Reflections at Bukit Chandu
The Malay Regiment's last stand, told in a colonial bungalow on a hill named after opium. Small, serious and worth ninety unhurried minutes; book a slot first.
- Where: Pasir Panjang
- Price: Under S$30
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Indian Heritage Centre
Do this hour first and Little India stops being a blur of shops and temples. Take the free docent tour if one fits, then cross to Tekka for lunch.
- Where: Little India
- Price: Under S$30
Pulau Ubin & Chek Jawa
Ten minutes from Changi Point to quarries, a working village and the Chek Jawa boardwalks. Pick one aim, and sort your boat home before you cross.
- Where: Pulau Ubin
- Price: Under S$30
Tampines Eco Green
A heartland park left wild on purpose: marsh, dead trees kept for woodpeckers, bird hides and around 75 bird species. Bring binoculars; don't expect amenities.
- Where: Tampines
- Price: Free
Rifle Range Nature Park
The easiest Bukit Timah view going: a flooded granite quarry, a boardwalk a pram can manage and a lookout 31 metres up. Pick your route up before you start.
- Where: Bukit Timah
- Price: Free
Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum
Three sauropods for the photo, and a sperm whale found off Jurong Island with the better Singapore story. A rainy-weekend museum for children past the dinosaurs-are-big stage.
- Where: Kent Ridge
- Price: Under S$30
Haw Par Villa
Most of the gardens are shut for repairs, but Hell's Museum and the Ten Courts are open on their own ticket, except on Mondays and dated closures. Check your date before you travel.
- Where: Pasir Panjang
- Price: Under S$30
Esplanade
Once mocked as two copulating aardvarks, now the city's easiest night of culture: free sets by the water, proper shows when you plan ahead. Start with the calendar, not the postcard.
- Where: Marina Bay
- Price: Free
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A science centre for 18 months to eight: gears, a dino pit, a pretend supermarket and a slide of nearly seven metres. Book a timed session first, even with an annual pass.
- Where: Jurong
- Price: Under S$30
Science Centre Singapore
The 1977 building has a year or so left before the move across the lake to a Zaha Hadid home. Go now, pick two galleries and let the children press things.
- Where: Jurong
- Price: Under S$30
ArtScience Museum
There is no fixed ArtScience visit, only whatever is on that month. Choose one show before you choose the day, add teamLab downstairs if the budget stretches, then walk it off along the bay.
- Where: Marina Bay
- Price: S$30–60
Singapore Art Museum at Tanjong Pagar Distripark
Contemporary art shown big, in a port warehouse that went from stopgap to home. Worth the bus ride on a wet afternoon; see Maria Taniguchi's Afterimage before 22 November.
- Where: Tanjong Pagar
- Price: Under S$30
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Gardens by the Bay
Don't buy everything. Our guide to the conservatory, the viewpoint and the ticket that suit one evening at the Gardens, and what to leave for next time.
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Collections
Make something, try something
A catch-up goes easier with a shared task. Choose pottery or climbing by the kind of concentration you want, and book a proper introduction rather than winging it.
- 2 picks