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
59 to choose from · showing 1–48
FreeKranji War Memorial
Quiet Commonwealth war cemetery in Kranji
1 hour·Kranji·Free
TicketsChangi Chapel & Museum
POW stories, a replica chapel, quiet rooms
1.5 hours·Changi·From S$9
FreeTanjong Beach, Sentosa
Sentosa's quietest beach, with clubs if you want them
3 hours·Sentosa·Free
FreeLazarus Island Sandbar
A quiet sandbar beach, where the ferry lands
Half day·Southern Islands·Free
FreeWindsor Nature Park
Quiet boardwalks on the way to MacRitchie
2 hours·Central Catchment·Free
FreeUpper Seletar Reservoir Park
A 1969 rocket-shaped lookout over a quiet reservoir
1 hour·Mandai·Free
FreeRobertson Quay
The quieter river, with restaurants and evening walks
Evening·Clarke Quay·Free
FreeJapanese Cemetery Park
Southeast Asia's largest Japanese cemetery, in Hougang
1 hour·Hougang·Free
FreeMount Emily Park
A quiet hill park behind Dhoby Ghaut
45 min·Dhoby Ghaut·Free
FreeCircuit Road Market
Old Airport Road's quieter cousin
1 hour·Geylang·Free
FreeChinatown Library
A small, quiet public library in Chinatown
30 min·Chinatown·Free
FreeFoo Hai Ch'an Monastery
A quiet Buddhist monastery in Geylang East
45 min·Geylang·Free
TicketsMandarin Oriental Spa
A quiet hotel spa on Marina Bay
2 hours·Marina Bay·From S$240
Church of St Mary of the Angels
A Franciscan parish church in Bukit Batok
45 min·Bukit Batok·Free
Jain Sthanak at Jalan Yasin
Morning puja and darshan at a Jain prayer hall
45 min·Eunos·Free
Kuan Im Tng Temple, Joo Chiat
A quiet Guanyin temple on Tembeling Road
30 min·Joo Chiat·Free
Fernvale Park
A quiet green facing Thanggam LRT station
20 min·Sengkang·Free
TicketsSkyline Luge Sentosa
Four downhill tracks, zero skill needed
2 hours·Sentosa·From S$28
TicketsAsian Civilisations Museum
Two millennia of Asian craft and trade by the river
2 hours·Civic District·From S$15
FreePalawan Beach, Sentosa
A calm beach and continental Asia's southernmost point
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
FreeFuk Tak Chi Museum
One of Singapore's oldest temples, now a tiny museum
30 min·Chinatown·Free
FreeSingapore Sports Hub & National Stadium
The dome, the river, a public concourse
1 hour·Kallang·Free
FreeChinese Garden
Twin Pagoda and Cloud Pagoda at Jurong Lake
2 hours·Jurong East·Free
FreePunggol Waterway Park
A waterway, three bridges and a sea breeze in Punggol
2 hours·Punggol·Free
FreeKampong Lorong Buangkok
Singapore's last mainland kampong, still lived in
45 min·Buangkok·Free
FreeArmenian Church of St Gregory
Singapore's oldest church, from 1835
30 min·Civic District·Free
FreeAnn Siang Hill & Club Street
Shophouse bars, staircases and the after-work crowd
Evening·Chinatown·Free
FreeDuxton Hill
Blair Plain bars in conserved shophouses
Evening·Duxton·Free
FreeCivilian War Memorial
Four pillars for four communities, by the Padang
20 min·Civic District·Free
TicketsSt. Gregory Spa
Hotel spa at PARKROYAL on Beach Road
2 hours·Beach Road·About S$180
FreeSentosa Nature Discovery
A free nature gallery and Swiftlet Bunker at Imbiah
1 hour·Sentosa·Free
TicketsSingapore Symphony Orchestra
The SSO at Esplanade or Victoria Concert Hall
2 hours·Marina Bay·From S$35
FreeNational Library Roof Garden
Free views, free air-con and floors of books
1 hour·Bugis·Free
FreeTemple of 1,000 Lights
Sakya Muni Buddha Gaya on Race Course Road
30 min·Little India·Free
FreeBurmese Buddhist Temple
A white marble Buddha on Tai Gin Road
30 min·Balestier·Free
FreeZhenghua Nature Park
A forest strip along the BKE
2 hours·Bukit Panjang·Free
FreeSt Andrew's Cathedral
The white 1861 church across from the Padang
30 min·Civic District·Free
FreeCathedral of the Good Shepherd
Singapore's oldest Catholic cathedral
30 min·Civic District·Free
FreeWaterboat House Garden
A pocket-sized garden by the Fullerton
15 min·Civic District·Free
FreeHougang 6/7 Market
A Hougang hawker centre for breakfast
1 hour·Hougang·Free
TicketsUSS VIP Experience
A guided USS day, admission and Express included
5 hours·Sentosa·About S$378
TicketsAdventure Cove Rainbow Reef Snorkel
Snorkel Rainbow Reef on an Adventure Cove day ticket
2 hours·Sentosa·From S$34
Pay thereThai Massage
Cheap shop or hotel spa, stretched either way
1.5 hours·Kallang·About S$40
TicketsSingapore Wake Park Session
System B or C, for riders who can already stand
1 hour·East Coast·From S$55
FreeCommonwealth Crescent Market
Queenstown hill hawker, a view if you look up
1 hour·Queenstown·Free
Saint George's Church
Tanglin's 1913 Romanesque garrison church
1 hour·Tanglin·Free