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.
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All things to do
89 to choose from · showing 1–48
TicketsChinatown Heritage Centre
Restored 1950s shophouses on Pagoda Street
1.5 hours·Chinatown·From S$25
FreeCHIJMES
A Gothic chapel and a courtyard of restaurants
45 min·Civic District·Free
FreeCapitol Theatre
A restored 1930s movie palace on Stamford Road
varies·Civic District·Free
FreeBishan-Ang Mo Kio Park
62-hectare river park on a restored Kallang canal
2 hours·Bishan·Free
Sunset Serenity at Tanjong Beach
Restorative yoga and sound bathing on the sand
1 hour·Sentosa·From S$20
FreeKeong Saik Road
Former red-light street, now restaurants and hotels
Evening·Keong Saik·Free
FreeDempsey Hill
Old barracks turned restaurants and antique shops
2 hours·Dempsey·Free
FreeRobertson Quay
The quieter river, with restaurants and evening walks
Evening·Clarke Quay·Free
FreeAnderson Bridge
Race track in F1 week, a bay walk the rest of the year
10 min·Civic District·Free
FreeMohamed Sultan Road
The old club street, now restaurants
Evening·River Valley·Free
TicketsRoland Restaurant
No-frills chilli crab in Marine Parade
2 hours·East Coast·From S$75
TicketsMaxwell Food Centre Tour
Chicken rice and the rest of the hall, with a guide
2.5 hours·Chinatown·About S$69
TicketsFloat Therapy
A dark pod of salt water on Joo Chiat Road
1.5 hours·Joo Chiat·From S$120
Westlake Restaurant
A Queen's Road zi char with braised pork and pau
1 hour·Bukit Timah·Free
Quentin's Eurasian Restaurant
Eurasian home cooking on Ceylon Road
2 hours·Katong·From S$15.80
TicketsBreakfast in the Wild
Zoo breakfast buffet at Ah Meng Terrace
1.5 hours·Mandai·From S$47
TicketsCE LA VI SkyBar Entry
Sky Bar 57 floors up, with a house pour in the cover
Evening·Marina Bay·From S$38
FreeMaxwell Food Centre
Tian Tian's Hainanese chicken rice, no booking
1 hour·Chinatown·Free
TicketsClosed until 2027Baba House
Peranakan terrace on Neil Road, closed until 2027
1.5 hours·Chinatown·From S$18
TicketsClosed for nowSun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall
Sun Yat Sen's Balestier villa, shut until 2027
1 hour·Balestier·About S$6
FreeMount Faber Peak
Harbour views from the top, free if you walk up
1.5 hours·Harbourfront·Free
FreeJacob Ballas Children's Garden
Free water play for kids in the Botanic Gardens
2 hours·Bukit Timah·Free
FreeChestnut Nature Park
Singapore's largest nature park, for hikers and bikers
3 hours·Bukit Panjang·Free
FreeLian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery
A 1902 monastery among Toa Payoh's HDB blocks
1 hour·Toa Payoh·Free
FreeYueh Hai Ching Temple
Wak Hai Cheng Bio, a Telok Ayer temple from 1826
30 min·Chinatown·Free
FreeKoon Seng Road Shophouses
The pastel Peranakan terraces of Joo Chiat
30 min·East Coast·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
TicketsOla Beach Club Kayak
An hour in a kayak off Siloso Beach
1 hour·Sentosa·From S$25
TicketsClosed for nowChek Jawa Guided Walk
Intertidal walk with a naturalist, suspended for now
1 hour·Pulau Ubin·From S$60
TicketsChilli Crab Cooking Class
Cook the national dish, then eat it
3 hours·Tai Seng·From S$118
TicketsWine Tasting in Dempsey
Wine masterclasses at Dempsey
2 hours·Dempsey·About S$75
TicketsNo Signboard Seafood
White pepper crab at the original Geylang branch
2 hours·Geylang·From S$90
TicketsOdette
Three Michelin stars in the National Gallery
3 hours·Civic District·From S$288
TicketsBurnt Ends
Dave Pynt's wood-fired grill, one Michelin star
2 hours·Dempsey·From S$180
TicketsNational Kitchen by Violet Oon
Peranakan lunch in the National Gallery, with a view
2 hours·Civic District·From S$80
FreeHong San See
A Hokkien temple on the hill at Mohamed Sultan
30 min·River Valley·Free
FreeTan Si Chong Su
A family clan temple by the river on Magazine Road
20 min·Clarke Quay·Free
FreeClifford Pier & The Fullerton Bay
A 1933 landing pier, now an event venue
30 min·Marina Bay·Free
FreeHong Lim Park & Speakers' Corner
Singapore's only legal outdoor soapbox, plus a lawn
30 min·Chinatown·Free
FreeTras Link Park
A pocket of CBD green by Tanjong Pagar station
15 min·Tanjong Pagar·Free
Pay thereKukup Seafood Day Trip
Seafood lunch at a Johor kelong on stilts
Full day·Johor·About S$95
FreeCathedral of the Good Shepherd
Singapore's oldest Catholic cathedral
30 min·Civic District·Free
FreeSTPI Creative Workshop & Gallery
Print and paper workshop on Robertson Quay
1.5 hours·Clarke Quay·Free
FreeGoodman Arts Centre
Artists' studios in an old school at Mountbatten
1 hour·East Coast·Free
TicketsChin Mee Chin Confectionery
Kaya toast in Katong's tiled 1925 confectionery
30 min·East Coast·From S$6
TicketsZén
Three Michelin stars on Bukit Pasoh
3 hours·Chinatown·From S$450
FreeMarsiling Park
A hilly neighbourhood park in Woodlands
1 hour·Marsiling·Free