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
95 to choose from · showing 1–48
TicketsMega Adventure Park
MegaZip from Imbiah Hill down to Siloso
2 hours·Sentosa·From S$59
FreeMerlion Park
The 8.6-metre icon, free and obligatory
30 min·Marina Bay·Free
FreeHenderson Waves & Southern Ridges
A timber wave of a bridge on the Southern Ridges
2 hours·Harbourfront·Free
TicketsRainforest Wild Adventure
Asia's first adventure wildlife park, at Mandai
Half day·Mandai·From S$55
FreeSentosa Boardwalk
Walk onto the island, harbour on both sides
30 min·Harbourfront·Free
FreeChinese Garden
Twin Pagoda and Cloud Pagoda at Jurong Lake
2 hours·Jurong East·Free
FreeLittle Guilin (Bukit Batok)
A flooded granite quarry by Bukit Gombak MRT
1 hour·Bukit Batok·Free
FreeTekka Centre
Little India's wet market and banana-leaf stalls
1.5 hours·Little India·Free
TicketsTai Chi at the Botanic Gardens
A small tai chi and qigong class by Eco Lake
1 hour·Bukit Timah·From S$25
Pay thereEast Coast Jetty Fishing
A rod, a jetty and maybe a fish at East Coast
3 hours·East Coast·About S$25
FreeChong Pang Market & Food Centre
Yishun breakfast that north-siders defend
1 hour·Yishun·Free
TicketsYa Hua Bak Kut Teh
Teochew peppery bak kut teh at Havelock and Keppel
1 hour·Tiong Bahru·From S$15
FreeMei Ling Market & Food Centre
Old-school Queenstown hawker centre on a hill
1 hour·Queenstown·Free
FreeYishun Xinghua Market
North hawker centre with long tables in Yishun
1 hour·Yishun·Free
FreeGeylang Bahru Market
Kallang hawker, old-school, a few cult bowls
1 hour·Kallang·Free
Kebun Baru Birdsinging Club
Singapore's biggest songbird corner, best at dawn
1 hour·Ang Mo Kio·Free
Jurong Fishery Port
A wholesale fish market that opens to the public
1 hour·Jurong·Free
Changi Boardwalk
A shoreline boardwalk for birds and Johor views
1 hour·Changi·Free
Christmas Train Show, Gardens by the Bay
Miniature trains through a Finnish Santa's hometown
1 hour·Marina Bay·From S$12
Tampines Heritage Trail
A town trail from the Hub to the Round Market
1 hour·Tampines·Free
PreviewSunrise Kayak Through Pulau Ubin Mangroves
Paddle Ubin's mangroves at sunrise, then breakfast in the village
4 hours·North-East·S$129
PreviewMacRitchie Dawn Trek & Treetop Walk
Dawn in the forest, then the TreeTop Walk before the crowds
3 hours·MacRitchie·S$59
PreviewEast Coast Sunrise Cycle & Kopi Ride
A flat sunrise ride along East Coast Park, then kaya toast and kopi
3 hours·East Coast·S$65
FreeSingapore Botanic Gardens
UNESCO-listed gardens, free to wander
Half day·Bukit Timah·Free
TicketsSingapore River Cruise
A 40-minute bumboat ride down the Singapore River
40 min·Clarke Quay·From S$28
FreeEast Coast Park
Seafront cycling, sand and barbecue pits
Half day·East Coast·Free
FreeChinatown Complex Wet Market
The working wet market under Chinatown Complex
45 min·Chinatown·Free
Jain Sthanak at Jalan Yasin
Morning puja and darshan at a Jain prayer hall
45 min·Eunos·Free
Coastal Life Boat Tour
A morning boat trip to floating fish farms
3 hours·Sembawang·About S$150
Sentosa Sea Kayak Trail
An easy morning paddle past Fort Siloso
4 hours·Sentosa·From S$95
Ramakrishna Mission Temple
A Vedanta temple open morning and evening
1 hour·Bartley·Free
Sree Maha Mariamman Temple
Yishun's pink Hindu temple, open morning and evening
1 hour·Yishun·Free
Introduction to Birdwatching, Sentosa
A Saturday morning bird walk on Sentosa
1.5 hours·Sentosa·From S$77.11
RequestKatong Peranakan Walk & Laksa Lab
Katong's Peranakan terraces, then a laksa you cook yourself
3 hours·East Coast·S$75
TicketsAdventure Cove Waterpark
Slides, lazy river and snorkelling with rays
Half day·Sentosa·From S$34
TicketsSkyline Luge Sentosa
Four downhill tracks, zero skill needed
2 hours·Sentosa·From S$28
TicketsSingapore Zoo
Open-concept rainforest zoo at Mandai
Full day·Mandai·From S$49
TicketsPulau Hantu Dive Trip
Seahorses and nudibranchs 30 minutes offshore
Half day·Southern Islands·About S$120
TicketsBig Bus Open-Top Tour
Open-top hop-on, hop-off bus on two routes
Full day·Suntec·About S$66
TicketsTea Chapter Appreciation
Brew your own pot in a Neil Road teahouse from 1989
1.5 hours·Chinatown·From S$40
FreeSri Mariamman Temple
Singapore's oldest Hindu temple, free to enter
30 min·Chinatown·Free
FreeNUS Museum
South and Southeast Asian art on campus
1.5 hours·Kent Ridge·Free
TicketsImages of Singapore LIVE
Included in the Madame Tussauds standard ticket
1.5 hours·Sentosa·From S$38
TicketsHyperDrive Indoor Go-Karts
Three-storey electric circuit at Palawan Beach
1 hour·Sentosa·From S$41
FreeThomson Nature Park
Forest trails past an old Hainanese village
2 hours·Central Catchment·Free
FreeKampong Lorong Buangkok
Singapore's last mainland kampong, still lived in
45 min·Buangkok·Free
FreeSouthern Ridges Forest Walk
A raised metal walkway through Southern Ridges forest
2 hours·Harbourfront·Free
FreeSultan Mosque
Kampong Gelam's gold dome, open to visitors most days
45 min·Kampong Glam·Free