A city-state the size of a small county, with four official languages and arguably the best street food on earth. Three days covers the waterfront spectacle, the historic quarters, and enough hawker centres to ruin you for airport food forever.
Singapore · 3 days Singapore
Best time: It is two degrees off the equator, so it is hot and humid every day of the year with afternoon downpours.
Marina BayDay 1
🌳9:30 AM
Gardens by the Bay
The Supertree grove and two conservatories, including a cloud forest built around a 35-metre indoor waterfall.
🚶 ~28 min · 🚗 ~4 min · 1.0 mi
🖼️1:00 PM
National Gallery Singapore
Southeast Asian art in the linked former Supreme Court and City Hall, with the rooftop worth the lift ride alone.
🚶 ~9 min · 🚗 ~1 min · 0.3 mi
🌳7:00 PM
Merlion Park and the bay at night
The half-lion, half-fish mascot facing the water, with the whole skyline and the Sands hotel behind it.
The historic quartersDay 2
📍9:00 AM
Chinatown
Shophouses, a Buddhist temple holding a relic, and the Maxwell hawker centre a block away for breakfast.
🚶 ~48 min · 🚗 ~6 min · 1.8 mi
📍1:00 PM
Little India
Garland sellers, a 24-hour department store, and the loudest, least sanitised part of the city. Eat here.
🚶 ~16 min · 🚗 ~2 min · 0.6 mi
📍5:30 PM
Kampong Glam and Haji Lane
The Malay-Arab quarter around the sultan's mosque, with a lane of two-metre-wide independent shops beside it.
Green SingaporeDay 3
🌳9:00 AM
Botanic Gardens
UNESCO-listed, free, and 160 years old, with a national orchid collection at its centre. Go early while it is cool.
🚗 ~8 min · 2.2 mi
📍1:00 PM
Tiong Bahru
A 1930s Art Deco housing estate turned neighbourhood of bakeries and bookshops, plus an old wet market upstairs from the food stalls.
🚶 ~29 min · 🚗 ~4 min · 1.1 mi
🌆5:00 PM
Southern Ridges walk
Ten kilometres of connected forest walkway and the wave-shaped Henderson bridge, high above the road. Sunset from here beats the observation decks.
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Best time to goIt is two degrees off the equator, so it is hot and humid every day of the year with afternoon downpours. February to April is marginally drier. Plan indoor things for 2pm regardless.
Getting aroundThe MRT is fast, cheap, air-conditioned, and reaches everything; tap in with a contactless card. Between stations, walk through the malls and covered walkways rather than along the road.
Local tip: Eat at hawker centres, not restaurants. Look for the longest queue of locals and join it. Chewing gum is restricted, jaywalking is fined, and the rules about littering are enforced, which is why the place looks the way it does.
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Day 1: Marina Bay
9:30 AM
Gardens by the Bay
The Supertree grove and two conservatories, including a cloud forest built around a 35-metre indoor waterfall.
1:00 PM
National Gallery Singapore
Southeast Asian art in the linked former Supreme Court and City Hall, with the rooftop worth the lift ride alone.
7:00 PM
Merlion Park and the bay at night
The half-lion, half-fish mascot facing the water, with the whole skyline and the Sands hotel behind it.
Day 2: The historic quarters
9:00 AM
Chinatown
Shophouses, a Buddhist temple holding a relic, and the Maxwell hawker centre a block away for breakfast.
1:00 PM
Little India
Garland sellers, a 24-hour department store, and the loudest, least sanitised part of the city. Eat here.
5:30 PM
Kampong Glam and Haji Lane
The Malay-Arab quarter around the sultan's mosque, with a lane of two-metre-wide independent shops beside it.
Day 3: Green Singapore
9:00 AM
Botanic Gardens
UNESCO-listed, free, and 160 years old, with a national orchid collection at its centre. Go early while it is cool.
1:00 PM
Tiong Bahru
A 1930s Art Deco housing estate turned neighbourhood of bakeries and bookshops, plus an old wet market upstairs from the food stalls.
5:00 PM
Southern Ridges walk
Ten kilometres of connected forest walkway and the wave-shaped Henderson bridge, high above the road. Sunset from here beats the observation decks.
Make this Singapore plan yours
Forward your real booking confirmations to Petrel and it builds this exact day-by-day view for you: flights, hotels, reservations, live flight status, and the travel time between stops. Under a minute.