Where to watch the sunset in Singapore
Sunset is when Singapore comes back outdoors, once the heat has let go. These are the places where the evening light is the reason to go: hilltop terraces, bridges and riverbanks, a north-coast jetty, beach clubs on Sentosa, and boats that time their sailings for golden hour.
Costs run from nothing to a full dinner. A walk up Mount Faber, across the Helix Bridge or out along a jetty is free, the Singapore Flyer and the cable car are tickets, and a tall-ship dinner is a night out in itself. We'd get there a little early and pick a spot before the light turns.
Mount Faber Peak
Harbour views from the top, free if you walk up
1.5 hours·Harbourfront·Free
Our pick
Mount Faber Peak is our pick for a first sunset. Walk up the Marang Trail from HarbourFront and the harbour view costs nothing, or ride the cable car if the climb sounds like too much, with the Sky Pass from S$35 for adults. Go for golden hour, then follow the ridge to Henderson Waves.
For a quieter, free sunset up north, Sembawang Park has an old jetty under casuarina trees and is open 24 hours. Sembawang Park
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Singapore Flyer
A slow 30-minute turn above Marina Bay
30 min·Marina Bay·From S$46
Tanjong Beach, Sentosa
Sentosa's quietest beach, with clubs if you want them
3 hours·Sentosa·Free
Singapore River Walk
Boat Quay to Marina Bay on foot, for free
1.5 hours·Civic District·Free
Royal Albatross Sunset Sail
Four courses on the deck of a tall ship at sunset
2.5 hours·Harbourfront·From S$245
Boat Quay
The old river trade, now riverside tables
1 hour·Civic District·Free
Punggol Settlement
Seafood dinners facing the strait at Punggol Point
2 hours·Punggol·About S$35
Elgin Bridge
The 1929 bridge joining North and South Bridge Roads
10 min·Civic District·Free
Helix Bridge & Bayfront Walk
A DNA-inspired footbridge with skyline views
45 min·Marina Bay·Free
Bedok Reservoir Park
Kayaks, a jogging loop and big eastern skies
2 hours·Bedok·Free
Marina Bay Night Walk
Merlion, Helix and Spectra, with no ticket
2 hours·Marina Bay·Free
Marina Bay Dinner Cruise
A 90-minute river cruise with dinner aboard
1.5 hours·Marina Bay·From S$80
Tanjong Beach Club
Sentosa's original beach club, on public sand
Half day·Sentosa·Free
Spago Singapore
Wolfgang Puck with a view at Marina Bay Sands
2 hours·Marina Bay·About S$120
SkyHelix Sentosa
Open-air revolving platform, 79 metres up
15 min·Sentosa·From S$20
Sembawang Park
An old jetty and casuarina trees on the north coast
2 hours·Sembawang·Free
City Photography Workshop
Light, a walk and your camera off auto
3 hours·Marina Bay·About S$95
Cable Car + Luge Combo
Cable car to Sentosa, then the luge down Imbiah
3 hours·Harbourfront·About S$63
Gardens + Flyer Combo
The Gardens domes and the Flyer, as two tickets
Half day·Marina Bay·From S$92
Raffles Marina Lighthouse
A breakwater walk to a lighthouse in Tuas
1 hour·Tuas·Free