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
28 to choose from
FreeChinatown Free Walking Tour
Temples, shophouses and clan streets, for a tip
2.5 hours·Chinatown·Free
FreeClarke Quay Riverside Night
River bars, shophouse colour and late satay
Evening·Clarke Quay·Free
TicketsChinatown Heritage Centre
Restored 1950s shophouses on Pagoda Street
1.5 hours·Chinatown·From S$25
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
FreeJoo Chiat After Dark
Shophouse bars and Peranakan tiles after dark
Evening·East Coast·Free
Balestier Heritage Trail
Temples, shophouses and old hospital wards on foot
2 hours·Balestier·Free
Petain Road Shophouses
A tiled shophouse row in Jalan Besar
20 min·Jalan Besar·Free
Nyonya Kueh Sampling at Kim Choo
A set of Nyonya kueh and blue tea in a shophouse
1 hour·Katong·From S$8.50
PreviewChinatown Cocktail Crawl
An evening walk through three of Chinatown's shophouse bars
3 hours·Chinatown·S$119
RequestSecret Shophouse Chef's Table
Nine courses of modern Singaporean cooking in a Blair Plain shophouse
3 hours·Chinatown·S$189
TicketsMINT Museum of Toys
50,000 vintage toys across five floors
1.5 hours·Bugis·From S$30
Tickets28 HongKong Street
An unmarked speakeasy on the Boat Quay side
2 hours·Civic District·About S$24
FreeAbdul Gafoor Mosque
A 1907 Saracenic-style mosque in Little India
20 min·Little India·Free
FreeBoat Quay
The old river trade, now riverside tables
1 hour·Civic District·Free
FreeKeong Saik Road
Former red-light street, now restaurants and hotels
Evening·Keong Saik·Free
TicketsNative
Regional spirits in a tiny Amoy Street room
2 hours·Chinatown·About S$28
FreeDuxton Plain Park
A linear park on an old railway trace
30 min·Duxton·Free
FreeMasjid Al-Abrar
A Chulia mosque on Telok Ayer, from 1827
20 min·Chinatown·Free
TicketsChye Seng Huat Hardware
Coffee roasters in an old Lavender hardware shop
1 hour·Kallang·From S$6
TicketsKilliney Kopitiam
Toast, eggs and kopi at the Killiney Road original
30 min·Orchard·From S$6
TicketsGibson
A martini parlour upstairs on Bukit Pasoh
2 hours·Chinatown·About S$26
TicketsTCM Consultation & Herbs
Pulse, tongue, a bag of bitter tea
1 hour·Chinatown·From S$35
FreeMohamed Sultan Road
The old club street, now restaurants
Evening·River Valley·Free
LimCha Teochew Tea Appreciation
Gongfu tea tasting on East Coast Road
2 hours·Katong·From S$85
Incense Journey at Sifr Aromatics
Burn and blend incense on Arab Street
Flexible·Kampong Glam·From S$100
Pioneers Trail, Ann Siang Hill
A 30-minute walk through spice trees and clan houses
30 min·Chinatown·Free