Singapore
Things to do
Theme parks, hawker food and free gardens, for a spare hour or a whole day.
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
23 to choose from
FreeFort Canning Park
A free 22-hectare hill park above the Civic District
2 hours·Civic District·Free
FreeFort Siloso
Singapore's only preserved WWII coastal fort, free
2 hours·Sentosa·Free
TicketsThe Battlebox
WWII bunker under Fort Canning Hill
1 hour·Civic District·From S$20
FreeFort Tanjong Katong
Unearthed coastal fort under a Katong park
30 min·East Coast·Free
TicketsFort Canning Guided Walk
The forbidden hill, its spice garden and the bunker
2 hours·Civic District·About S$35
Oldham Theatre
Asian Film Archive screenings on Canning Rise
2 hours·Fort Canning·About S$10
Fort Serapong
Information boards at an 1880s battery on Sentosa
30 min·Sentosa·Free
Sentosa Sea Kayak Trail
An easy morning paddle past Fort Siloso
4 hours·Sentosa·From S$95
FreeSiloso Beach
Sentosa's liveliest beach, with clubs and kayaks
2 hours·Sentosa·Free
FreeCivil Defence Heritage Gallery
Fire station museum on Hill Street
1 hour·Civic District·Free
FreeKwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple
Waterloo Street's busy temple to Guanyin
30 min·Bugis·Free
FreeSri Thendayuthapani Temple
The Tank Road temple where Thaipusam ends
30 min·River Valley·Free
FreeBoat Quay
The old river trade, now riverside tables
1 hour·Civic District·Free
TicketsMarina Bay Dinner Cruise
A 90-minute river cruise with dinner aboard
1.5 hours·Marina Bay·From S$80
FreeDhoby Ghaut Green
A pocket lawn over the MRT interchange
20 min·Dhoby Ghaut·Free
FreeKatong Park
The old seafront park, now inland, still breezy
45 min·East Coast·Free
FreeSTPI Creative Workshop & Gallery
Print and paper workshop on Robertson Quay
1.5 hours·Clarke Quay·Free
FreeSMU City Campus Walk
A university folded into the Civic District
45 min·Civic District·Free
FreeDigital Light Canvas
A free LED light floor at The Shoppes, big with kids
20 min·Marina Bay·Free
FreeNational Archives of Singapore
The reading room of the nation's paper
1.5 hours·Civic District·Free
TicketsWWII Heritage Combo
The Battlebox with Bukit Chandu, or Changi Chapel
5 hours·Civic District·About S$55
Loyang Tua Pek Kong Temple
A Loyang temple with a festival calendar
30 min·Loyang·Free
Kampung Cookhouse at Tiong Bahru
Free family-recipe cooking demos in Tiong Bahru
2 hours·Tiong Bahru·Free