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
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TicketsBatam Day Escape Ferry
About an hour by ferry to Batam for seafood and a spa
Full day·Batam·From S$76
TicketsPulau Hantu Dive Trip
Seahorses and nudibranchs 30 minutes offshore
Half day·Southern Islands·About S$120
TicketsJumbo Seafood Chilli Crab
Chilli crab by weight, with mantou for the sauce
2 hours·East Coast·About S$98
FreeEast Coast Lagoon Food Village
Barbecued stingray by the sea, no booking needed
1.5 hours·East Coast·Free
TicketsSentosa 4D AdventureLand
Motion seats and 4D rides at Imbiah Lookout
1.5 hours·Sentosa·From S$50
FreeEast Coast Park
Seafront cycling, sand and barbecue pits
Half day·East Coast·Free
FreePunggol Waterway Park
A waterway, three bridges and a sea breeze in Punggol
2 hours·Punggol·Free
TicketsLong Beach Seafood
Black pepper crab, sold by weight, to share
2 hours·East Coast·About S$95
TicketsOla Beach Club Kayak
An hour in a kayak off Siloso Beach
1 hour·Sentosa·From S$25
TicketsStarts 27 NovemberChristmas Wonderland
Markets and lights at Gardens by the Bay
2 hours·Marina Bay·Check price
Christmas on A Great Street
Orchard Road's Christmas lights and village
Evening·Orchard·Free
FreeStarts 15 JanuaryLight to Night Festival
Civic District art after dark, every January
Evening·Civic District·Free
TicketsDates not announcedChingay Parade
Singapore's big street parade at Chinese New Year
3 hours·Citywide·About S$28
FreeStarts 22 JanuaryThaipusam Procession
Kavadi bearers walk from Perumal to Tank Road
Half day·Little India·Free
TicketsSentosa Golf Club
Tanjong and Serapong, sea-edge golf
5 hours·Sentosa·From S$420
Pay thereSentosa Parasailing
Towed up under a parachute over the harbour
30 min·Sentosa·About S$79
FreeSeah Im Food Centre
HarbourFront hawker lunch before the cable car
45 min·Harbourfront·Free
TicketsNo Signboard Seafood
White pepper crab at the original Geylang branch
2 hours·Geylang·From S$90
FreeKatong Park
The old seafront park, now inland, still breezy
45 min·East Coast·Free
TicketsRuns 4 to 6 DecemberBYD Singapore International Marathon
The whole city as a race course, every December
Full day·Citywide·From S$118
FreeDates not announcedNational Day Parade
Singapore's birthday parade, at the Padang or the Bay
Evening·Marina Bay·Free
TicketsOla Beach Club Banana Boat
15 minutes on a towed banana boat off Siloso
15 min·Sentosa·From S$30
TicketsWindsurfing Taster, East Coast
A first go at windsurfing off East Coast Park
2 hours·East Coast·From S$200
Pay thereKukup Seafood Day Trip
Seafood lunch at a Johor kelong on stilts
Full day·Johor·About S$95
TicketsMellben Seafood
Heartland white pepper crab in the north-east
2 hours·Ang Mo Kio·From S$85
FreeDates not announcedGeylang Serai Hari Raya Bazaar
Geylang Serai's Ramadan night market, once a year
2 hours·Geylang·Free
FreeVesak Day, 20 MayVesak Day Temple Circuit
Lanterns, chanting and vegetarian stalls for Vesak
Half day·Chinatown·Free
TicketsConstant Wind Sailing Taster
Learn to sail off Changi in a two-hour taster
2 hours·Changi·From S$50
TicketsPunggol Settlement
Seafood dinners facing the strait at Punggol Point
2 hours·Punggol·About S$35
TicketsRed House Seafood
Chilli or pepper crab at Clarke Quay
2 hours·Clarke Quay·About S$90
TicketsPalm Beach Seafood
Crab and seafood for a sit-down dinner
2 hours·Marina Bay·From S$88
TicketsDates not announcedIstana Open House
Walk the Istana grounds on selected public holidays
2 hours·Orchard·From S$20
TicketsRoland Restaurant
No-frills chilli crab in Marine Parade
2 hours·East Coast·From S$75
FreeDowntown East
Wild Wild Wet, food and the sea at Pasir Ris
Half day·Pasir Ris·Free
FreeUsually August or SeptemberHungry Ghost Festival
Getai and offerings in the seventh lunar month
Evening·Citywide·Free
FreeDates not announcedSingapore Food Festival
A yearly festival of food pop-ups and hawker trails
varies·Citywide·Free
FreeStarts 21 JanuarySingapore Art Week
Galleries, museums and the Civic District after dark
Evening·Civic District·Free
ART SG
Contemporary art fair at Marina Bay Sands
Half day·Marina Bay·From S$80
TicketsRuns 13 to 22 NovemberSingapore Writers Festival
Readings and debates at the Arts House
Half day·Civic District·From S$15
TicketsSushi Kimura Plus
Nine seats of omakase at Conrad Orchard
2 hours·Orchard·From S$380
TicketsJiang-Nan Chun
Cantonese dim sum lunch at the Four Seasons
2 hours·Orchard·From S$68
TicketsStarts 21 MaySingapore International Festival of Arts
SIFA, the year's serious theatre and performance
varies·Civic District·From S$35
TicketsDates not announcedHuayi — Chinese Festival of Arts
The Esplanade's Chinese-language arts season
varies·Marina Bay·From S$30
TicketsStarts 20 NovemberKalaa Utsavam
The Esplanade's festival of Indian arts
varies·Marina Bay·From S$28
TicketsStarts 8 AprilPesta Raya
The Esplanade's festival of Malay arts
varies·Marina Bay·From S$25
Voices – A Festival of Song
Choirs, a cappella and singalongs at the Esplanade
Flexible·Marina Bay·Free
FreeDates not announcedSingapore Biennale
The city's contemporary art blowout, every two years
Half day·Civic District·Free
TicketsDates not announcedZoukOut
The beach EDM all-nighter on Siloso
Overnight·Sentosa·About S$128