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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

18 to choose from

The IntanTickets

The Intan

Private Peranakan house museum, by appointment

1 hour·Joo Chiat·From S$64

Koon Seng Road ShophousesFree

Koon Seng Road Shophouses

The pastel Peranakan terraces of Joo Chiat

30 min·East Coast·Free

Katong-Joo Chiat Peranakan WalkTickets

Katong-Joo Chiat Peranakan Walk

Koon Seng Road, a private museum and a kueh tea

2.5 hours·East Coast·From S$88

Joo Chiat After DarkFree

Joo Chiat After Dark

Shophouse bars and Peranakan tiles after dark

Evening·East Coast·Free

Float TherapyTickets

Float Therapy

A dark pod of salt water on Joo Chiat Road

1.5 hours·Joo Chiat·From S$120

Tickets

Popiah Tour at Kway Guan Huat

Watch popiah skin made, then wrap your own

1 hour·Joo Chiat·From S$10.90

Tickets

Museum of Food Workshops

Heritage cooking workshops in Joo Chiat

Flexible·Joo Chiat·About S$60

Free

Kuan Im Tng Temple, Joo Chiat

A quiet Guanyin temple on Tembeling Road

30 min·Joo Chiat·Free

Free

Telok Kurau Park

A big family park on the Siglap canal

1 hour·Joo Chiat·Free

Katong Peranakan Walk & Laksa LabRequest

Katong Peranakan Walk & Laksa Lab

Katong's Peranakan terraces, then a laksa you cook yourself

3 hours·East Coast·S$75

Peranakan MuseumTickets

Peranakan Museum

Beadwork, kebayas and wedding chambers

1.5 hours·Dhoby Ghaut·From S$12

Baba HouseTicketsClosed until 2027

Baba House

Peranakan terrace on Neil Road, closed until 2027

1.5 hours·Chinatown·From S$18

Katong ParkFree

Katong Park

The old seafront park, now inland, still breezy

45 min·East Coast·Free

Haig Road Market & Food CentreFree

Haig Road Market & Food Centre

Katong-side hawker with roti prata nearby

1 hour·East Coast·Free

Watercolour WorkshopTickets

Watercolour Workshop

Watercolour classes at New Bahru and Katong

2.5 hours·Tiong Bahru·From S$68

Tickets

Nyonya Kueh Sampling at Kim Choo

A set of Nyonya kueh and blue tea in a shophouse

1 hour·Katong·From S$8.50

Tickets

Quentin's Eurasian Restaurant

Eurasian home cooking on Ceylon Road

2 hours·Katong·From S$15.80

Free

Marine Parade Road Park

A fitness corner and a Madras Thorn heritage tree

20 min·Marine Parade·Free