Bali: Ubud or the coast? Choose before you book
Ubud, Canggu, Seminyak or Uluwatu: pick one and stay there, or spend a night of your long weekend in traffic. For a first escape from Singapore's pace, pick Ubud.
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Ubud, Canggu, Seminyak or Uluwatu: pick one and stay there, or spend a night of your long weekend in traffic. For a first escape from Singapore's pace, pick Ubud.
For anyone who thinks they've done Bangkok: stay by the river in Talat Noi, where cafés share buildings with workshops, and eat across the city. Skip the rush-hour criss-cross.
Stay in District 1, ride Metro Line 1 by day and work through the new Bib Gourmand noodle shops one bowl at a time. Skip a room on Bui Vien, and carry small notes for the ticket machines.
A breakfast-led weekend in the old town: white coffee on Jalan Bandar Timah, bean sprout chicken at Lou Wong, dim sum before late risers surface. A short flight, or a train from KL.
Take the electric ETS from JB Sentral and arrive in the middle of KL with no airport at either end. Leave a margin at the shuttle-to-ETS change, and don't plan a tight Friday dinner.
Go before the European charters arrive in November: lost routes left Singapore with the island's only direct international flights by August. Rainforest, mangroves, a cable car. Stay four nights.
Stay in George Town, start with the three new Bib Gourmands and work back through the classics, two stalls a meal. The 2026 Michelin list has 33 on the island; you won't need them all.
Base yourself away from Patong, give Old Town a full day of eating, then go south to Rawai for seafood cooked to order. Bring cash; the best of it doesn't take cards.
One direct flight, a new airport over an hour from town and a temple complex worth the 4am alarm. How to do Angkor properly in a long weekend, naps included.
For a weekend genuinely offline: two boats from HarbourFront, no Wi-Fi in the rooms. Beach Resort for families, Private Island for couples, and budget for the compulsory meals.
A 400-year-old Shizuoka tea family and a Gaia Group patisserie share 15 seats at The Star Vista. Order the flight of three matchas, and go on a weekday afternoon if you want a chair.
A free, 70,000 sq ft Christmas village in Hall F at Marina Bay Sands for three days from 27 November: 150-plus brands, 40 workshops, rides and a Santa's Post Office for the children.
