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
45 to choose from
TicketsAsian Civilisations Museum
Two millennia of Asian craft and trade by the river
2 hours·Civic District·From S$15
TicketsNational Museum of Singapore
The nation's story, in the 1887 building
2 hours·Dhoby Ghaut·From S$18
TicketsLee Kong Chian Natural History Museum
Three dinosaur skeletons on the NUS Kent Ridge campus
2 hours·Kent Ridge·From S$27
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
TicketsHistorical City Bike Tour
Guided bike ride from Marina Bay to Kampong Gelam
4 hours·City Hall·From S$80
Fort Siloso Audio Experience
A self-guided audio tour of Fort Siloso
Flexible·Sentosa·From S$12
TicketsChinatown Heritage Centre
Restored 1950s shophouses on Pagoda Street
1.5 hours·Chinatown·From S$25
TicketsThe Battlebox
WWII bunker under Fort Canning Hill
1 hour·Civic District·From S$20
TicketsFormer Ford Factory
Where Singapore surrendered, 15 Feb 1942
1.5 hours·Bukit Timah·From S$7
TicketsClosed for nowSun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall
Sun Yat Sen's Balestier villa, shut until 2027
1 hour·Balestier·About S$6
TicketsImages of Singapore LIVE
Included in the Madame Tussauds standard ticket
1.5 hours·Sentosa·From S$38
TicketsOriginal Singapore Walks
Long-running guided walks through Singapore history
2.5 hours·Civic District·About S$42
TicketsChangi WWII Heritage Tour
Free guided tours at Changi Chapel and Museum
1 hour·Changi·From S$9
Jurong Heritage Trail
25 stops, from an early food centre to Chinese Garden
Flexible·Jurong·Free
Pasir Panjang Machine-Gun Pillbox
A 1930s coastal-defence pillbox on Pasir Panjang Road
30 min·Pasir Panjang·Free
Fort Canning Heritage Gallery
Free artefacts and a 700-year story on the hill
1 hour·Civic District·Free
Pioneers' Memorial Hall
A hall on Chinese pioneers, by guided tour only
1 hour·Chinatown·Free
Methodist Archives and History Library
Visit the Methodist Church's records by appointment
1 hour·Newton·Free
The Albatross File Exhibition
Singapore's separation, from declassified files
1.5 hours·Bras Basah·Free
National Archives Reading Room
Read Singapore's historical records in person
2 hours·Civic District·Free
FreeCivil Defence Heritage Gallery
Fire station museum on Hill Street
1 hour·Civic District·Free
FreeKent Ridge Park
A canopy walk and a reflexology path on a WWII ridge
2 hours·Kent Ridge·Free
FreeKampong Glam Street Art Walk
Haji Lane murals after the free Kampong Gelam walk
2.5 hours·Kampong Glam·Free
FreeDuxton Plain Park
A linear park on an old railway trace
30 min·Duxton·Free
FreeLower Seletar Reservoir Park
A long dam walk and kayaks in the north-east
1.5 hours·Seletar·Free
FreeJapanese Cemetery Park
Southeast Asia's largest Japanese cemetery, in Hougang
1 hour·Hougang·Free
FreeNUS University Town
A campus town with a bridge and views of the west
1.5 hours·Kent Ridge·Free
TicketsGeylang Food Tour
A guided night of eating through Geylang's lorongs
4.5 hours·Geylang·From S$80
FreeBukit Brown Cemetery
The last great Chinese cemetery, open to walkers
2 hours·Bukit Timah·Free
TicketsTiong Bahru Walking Tour
The art deco estate, its market and bookshops
2.5 hours·Tiong Bahru·About S$45
FreeFort Canning Guided Walk
The forbidden hill, its spice garden and the bunker
2 hours·Civic District·Free
SGH Museum
Two centuries of medicine in a 1926 monument
1 hour·Outram·Free
Wardah Books
An Islamic bookshop a minute from Sultan Mosque
45 min·Kampong Glam·Free
Yixing Xuan Tea Workshop
Hands-on Chinese tea workshops in Tanjong Pagar
1.5 hours·Tanjong Pagar·From S$58
The Potter's Garden
A pottery-themed park beside two dragon kilns
1 hour·Jurong West·Free
Nyonya Kebaya Workshop
Hands-on Nyonya kebaya styling in Katong
Flexible·Katong·From S$100
House of Tan Yeok Nee
The sole survivor of the Four Grand Mansions
45 min·Dhoby Ghaut·Free
Fort Serapong
Information boards at an 1880s battery on Sentosa
30 min·Sentosa·Free
Wallace Education Centre
A cow shed turned Wallace exhibition gallery
1 hour·Bukit Panjang·Free
1918 Heritage Bar
Cocktails in a 1918 mansion on Telok Blangah Hill
Evening·Telok Blangah·Free
ParlConnect, Parliament Visitor Centre
A free visitor centre inside Parliament House
1 hour·Civic District·Free
Sengkang Library
A library in Compass One that nods to the river
1 hour·Sengkang·Free
Supreme Court Judicial Heritage Gallery
A walk-through of Singapore's law and its courtrooms
1.5 hours·City Hall·Free
Nim Meadow Park
A playground that nods to rubber-plantation days
30 min·Serangoon·Free