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Gardens by the Bay

Supertree Grove · Marina Bay

The 50 m Supertrees with a free light show at 7:45 and 8:45 pm. Unmissable.

Tip: Garden Rhapsody is free: lie on the grass under the trees and look straight up.

🚇 Gardens by the Bay — TE / Bayfront — CE/DT

Featured in: Google Top Singapur

Marina Bay Sands SkyPark

Piso 57 · el barco

The ship-shaped deck 200 m up: the most photographed view in Southeast Asia.

Tip: If you're not a guest, the observation deck costs extra — a drink at CE LA VI runs about the same.

🚇 Bayfront — CE/DT

Featured in: Viral TikTok

Cloud Forest

Gardens by the Bay

A 35 m mountain with the world's tallest indoor waterfall, kept at a steady 23°C.

Tip: Buy the combo with Flower Dome and go right at opening — after 1 pm it's packed.

🚇 Gardens by the Bay — TE

Featured in: Google Top Singapur

Merlion Park

Símbolo nacional

The water-spouting lion-fish facing the skyline: Singapore's obligatory photo.

Tip: Come at sunrise or after 10 pm — at midday it's a swarm of selfie sticks.

🚇 Raffles Place — NS/EW

Jewel Changi Airport

Rain Vortex · 40 m

The world's tallest indoor waterfall, inside the airport. Light show every hour.

Tip: The light and sound show starts at 8 pm. Canopy Park upstairs is ticketed separately.

🚇 Changi Airport — EW

Featured in: Viral TikTok

Singapore Botanic Gardens

UNESCO · desde 1859

Free UNESCO site with the National Orchid Garden and a thousand orchid species.

Tip: The park is free; the Orchid Garden costs about 15 SGD and is worth every dollar.

🚇 Botanic Gardens — CC/DT

National Gallery Singapore

Ex Corte Suprema

Southeast Asia's biggest art collection in two colonial buildings joined by glass.

Tip: Head up to the Smoke & Mirrors rooftop: Marina Bay views without a museum ticket.

🚇 City Hall — NS/EW

ArtScience Museum

La flor de loto

The lotus-shaped building with teamLab's Future World: touch it and everything shifts.

Tip: Wear light colors — photos in the projection room come out much better.

🚇 Bayfront — CE/DT

Featured in: Viral IG

Singapore Flyer

165 m · noria gigante

A slow half-hour loop with Marina Bay below and Indonesia's islands on the horizon.

🚇 Promenade — CC/DT

Templo del Diente de Buda

Chinatown · 2007

Five red-and-gold floors holding a Buddha relic, with a prayer-wheel garden on top.

Tip: Free entry with shoulders and knees covered. Don't miss the 4th-floor terrace.

🚇 Maxwell — TE / Chinatown — NE/DT

Sri Mariamman Temple

1827 · el más antiguo

The country's oldest Hindu temple, with its gopuram of stacked, brightly painted gods.

🚇 Chinatown — NE/DT

Masjid Sultan

Kampong Glam · cúpula dorada

The golden-domed 1824 mosque: the heart of the Malay quarter, free to visit.

Tip: Open to visitors outside prayer times, and they lend you a robe at the door.

🚇 Bugis — EW/DT

Haji Lane

Kampong Glam

Asia's most photographed alley: huge murals, indie boutiques and tiny bars.

Tip: Before 11 am you'll get it empty; after 8 pm it turns into a bar-hopping strip.

🚇 Bugis — EW/DT

Featured in: Viral TikTok

Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple

Little India · 1855

The city's most vibrant Kali temple: flowers, bells and offerings all day long.

🚇 Little India — NE/DT

Universal Studios Singapore

Sentosa · Resorts World

Seven themed zones and Battlestar Galactica, Asia's tallest dueling coaster.

Tip: Buy online and get in at opening — after 11 am the lines hit 60 minutes.

🚇 HarbourFront — NE/CC + Sentosa Express

S.E.A. Aquarium

Sentosa

One of the world's largest aquariums: 100,000 animals and a massive ocean window.

🚇 HarbourFront — NE/CC + Sentosa Express

Siloso Beach

Sentosa · playa urbana

Imported sand, a zipline over the sea and beach bars 15 minutes from the CBD.

🚇 Beach Station — Sentosa Express

Singapore Zoo

Mandai · sin rejas

The open-enclosure zoo: orangutans loose above you and breakfast right beside them.

Tip: Book Breakfast in the Wild with the orangutans — it sells out weeks ahead.

🚇 Springleaf — TE + bus 138

Night Safari

Mandai · desde 1994

The world's first nocturnal park: a tram past lions, tapirs and wide-awake pangolins.

Tip: Take the first slot (7:15 pm) and do the tram before the walking trails.

🚇 Springleaf — TE + bus 138

Raffles Hotel

1887 · Long Bar

The colonial hotel where the Singapore Sling was born. Peanut shells go on the floor.

Tip: A Sling at the Long Bar runs about 39 SGD: pricey, but it's THE city drink.

🚇 City Hall — NS/EW / Esplanade — CC

Featured in: Histórico 1887

Fort Canning Park

Tree Tunnel

The tree-tunnel stairway that broke Instagram, plus WWII bunkers up the hill.

Tip: The tunnel is at MRT exit B — get there before 9 am or you'll queue for the photo.

🚇 Fort Canning — DT / Dhoby Ghaut — NS/NE/CC

Featured in: Viral TikTok

Tiong Bahru

Art déco · años 30

The coolest art deco neighborhood: bookshops, murals and cafés among 1936 curves.

Tip: Look for the Pasar (market) mural on Eng Watt Street and Bird Singing Corner.

🚇 Tiong Bahru — EW

Koon Seng Road

Katong · casas peranakan

The block of pastel Peranakan shophouses: Singapore's most colorful postcard.

Tip: Go early morning: the light hits head-on and there are no cars parked out front.

🚇 Marine Parade — TE / Eunos — EW

Featured in: Viral IG

Marina Barrage

Represa · techo verde

The green roof where locals fly kites with the whole skyline behind them. Free.

Tip: Bring a kite and a picnic at sunset — it's the Singaporean Sunday plan.

🚇 Gardens by the Bay — TE + walk

Helix Bridge

Doble hélice de acero

The DNA-shaped bridge, lit up at night: the perfect walkway into Marina Bay.

🚇 Promenade — CC/DT / Bayfront — CE/DT

Henderson Waves

Southern Ridges · 36 m

The country's highest pedestrian bridge, all wavy timber, slung over the jungle.

Tip: Do the full Southern Ridges (10 km) or just the bridge stretch at sunset.

🚇 Telok Blangah — CC

Old Hill Street Police Station

927 ventanas de colores

The 1934 rainbow building by the river: 927 shutters, each painted one by one.

🚇 Clarke Quay — NE / Fort Canning — DT

Featured in: Viral IG

Clarke Quay

Ribera · vida nocturna

The colorful riverside warehouses, now bars and bumboats. The night starts here.

Tip: The 40-minute bumboat runs to Marina Bay — take it right at dusk.

🚇 Clarke Quay — NE

Odette

National Gallery · 3★

Julien Royer's French cooking: top 10 in Asia and three stars seven years running.

Tip: Book 2-3 months out. The lunch menu is the most accessible way in.

🚇 City Hall — NS/EW

Featured in: Michelin 3★ · Asia 50 Best #7

Les Amis

Shaw Centre · 3★

Haute French cuisine and a 3,000-label cellar: Orchard's untouchable classic.

🚇 Orchard — NS/TE

Featured in: Michelin 3★ · Asia 50 Best

Zén

Bukit Pasoh · 3★

Sibling of Sweden's Frantzén: they walk you through three shophouse floors like a home.

🚇 Outram Park — EW/NE/TE

Featured in: Michelin 3★

Seroja

Duo Galleria · 2★

Kevin Wong reinvents Malay cooking with archipelago produce. Now up to two stars.

🚇 Bugis — EW/DT

Featured in: Michelin 2★ · Asia 50 Best

Jaan by Kirk Westaway

Piso 70 · Swissôtel · 2★

British cooking reimagined 70 floors up: the best view with two stars attached.

Tip: Ask for a window table at sunset — you have to request it when booking.

🚇 City Hall — NS/EW

Featured in: Michelin 2★

Burnt Ends

Dempsey Hill · 1★

Australian barbecue with a four-ton oven: order the pork belly bun and the king crab.

Tip: Sit at the counter facing the fire and book the moment the month opens.

🚇 Napier — TE + taxi

Featured in: Michelin 1★ · Asia 50 Best

Candlenut

Dempsey · peranakan 1★

The world's only starred Peranakan spot: try the buah keluak and the Ah-Ma-Kase menu.

🚇 Napier — TE + taxi

Featured in: Michelin 1★

Labyrinth

Esplanade · 1★

LG Han does "New Singaporean": chilli crab, laksa and rojak rebuilt dish by dish.

🚇 Esplanade — CC / City Hall — NS/EW

Featured in: Michelin 1★ · Asia 50 Best

Meta

Keong Saik · 1★

Sun Kim crosses Korean technique with Japanese produce on Chinatown's foodie street.

🚇 Outram Park — EW/NE/TE

Featured in: Michelin 1★ · Asia 50 Best

Thevar

Keong Saik · 1★

Modern India over live fire: the charcoal lamb and chutney sandwich are next level.

🚇 Outram Park — EW/NE/TE

Featured in: Michelin 1★ · Asia 50 Best

Cloudstreet

Amoy Street · 1★

Rishi Naleendra in poetic mode: a surprise menu that follows the day's market.

🚇 Telok Ayer — DT / Maxwell — TE

Featured in: Michelin 1★ · Asia 50 Best

Euphoria

Tras Street · 1★

Jason Tan's gastro-botanical cooking: onion in five textures is the signature dish.

🚇 Tanjong Pagar — EW

Featured in: Michelin 1★ · Asia 50 Best

Born

Jinrikisha Station · 1★

Zor Tan cooks "edible poetry" on the historic corner that once belonged to Jackie Chan.

🚇 Tanjong Pagar — EW / Maxwell — TE

Featured in: Michelin 1★ · Asia 50 Best

Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle

Crawford Lane · 1★

The world's only Michelin-starred hawker stall: bak chor mee in black vinegar.

Tip: Queues run 45-90 minutes: go at 11:30 or 8 pm and order it dry, not in soup.

🚇 Lavender — EW / Bendemeer — DT

Featured in: Michelin 1★

Hawker Chan

Chinatown Complex

The soy sauce chicken that was once the cheapest Michelin-starred meal on earth.

Tip: The original stall is on level 2 of Chinatown Complex, not the Smith Street shop.

🚇 Chinatown — NE/DT

Featured in: Michelin 1★ 2016-2021

Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice

Maxwell Food Centre

The Hainanese chicken rice blessed by Bourdain and Ramsay: rice cooked in the broth.

Tip: Closed Mondays. Go at 10:30 or after 3 pm to skip the 40-minute queue.

🚇 Maxwell — TE / Chinatown — NE/DT

Featured in: Michelin Bib Gourmand

A Noodle Story

Amoy Street · ramen singapurense

The "Singaporean ramen": wonton, char siu and crisp prawn at a hawker stall.

Tip: Weekday lunch only and it sells out early — get there by 11:30.

🚇 Telok Ayer — DT / Maxwell — TE

Featured in: Michelin Bib Gourmand

Lau Pa Sat · Satay Street

Mercado victoriano de 1894

At 7 pm they close Boon Tat Street and the satay grills roll out among the towers.

Tip: Order 10 chicken and 10 mutton at stalls 7 or 8, with an ice-cold Tiger.

🚇 Telok Ayer — DT / Raffles Place — NS/EW

Featured in: Monumento nacional

Maxwell Food Centre

Chinatown · 100 puestos

The most touristy hawker centre and still excellent: chicken rice, congee and popiah.

Tip: Beyond Tian Tian, try Zhen Zhen Porridge and the Fuzhou Oyster Cake.

🚇 Maxwell — TE

Featured in: Hawker icónico

Chinatown Complex Food Centre

260 puestos · el más grande

The country's biggest hawker centre: this is where locals eat, not the tour groups.

Tip: Look for Lian He Ben Ji Claypot Rice and Zhong Guo La Mian Xiao Long Bao.

🚇 Chinatown — NE/DT

Featured in: Hawker icónico

Old Airport Road Food Centre

Geylang · favorito local

The hawker Singaporeans pick for themselves: hokkien mee, char kway teow and lor mee.

Tip: Nam Sing Hokkien Fried Mee (Bib Gourmand), then Lao Ban tofu for dessert.

🚇 Dakota — CC

Featured in: Michelin Bib Gourmand

Tiong Bahru Market

Art déco · renovado 2025

Market below, hawker above: the neighborhood's best breakfast before 9 am.

Tip: Jian Bo Shui Kueh (chwee kueh) and the Hainanese Boneless Chicken Rice on level 2.

🚇 Tiong Bahru — EW

Featured in: Hawker icónico

Newton Food Centre

Crazy Rich Asians

The hawker from the movie: chilli crab, satay and grilled stingray in the open air.

Tip: Watch out for touts grabbing your arm — get the price in writing before you sit.

🚇 Newton — NS/DT

Featured in: Viral por Netflix

Amoy Street Food Centre

CBD · almuerzo de oficina

The bankers' hawker: brutal lunch queues because everything here is top tier.

Tip: Han Kee Fish Soup, Piao Ji Fish Porridge and Coffee Break's coffee on level 2.

🚇 Telok Ayer — DT

Featured in: Hawker icónico

Tekka Centre

Little India

Biryani, murtabak and fish head curry in the city's most chaotic, tastiest market.

Tip: Allauddin's Briyani on the ground floor and freshly pressed sugarcane juice.

🚇 Little India — NE/DT

Featured in: Hawker icónico

328 Katong Laksa

East Coast Road · desde 1998

The laksa you eat with a spoon: noodles cut short in coconut and prawn broth.

Tip: Order it with cockles and add otah. Open all day, no breaks.

🚇 Marine Parade — TE

Featured in: Ícono de Katong

Song Fa Bak Kut Teh

New Bridge Rd · desde 1969

Pork ribs in a clear garlic and white pepper broth, Teochew style.

Tip: Broth refills are free, as many as you want. Add you tiao for dunking.

🚇 Clarke Quay — NE

Featured in: Histórico 1969

Jumbo Seafood · East Coast

Chilli crab frente al mar

Singapore's most famous chilli crab, with fried mantou to wipe up all that sauce.

Tip: Book ahead, no exceptions. Crab is sold by weight — ask the total before you agree.

🚇 Marine Terrace — TE + taxi

Featured in: Ícono nacional

Long Beach Seafood

Dempsey · black pepper crab

The inventors of black pepper crab back in 1959: drier and spicier than chilli crab.

🚇 Napier — TE + taxi

Featured in: Histórico 1959

Singapore Zam Zam

North Bridge Rd · 1908

Giant mutton murtabak since 1908, right across from the mosque. Eat it with your hands.

Tip: One medium murtabak feeds two. Pair it with a good frothy teh tarik.

🚇 Bugis — EW/DT

Featured in: Histórico 1908

Hjh Maimunah

Kampong Glam · nasi padang

Point-and-pick Malay nasi padang: the beef rendang and sotong hitam are essential.

Tip: Go before noon or after 2 pm. It's halal and comes in under 10 SGD.

🚇 Bugis — EW/DT

Featured in: Michelin Bib Gourmand

Muthu's Curry

Little India · fish head curry

The fish head curry that defined the dish: snapper head in red curry with okra.

Tip: The small size already feeds two. Add the masala chicken.

🚇 Farrer Park — NE

Featured in: Ícono desde 1969

The Coconut Club

Beach Road · nasi lemak

Nasi lemak with Mawar coconut rice and crisp fried chicken: the best in the city.

Tip: Ask for extra sambal and finish with a cendol. Expect a queue at lunch.

🚇 Bugis — EW/DT

Featured in: Top nasi lemak

Sungei Road Laksa

Jalan Berseh · fuego de carbón

Laksa simmered over a charcoal fire since the 1950s, under 4 SGD a bowl.

Tip: Closed Wednesdays. Cash only and laksa only — there's no menu.

🚇 Jalan Besar — DT / Farrer Park — NE

Featured in: Histórico años 50

Atlas Bar

Parkview Square · art déco

A tower of 1,300 gins in a movie-set art deco hall. Pure Great Gatsby.

Tip: Smart casual dress code, and no reservations at night — arrive by 6 pm.

🚇 Bugis — EW/DT

Featured in: World's 50 Best Bars

CE LA VI

Marina Bay Sands · piso 57

The skybar on top of MBS: the Marina Bay view with a drink in your hand.

Tip: The SkyBar cover comes off your first drink — it costs about the same as the deck.

🚇 Bayfront — CE/DT

Featured in: Rooftop #1

Smoke & Mirrors

Rooftop del National Gallery

Concept cocktails facing the Marina Bay skyline. Sunset is the whole show.

Tip: Book the terrace between 6:30 and 7:30 pm to catch the full golden hour.

🚇 City Hall — NS/EW

Featured in: Asia's 50 Best Bars

LeVeL33

Marina Bay Financial Centre

The world's highest craft brewery: copper tanks and a terrace over the bay.

Tip: Order the five-beer tasting flight and grab an outside table at sunset.

🚇 Downtown — DT / Marina Bay — NS/TE/CE

Featured in: Rooftop icónico

Jigger & Pony

Amara Hotel · Tanjong Pagar

The bar that was once Asia's number one: a magazine-style menu and flawless classics.

🚇 Tanjong Pagar — EW

Featured in: Asia's 50 Best Bars

Native

Amoy Street · destilados locales

Cocktails built on Southeast Asian ingredients: ants, fermented rice and Indian rum.

🚇 Telok Ayer — DT

Featured in: Asia's 50 Best Bars

Tiong Bahru Bakery

Eng Hoon St · Gontran Cherrier

The croissant that put Tiong Bahru on the map, plus kouign-amann and flat whites.

Tip: Get there before 10 am — the kouign-amann sell out by mid-morning.

🚇 Tiong Bahru — EW

Featured in: Ícono specialty

Common Man Coffee Roasters

Robertson Quay · desde 2013

One of the roasters that founded the scene: Aussie brunch and sustainable coffee.

🚇 Fort Canning — DT / Havelock — TE

Featured in: Pionero specialty

Chye Seng Huat Hardware

Tyrwhitt Rd · PPP Coffee

An art deco hardware store turned into the city's best café, with a 360° round bar.

Tip: Sit at the round bar and order a single-origin filter from the rotation.

🚇 Bendemeer — DT / Lavender — EW

Featured in: Top specialty

Apartment Coffee

Selegie · filtrados de autor

A minimalist filter bar where the barista talks you through every cup. Pure coffee nerdery.

🚇 Rochor — DT / Little India — NE/DT

Featured in: Top specialty

Kurasu Singapore

Waterloo St · Kioto

Kyoto coffee with the citrusy Ice White blend and a shop full of Japanese brew gear.

🚇 Bras Basah — CC / Bencoolen — DT

Featured in: Top specialty

Nylon Coffee Roasters

Everton Park · desde 2012

A cult micro-roaster in an HDB block: single origin only and honest prices.

Tip: It's tiny and you drink standing on the sidewalk — that's part of the deal.

🚇 Outram Park — EW/NE/TE / Cantonment — TE

Featured in: Pionero specialty

Alchemist

Hongkong Street · CBD

Fast espresso and seasonal filters from Colombia and Kenya, at office pace.

🚇 Clarke Quay — NE / Raffles Place — NS/EW

Featured in: Trending 2025

Tiong Hoe Specialty Coffee

Stirling Rd · 50 años

A roaster with half a century behind it and more than 20 origins on the menu.

🚇 Queenstown — EW

Featured in: Top specialty

Ya Kun Kaya Toast

Far East Square · 1944

The national breakfast: kaya toast with cold butter, two soft-boiled eggs and kopi.

Tip: Dip the toast in the eggs with soy sauce and pepper — that's how it's done here.

🚇 Telok Ayer — DT / Raffles Place — NS/EW

Featured in: Histórico 1944

Killiney Kopitiam

Killiney Rd · desde 1919

Singapore's oldest kopitiam: kaya toast, curry puff and kopi-o kosong.

Tip: Ask for kopi-c siew dai if you want less sugar — you'll earn some respect.

🚇 Somerset — NS

Featured in: Histórico 1919

Chin Mee Chin Confectionery

Katong · desde 1925

A vintage-tiled bakery: kaya toast on house-baked bread and buttercream buns.

Tip: Closed Mondays. Go early — the cream buns vanish before noon.

🚇 Marine Parade — TE

Featured in: Histórico 1925

Tong Ah Eating House

Keong Saik · desde 1939

Thin, crisp kaya toast in a Chinatown shophouse that opens bright and early.

🚇 Outram Park — EW/NE/TE / Maxwell — TE

Featured in: Histórico 1939

Bacha Coffee

ION Orchard · estilo Marrakech

A gilded salon with 200 single-origin coffees poured from gold pots. Pure Instagram.

Tip: If the salon has a queue, grab croissants to go at the boutique next door.

🚇 Orchard — NS/TE

Featured in: Viral TikTok

Sarnies

Telok Ayer · sándwiches

Australian coffee in a shophouse with the best sandwiches in the financial district.

🚇 Telok Ayer — DT

Featured in: Top brunch

Atlas Coffeehouse

Bukit Timah · junto al Botánico

The bright brunch spot you hit after walking the Botanic Gardens. Great waffles.

🚇 Botanic Gardens — CC/DT

Featured in: Top brunch

Hvala

CHIJMES · matcha japonés

Ceremonial matcha and hojicha in a converted Gothic convent. Delicate Japanese sweets.

🚇 City Hall — NS/EW / Bras Basah — CC

Featured in: Viral IG

Symmetry

Jalan Kubor · Kampong Glam

A bistro-café hidden down an alley: ricotta hotcakes and flawless flat whites.

Tip: No weekend reservations: put your name down and wait it out on Haji Lane.

🚇 Bugis — EW/DT

Featured in: Top brunch

Brawn & Brains

Grandlink Square · Geylang

Workshop looks with metal scaffolding, house-roasted coffee and handmade bagels.

🚇 Dakota — CC / Paya Lebar — EW/CC

Featured in: Trending 2025

ION Orchard

Orchard Road · 8 pisos

Orchard's flagship mall: luxury upstairs, basement food hall and a deck on level 56.

Tip: ION Sky (level 56) is free if you show a receipt from the same mall.

🚇 Orchard — NS/TE

Ngee Ann City · Takashimaya

Orchard · las dos torres

Takashimaya, Kinokuniya and the basement food hall: Orchard's most complete mall.

Tip: The basement 2 food hall beats plenty of Japanese restaurants in town.

🚇 Orchard — NS/TE / Somerset — NS

Paragon

Orchard · lujo tranquilo

Orchard's least crowded luxury mall: Miu Miu, Prada and designer kids wear.

🚇 Orchard — NS/TE / Somerset — NS

Design Orchard

Diseño singapurense

Three floors of local brands only: the best stop for something truly made in Singapore.

Tip: The level 3 terrace is free and has one of the best views over Orchard Road.

🚇 Somerset — NS

Featured in: Diseño local

The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands

MBS · canal interior

Full-on luxury with an indoor canal and gondolas, a casino next door and a huge food court.

🚇 Bayfront — CE/DT

Bugis Street

800 puestos · regateo

The city's cheapest covered market: souvenirs, clothes and accessories at bargain prices.

Tip: Haggle guilt-free: open at half the asking price and settle around 70%.

🚇 Bugis — EW/DT

Arab Street

Kampong Glam · telas y alfombras

Batik rolls, Persian rugs and oil perfumeries all on a single block.

Tip: The oil perfumeries will blend you a custom scent in about 10 minutes.

🚇 Bugis — EW/DT

Chinatown Street Market

Pagoda Street

Red lanterns, souvenirs and Chinese tea on Chinatown's most photographed street.

Tip: Prices drop the farther you get from the MRT exit — walk two blocks.

🚇 Chinatown — NE/DT

Mustafa Centre

Little India · 24 horas

Four floors open 24/7 with electronics, perfumes, spices and gold. Glorious chaos.

Tip: At 2 am it's nearly empty and it's the best time to shop without the crush.

🚇 Farrer Park — NE

Funan

Tech + rooftop farm

The reinvented mall: a climbing wall, an indoor cycling track and a rooftop farm.

Tip: Best stop for laptops, cameras and tech accessories with a proper warranty.

🚇 City Hall — NS/EW

Featured in: Trending retail

Jewel Changi · 280 tiendas

Aeropuerto · Shiseido Forest

Shopping under the world's tallest waterfall: perfect for your last hours before flying.

Tip: There's luggage storage and early check-in, so you can shop hands-free.

🚇 Changi Airport — EW

VivoCity

HarbourFront · puerta a Sentosa

The country's largest mall, with a rooftop water park and the Sentosa train upstairs.

🚇 HarbourFront — NE/CC

Raffles City

City Hall · I.M. Pei

Central mall wired straight into the MRT, with a gourmet supermarket and a solid food court.

🚇 City Hall — NS/EW / Esplanade — CC

Sim Lim Square

Electrónica · 6 pisos

The mecca of cheap electronics: repairs, accessories and negotiable prices.

Tip: Compare prices at two or three shops before closing, and always ask for a receipt.

🚇 Rochor — DT / Bugis — EW/DT

Little India Arcade

Serangoon Rd · saris y especias

Saris, bangles, spices and henna in a colorful 1913 arcade. A sensory festival.

Tip: For 10 SGD they'll do henna on your hand while you wait.

🚇 Little India — NE/DT

Supermama

Beach Road · diseño local

The Singaporean design store: Japanese porcelain plates printed with city icons.

Tip: The Singapore Blue plate is the best-looking souvenir you'll take home.

🚇 Bugis — EW/DT / Nicoll Highway — CC

Featured in: Diseño local

Rumah Bebe

Katong · artesanía peranakan

Hand-embroidered kebayas and beaded slippers in a 1928 Peranakan house.

Tip: They run beading classes if you book in advance.

🚇 Marine Parade — TE

Featured in: Artesanía 1928

Dempsey Hill

Ex cuartel · lifestyle

British barracks turned into design shops, antique dealers and top restaurants.

Tip: Pair it with lunch at Candlenut or Burnt Ends — they're on the same grounds.

🚇 Napier — TE + taxi

Featured in: Trending retail