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
68 to choose from · showing 1–48
TicketsClosed for nowSun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall
Sun Yat Sen's Balestier villa, shut until 2027
1 hour·Balestier·About S$6
FreeChinese Garden
Twin Pagoda and Cloud Pagoda at Jurong Lake
2 hours·Jurong East·Free
FreeJapanese Garden
Seiwaen garden, next door to Chinese Garden
1.5 hours·Jurong East·Free
TicketsDates not announcedChingay Parade
Singapore's big street parade at Chinese New Year
3 hours·Citywide·About S$28
FreeDates not announcedRiver Hongbao
Chinese New Year lanterns around Marina Bay
2 hours·Marina Bay·Free
TicketsChinese Calligraphy Class
Ink, brush, one character you might frame
1.5 hours·Bugis·From S$90
FreeSingapore Chinese Cultural Centre
SINGAPO人 gallery and a rooftop over the CBD
1.5 hours·Chinatown·Free
TicketsSingapore Chinese Orchestra
Year-round hall concerts, plus the Huayi festival
2 hours·Chinatown·From S$28
FreeBukit Brown Cemetery
The last great Chinese cemetery, open to walkers
2 hours·Bukit Timah·Free
FreeYue Hwa Chinese Products
The department store of Chinese medicine and silk
45 min·Chinatown·Free
FreeTelok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church
A national monument on Telok Ayer Street
20 min·Chinatown·Free
TicketsMott 32 Singapore
Hong Kong-style Chinese at Marina Bay Sands
2 hours·Marina Bay·From S$120
TicketsDates not announcedHuayi — Chinese Festival of Arts
The Esplanade's Chinese-language arts season
varies·Marina Bay·From S$30
TicketsTui Na / Chinese Massage
Oil-free Chinese massage in Chinatown or a TCM hall
1 hour·Chinatown·From S$45
Jurong Heritage Trail
25 stops, from an early food centre to Chinese Garden
Flexible·Jurong·Free
KWSH Heritage Gallery
Five elements of Chinese medicine, in an 1857 ward
1 hour·Boon Keng·Free
Kreta Ayer Heritage Gallery
Chinese opera, puppetry and tea in Chinatown
45 min·Chinatown·Free
Grassroots Book Room
A Chinese-language bookshop in Bukit Pasoh
45 min·Chinatown·Free
Yixing Xuan Tea Workshop
Hands-on Chinese tea workshops in Tanjong Pagar
1.5 hours·Tanjong Pagar·From S$58
Loyang Tua Pek Kong Temple
A Loyang temple with a festival calendar
30 min·Loyang·Free
Chinese Seal Carving Workshop
Carve and print your own Chinese stone seal
2 hours·Rochor·From S$100
Union Book Co
A Chinese bookshop in Bras Basah Complex
30 min·Civic District·Free
Westlake Restaurant
A Queen's Road zi char with braised pork and pau
1 hour·Bukit Timah·Free
Opera Livehouse by Ping Sheh
Saturday-night Chinese opera on Smith Street
1 hour·Chinatown·From S$10
Chinese Opera Tea House
Chinese opera with English subtitles and tea
2 hours·Chinatown·From S$25
Pioneers' Memorial Hall
A hall on Chinese pioneers, by guided tour only
1 hour·Chinatown·Free
Spring Blossoms, Gardens by the Bay
Lunar New Year blooms in the Flower Dome
Flexible·Marina Bay·From S$12
China Cultural Centre in Singapore
Exhibitions and a library on Queen Street
1 hour·Bras Basah·Free
TicketsFormer Ford Factory
Where Singapore surrendered, 15 Feb 1942
1.5 hours·Bukit Timah·From S$7
FreeJurong Lake Gardens
Singapore's third national garden, by Jurong Lake
Half day·Jurong East·Free
FreeLian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery
A 1902 monastery among Toa Payoh's HDB blocks
1 hour·Toa Payoh·Free
FreeBoat Quay
The old river trade, now riverside tables
1 hour·Civic District·Free
TicketsNational Kitchen by Violet Oon
Peranakan lunch in the National Gallery, with a view
2 hours·Civic District·From S$80
FreeNational Library Roof Garden
Free views, free air-con and floors of books
1 hour·Bugis·Free
TicketsLive Turtle & Tortoise Museum
More than 600 turtles and tortoises, now in Yishun
1.5 hours·Yishun·From S$16
FreeChinatown Night Market
Souvenirs and snacks on Pagoda Street after dark
1 hour·Chinatown·Free
FreeSt Andrew's Cathedral
The white 1861 church across from the Padang
30 min·Civic District·Free
FreeMarsiling Park
A hilly neighbourhood park in Woodlands
1 hour·Marsiling·Free
FreeVesak Day, 20 MayVesak Day Temple Circuit
Lanterns, chanting and vegetarian stalls for Vesak
Half day·Chinatown·Free
TicketsTCM Consultation & Herbs
Pulse, tongue, a bag of bitter tea
1 hour·Chinatown·From S$35
FreePandan Reservoir
Kayaking, rowing and fishing in the west
1.5 hours·Jurong East·Free
FreeChinatown Library
A small, quiet public library in Chinatown
30 min·Chinatown·Free
TicketsAh Chew Desserts
Tang yuan and mango at a long-running dessert house
45 min·Bugis·From S$8
FreeTampines Library
A big public library inside Our Tampines Hub
1 hour·Tampines·Free
FreeWoodlands Library
One of the biggest public libraries, up north
1 hour·Woodlands·Free
TicketsMin Jiang
Sichuan cooking and Beijing duck at Goodwood Park
2 hours·Orchard·From S$90
TicketsMaxwell Food Centre Tour
Chicken rice and the rest of the hall, with a guide
2.5 hours·Chinatown·About S$69
FreeChangi Layover Tour
Jewel, a slice of town, back before the gate
2.5 hours·Changi·Free