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
112 to choose from · showing 1–48
FreeDempsey Hill
Old barracks turned restaurants and antique shops
2 hours·Dempsey·Free
FreeTanjong Beach Club
Sentosa's original beach club, on public sand
Half day·Sentosa·Free
FreeGardens by the Bay Guided Tour
Free weekend nature walks with a Gardens guide
1 hour·Marina Bay·Free
TicketsOpen Water Diver Course (local)
PADI Open Water: a pool session, then a yacht weekend
3 days·Paya Lebar·From S$838
Brass Lion Distillery Tour
A weekend gin distillery tour with a tasting flight
1 hour·Alexandra·From S$50
Kok Fah Technology Farm
Hydroponic farm tours and a weekend veg market
Flexible·Sungei Tengah·Free
Long Kuan Hung Crocodile Farm Tour
A guided tour of a working crocodile farm
75 min·Lim Chu Kang·From S$22
Orchidville Weekend Market
A farm weekend market with prawn noodles
2 hours·Sungei Tengah·Free
Sonic Bowl at SAFRA Choa Chu Kang
Ten-pin bowling open until 1am at weekends
2 hours·Choa Chu Kang·From S$5.50
Parent and Child Planting at Nature Kindred
A weekend planting session at a plant nursery
1 hour·Sungei Tengah·From S$38
Changi Sailing Club Dinghy Course
Learn to sail a Topper over four weekend days
4 days·Changi·From S$626.75
TicketsAltitudeX Indoor Skydiving
Sentosa wind tunnel, formerly iFly Singapore
2 hours·Sentosa·From S$59
TicketsSingapore Zoo
Open-concept rainforest zoo at Mandai
Full day·Mandai·From S$49
TicketsCuriosity Cove
Indoor nature playscape for kids 12 and under
2 hours·Mandai·From S$48
TicketsScience Centre Singapore
Hands-on science galleries in Jurong East
Half day·Jurong East·From S$12
TicketsKidZania Singapore
A mini city where kids run the jobs
Half day·Sentosa·From S$51
FreeBollywood Veggies Farm
Kranji organic farm and Poison Ivy bistro
2 hours·Kranji·Free
TicketsPulau Hantu Dive Trip
Seahorses and nudibranchs 30 minutes offshore
Half day·Southern Islands·About S$120
FreeSungei Buloh Wetland Walk
Wetland walks with crocodiles and migrating birds
3 hours·Kranji·Free
FreeEsplanade Outdoor Theatre
Free gigs on the Marina Bay waterfront
1 hour·Marina Bay·Free
FreeLau Pa Sat Hawker Centre
Victorian market hall, with satay grilled on the street
1 hour·Civic District·Free
FreeTiong Bahru Market & Food Centre
Breakfast upstairs, wet market downstairs
1.5 hours·Tiong Bahru·Free
TicketsWild Wild Wet
Singapore's largest water park, in Pasir Ris
Half day·Pasir Ris·From S$29
TicketsSingapore Discovery Centre
Nation-building, flight simulators, kids' city
3 hours·Jurong East·From S$10
TicketsHyperDrive Indoor Go-Karts
Three-storey electric circuit at Palawan Beach
1 hour·Sentosa·From S$41
TicketsHydroDash Floating Aqua Park
A floating obstacle course off Palawan Beach
1 hour·Sentosa·From S$31
FreeMacRitchie Treetop Walk
A free 250m bridge up to 25m above the forest
3 hours·MacRitchie·Free
Tickets1-Altitude Coast
Sentosa rooftop pool bar looking over Palawan
Evening·Sentosa·From S$50
TicketsKallang Basin Kayak
Sit-on-top kayaks on Kallang Basin by the Sports Hub
2 hours·Kallang·From S$18
TicketsChangi WWII Heritage Tour
Free guided tours at Changi Chapel and Museum
1 hour·Changi·From S$9
TicketsMarina Bay Dinner Cruise
A 90-minute river cruise with dinner aboard
1.5 hours·Marina Bay·From S$80
FreeQian Hu Fish Farm
An ornamental fish farm with free entry
2 hours·Sungei Tengah·Free
TicketsClimb Central
Indoor climbing for first-timers at Kallang Wave
2 hours·Kallang·From S$38
TicketsSentosa Golf Club
Tanjong and Serapong, sea-edge golf
5 hours·Sentosa·From S$420
FreeSingapore Chinese Cultural Centre
SINGAPO人 gallery and a rooftop over the CBD
1.5 hours·Chinatown·Free
FreeSembawang Hot Spring Park
Singapore's only hot spring, free foot baths
1.5 hours·Sembawang·Free
FreeKallang Riverside Park
Stadium, river, the old national heart
1 hour·Kallang·Free
Laser Quest at HomeTeamNS Bukit Batok
Walk-in laser tag at a Bukit Batok clubhouse
20 min·Bukit Batok·From S$8
TicketsBowling Alley Session
Still a thing, still air-conditioned
1.5 hours·Citywide·About S$18
TicketsRuns 4 to 6 DecemberBYD Singapore International Marathon
The whole city as a race course, every December
Full day·Citywide·From S$118
TicketsOla Beach Club
Hawaiian-style family beach club on Siloso
Half day·Sentosa·From S$30
FreeGoodman Arts Centre
Artists' studios in an old school at Mountbatten
1 hour·East Coast·Free
TicketsTiong Bahru Bakery
Kouign-amann and coffee at the original estate shop
45 min·Tiong Bahru·From S$8
TicketsHeadrock VR
Free-roam VR at Siloso Southside on Sentosa
1 hour·Sentosa·About S$48
TicketsShisen Hanten
Michelin-recognised Sichuan cooking in Orchard
2 hours·Orchard·From S$95
TicketsRoland Restaurant
No-frills chilli crab in Marine Parade
2 hours·East Coast·From S$75
TicketsActiveSG Badminton
Public courts, the national hobby
1.5 hours·Citywide·From S$8
TicketsJade at The Fullerton
Cantonese in the old General Post Office
2 hours·Civic District·From S$90