Where to Stay in Katong and Joo Chiat: All 18 Hotels, Measured Katong and Joo Chiat have 18 licensed hotels between them, 2,294 rooms in total. Since Marine Parade station opened in 2024, the gap between a five minute walk and a twenty minute walk decides most of what you pay. Here is every hotel, … Read more
Solo Travel in Singapore: What to Book Ahead and What to Leave Open Singapore asks very little of a solo traveller in advance. The two best-known evening shows are free and take no booking, and hawker centres sell food one plate at a time. Three things are worth settling early: a bed, an entry slot … Read more
Singapore in January: Weather, Pongal, Thaipusam and Art Week by Date The first week of January and the last week are two different trips. Early January still has the year-end lights up. From the middle of the month, Little India and Chinatown take over. Here is what opens and what closes, day by day. 2026-08-21 … Read more
Singapore Duck Tour: The Original DUCKtours vs Captain Explorer, Prices, Departures and Where to Board Two separate companies run amphibious tours in Singapore. Both spend an hour splitting the time between road and water, but they charge different fares, leave from different malls and close on different days. Here are both timetables, both price lists, … Read more
River Wonders Singapore: What the Ticket Covers, What Costs Extra, and When Each Thing Opens River Wonders is a mostly indoor park split into ten zones, each built around a real river. One ticket gets you all ten, but the boat ride is a separate S$5, the panda house opens half an hour after the … Read more
Mandai Wildlife Reserve: Nine Places, Their Opening Hours and Which to Pick First Mandai holds five wildlife parks, two indoor attractions and two spaces that cost nothing to enter. They do not open at the same time and they are split across two addresses, so what you choose and in what order decides how long … Read more
Singapore for Couples: The Seats You Book Ahead and What They Cost for Two Dinner in a cable car cabin is sold by the cabin at S$250++, or by the head at S$108++. The Flyer’s 90 minute dinner is S$260 each and the capsule is shared. The infinity pool on level 57 stays shut to … Read more
Singapore With Your Parents: The Best of It Happens After Dark The three sights this city is best known for all run between 7.45pm and 10pm, and all three are free. The middle of the day tops 32°C, which is when you go indoors, and indoors here means the conservatories and museums people fly in … Read more
National Gallery Singapore has closed its largest gallery until 2027 The permanent ticket still costs S$20. The cheap tickets sold online are that same permanent ticket, so if a temporary exhibition is on your list the maths changes. 2026-08-13 The numbers first Permanent ticket S$20 for visitors from outside Singapore. Free for citizens and permanent … Read more
Best Singapore SIM and eSIM: Plans, Prices and Which to Buy Singapore is the rare place where the network barely matters and the plan structure decides everything. The whole island runs standalone 5G, so coverage is not the question. What separates the options is validity, whether calls are included, and how much regional data comes … Read more
