upstairs on Bukit Pasoh
2 hours·Chinatown·About S$26
Bar Stories
Menu-free cocktails, made to order on Haji Lane
2 hours·Kampong Glam·About S$24
WooBar at W Sentosa
Hotel bar and pool for a low-key Sentosa night
2 hours·Sentosa Cove·From S$24
Joo Chiat After Dark
Shophouse bars and Peranakan tiles after dark
Evening·East Coast·Free
The Other Room
A hideaway whisky bar at Marriott Tang Plaza
2 hours·Orchard·From S$28
Soap-Making Workshop
A bar of soap you make and take home
2 hours·Ubi·From S$120
The Great Madras
A boutique hotel on Madras Street, Little India
2 hours·Little India·About S$16
Kebun Baru Birdsinging Club
Singapore's biggest songbird corner, best at dawn
1 hour·Ang Mo Kio·Free
King and the Pawn
Board game cafe and bar on Purvis Street
Flexible·Bugis·From S$10
Nelson Bar Sembawang
Singapore's oldest sailor bar, on the Sembawang Strip
Evening·Sembawang·Free
1918 Heritage Bar
Cocktails in a 1918 mansion on Telok Blangah Hill
Evening·Telok Blangah·Free
Ramakrishna Mission Temple
A Vedanta temple open morning and evening
1 hour·Bartley·Free
Maduro Jazz and Whisky Bar
Live jazz and whisky at Sofitel Sentosa
Evening·Sentosa·Free
The Elephant Room
Little India cocktails on Tanjong Pagar Road
Evening·Tanjong Pagar·Free
The Blackbird
Rock, blues and jazz bands at Gillman Barracks
Evening·Harbourfront·Free
Sustainable Singapore Gallery
Singapore's sustainability story, with hourly tours
1 hour·Marina Bay·Free
Mr Bucket Chocolate Tour and Tasting
An hour in a Dempsey chocolate factory, with tastings
1 hour·Dempsey·From S$20
Sentosa Heritage Trail
Three self-guided routes through Sentosa's past
2 hours·Sentosa·Free
Le Noir
A bar with a live band every night, no cover
2 hours·Marina Bay·Free
REDSEA Gallery at Dempsey Hill
A contemporary art gallery in old army barracks
45 min·Dempsey·Free
Choa Chu Kang Way Park
Dragonfly motifs and a shaded playground
30 min·Choa Chu Kang·Free
Chinatown Cocktail Crawl
An evening walk through three of Chinatown's shophouse bars
3 hours·Chinatown·S$119
Self-Drive Solar BBQ Boat
Captain a solar BBQ boat and grill as you drift
2 hours·Marina·About S$199
28 HongKong Street
An unmarked speakeasy on the Boat Quay side
2 hours·Civic District·About S$24
Spectra Light & Water Show
Free 15-minute light and water show on the bay
15 min·Marina Bay·Free
Helix Bridge & Bayfront Walk
A DNA-inspired footbridge with skyline views
45 min·Marina Bay·Free