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
77 to choose from · showing 1–48
TicketsNational Gallery Singapore
Southeast Asian art in two national monuments
3 hours·Civic District·From S$20
TicketsAsian Civilisations Museum
Two millennia of Asian craft and trade by the river
2 hours·Civic District·From S$15
TicketsOn until 7 MarchSacred Caves: Dunhuang at ACM
Life-size Mogao caves at the Asian Civilisations Museum
2 hours·Civic District·From S$25
TicketsCommune Kitchen Cooking Class
Hands-on cooking in a Frasers Tower studio
3 hours·Civic District·From S$132
Tickets28 HongKong Street
An unmarked speakeasy on the Boat Quay side
2 hours·Civic District·About S$24
FreeLau Pa Sat Hawker Centre
Victorian market hall, with satay grilled on the street
1 hour·Civic District·Free
FreeFort Canning Park
A free 22-hectare hill park above the Civic District
2 hours·Civic District·Free
TicketsThe Battlebox
WWII bunker under Fort Canning Hill
1 hour·Civic District·From S$20
TicketsChildren's Museum Singapore
Hands-on heritage for 12 and under, Coleman Street
1.75 hours·Civic District·From S$15
FreeCivil Defence Heritage Gallery
Fire station museum on Hill Street
1 hour·Civic District·Free
FreeCHIJMES
A Gothic chapel and a courtyard of restaurants
45 min·Civic District·Free
TicketsRaffles Hotel Arcade & Long Bar
Singapore Slings and peanut shells at Long Bar
1 hour·Civic District·From S$44
FreeCapitol Theatre
A restored 1930s movie palace on Stamford Road
varies·Civic District·Free
FreeArmenian Church of St Gregory
Singapore's oldest church, from 1835
30 min·Civic District·Free
FreeBoat Quay
The old river trade, now riverside tables
1 hour·Civic District·Free
FreeCivilian War Memorial
Four pillars for four communities, by the Padang
20 min·Civic District·Free
FreeThe Cenotaph
The 1922 war memorial in Esplanade Park
15 min·Civic District·Free
FreeRaffles' Landing Site
A white Raffles statue on the river's north bank
15 min·Civic District·Free
TicketsATLAS Bar
Art Deco gin temple in Parkview Square
2 hours·Civic District·From S$28
TicketsOriginal Singapore Walks
Long-running guided walks through Singapore history
2.5 hours·Civic District·About S$42
FreeStarts 15 JanuaryLight to Night Festival
Civic District art after dark, every January
Evening·Civic District·Free
TicketsWillow Stream Spa
Fairmont's wet lounge and treatments
2 hours·Civic District·From S$160
TicketsAuld Alliance
A whisky bar with its own bottlings, at the Capitol
2 hours·Civic District·About S$30
TicketsWild Rice at Funan
Singapore plays in Wild Rice's theatre at Funan
2.5 hours·Civic District·From S$45
TicketsHill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle
The Crawford Lane bak chor mee queue
45 min·Civic District·From S$8
TicketsOdette
Three Michelin stars in the National Gallery
3 hours·Civic District·From S$288
TicketsNational Kitchen by Violet Oon
Peranakan lunch in the National Gallery, with a view
2 hours·Civic District·From S$80
FreeThe Arts House
Singapore's old Parliament House, now an arts venue
45 min·Civic District·Free
FreeVictoria Theatre & Concert Hall
The clock-tower concert hall by the river
varies·Civic District·Free
FreeCavenagh Bridge
An 1869 suspension bridge you can still walk across
15 min·Civic District·Free
FreeEsplanade Park
Cenotaph, Lim Bo Seng, the waterfront strip
45 min·Civic District·Free
FreeRaffles Place Park
The CBD's pocket green, sculptures, lunch
15 min·Civic District·Free
FreeSt Andrew's Cathedral
The white 1861 church across from the Padang
30 min·Civic District·Free
FreeCathedral of the Good Shepherd
Singapore's oldest Catholic cathedral
30 min·Civic District·Free
FreeThe Padang
The open green at the heart of the Civic District
20 min·Civic District·Free
FreeOld Hill Street Police Station
The old MICA building and its rainbow windows
20 min·Civic District·Free
FreeThe Fullerton Hotel
The old General Post Office, now a hotel to wander
30 min·Civic District·Free
FreeSMU City Campus Walk
A university folded into the Civic District
45 min·Civic District·Free
FreeWaterboat House Garden
A pocket-sized garden by the Fullerton
15 min·Civic District·Free
FreeElgin Bridge
The 1929 bridge joining North and South Bridge Roads
10 min·Civic District·Free
FreeAnderson Bridge
Race track in F1 week, a bay walk the rest of the year
10 min·Civic District·Free
FreePeninsula Plaza
Little Myanmar on North Bridge Road
1 hour·Civic District·Free
FreeNational Archives of Singapore
The reading room of the nation's paper
1.5 hours·Civic District·Free
FreeColeman Bridge
The river crossing named for the architect
10 min·Civic District·Free
FreeLim Bo Seng Memorial
Esplanade Park's memorial to a resistance hero
10 min·Civic District·Free
FreeTan Kim Seng Fountain
A Victorian iron fountain in Esplanade Park
10 min·Civic District·Free
TicketsJaan by Kirk Westaway
A classic view dinner 70 floors up at Swissôtel
2.5 hours·Civic District·From S$250
FreeFree Walking Tour (tip-based)
Tip-based walks in three heritage neighbourhoods
2.5 hours·Civic District·Free