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
596 to choose from · showing 1–48
FreeBuddha Tooth Relic Temple
Tang-style temple, free entry, rooftop garden
1 hour·Chinatown·Free
FreeMandai Gallery
Mandai's zoo-to-reserve story, with complimentary entry
45 min·Mandai·Free
FreeBollywood Veggies Farm
Kranji organic farm and Poison Ivy bistro
2 hours·Kranji·Free
FreeSingapore Botanic Gardens
UNESCO-listed gardens, free to wander
Half day·Bukit Timah·Free
FreeMarina Barrage & Picnic Green
Green Roof and water playground on the reservoir
2 hours·Marina Bay·Free
FreeMerlion Park
The 8.6-metre icon, free and obligatory
30 min·Marina Bay·Free
FreeSingapore Maritime Gallery
Free ship simulators above Marina South Pier
1.5 hours·Marina South·Free
FreeChinatown Free Walking Tour
Temples, shophouses and clan streets, for a tip
2.5 hours·Chinatown·Free
FreeLittle India Free Walking Tour
Temples, Tekka and Tan Teng Niah on a tip-based walk
2.5 hours·Little India·Free
FreeKampong Gelam Free Walking Tour
Pay-what-you-like walk: Sultan Mosque to Haji Lane
2.5 hours·Kampong Glam·Free
FreeSungei Buloh Wetland Walk
Wetland walks with crocodiles and migrating birds
3 hours·Kranji·Free
FreeGardens by the Bay (Outdoor Gardens)
Supertrees and lakeside gardens, free to wander
2 hours·Marina Bay·Free
FreeSpectra Light & Water Show
Free 15-minute light and water show on the bay
15 min·Marina Bay·Free
FreeHelix Bridge & Bayfront Walk
A DNA-inspired footbridge with skyline views
45 min·Marina Bay·Free
FreeEsplanade Outdoor Theatre
Free gigs on the Marina Bay waterfront
1 hour·Marina Bay·Free
FreeLau Pa Sat Hawker Centre
Victorian market hall, with satay grilled on the street
1 hour·Civic District·Free
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
FreeFort Canning Park
A free 22-hectare hill park above the Civic District
2 hours·Civic District·Free
FreeHenderson Waves & Southern Ridges
A timber wave of a bridge on the Southern Ridges
2 hours·Harbourfront·Free
FreeGrounds closed, Hell's Museum openHaw Par Villa
Tiger Balm sculpture park, grounds partly closed
2 hours·Pasir Panjang·Free
FreeTiong Bahru Market & Food Centre
Breakfast upstairs, wet market downstairs
1.5 hours·Tiong Bahru·Free
FreeEast Coast Lagoon Food Village
Barbecued stingray by the sea, no booking needed
1.5 hours·East Coast·Free
FreePalawan Beach, Sentosa
A calm beach and continental Asia's southernmost point
2 hours·Sentosa·Free
HIIT the Beach, Sentosa
A free beach fitness circuit at Palawan Beach
Flexible·Sentosa·Free
FreeION Sky
Orchard from levels 55 and 56, no ticket needed
45 min·Orchard·Free
FreeBugis Street Market
Covered street market for souvenirs and snacks
1.5 hours·Bugis·Free
FreeClarke Quay Riverside Night
River bars, shophouse colour and late satay
Evening·Clarke Quay·Free
FreeFort Siloso
Singapore's only preserved WWII coastal fort, free
2 hours·Sentosa·Free
FreeSiloso Beach
Sentosa's liveliest beach, with clubs and kayaks
2 hours·Sentosa·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
FreeEmerald Hill
Peranakan terrace houses off Orchard Road
45 min·Orchard·Free
FreeBukit Timah Nature Reserve
Rainforest trails on Singapore's highest hill
3 hours·Bukit Timah·Free
FreeMacRitchie Reservoir Park
Reservoir boardwalks and a long forest loop, free
3 hours·MacRitchie·Free
FreeEast Coast Park
Seafront cycling, sand and barbecue pits
Half day·East Coast·Free
FreeNewton Food Centre
Satay and grilled stingray after dark, by Newton MRT
1 hour·Newton·Free
FreeKranji War Memorial
Quiet Commonwealth war cemetery in Kranji
1 hour·Kranji·Free
FreeHortPark
The Southern Ridges' gardening hub, with a bee trail
2 hours·Harbourfront·Free
FreeNUS Museum
South and Southeast Asian art on campus
1.5 hours·Kent Ridge·Free
FreeRSAF Air Force Museum
Jets on the ground at Paya Lebar
2 hours·Paya Lebar·Free
FreeFuk Tak Chi Museum
One of Singapore's oldest temples, now a tiny museum
30 min·Chinatown·Free
FreeCivil Defence Heritage Gallery
Fire station museum on Hill Street
1 hour·Civic District·Free
FreeSentosa Sensoryscape
A free walk of light, scent and mist
45 min·Sentosa·Free
FreeSentosa Boardwalk
Walk onto the island, harbour on both sides
30 min·Harbourfront·Free
FreeFountain of Wealth
Once the world's largest fountain, still free
20 min·Suntec·Free
FreeChangi Butterfly Garden
Free butterflies in Terminal 3
30 min·Changi·Free
FreeJewel Rain Vortex (free viewing)
The world's tallest indoor waterfall, free to watch
30 min·Changi·Free