Singapore tourist information – what to do

Singapore is bursting at the seams with activities and things to do and even visitors here overnight while breaking up long flights from Europe to Australia or vice versa will have no trouble filling in their time.

The city state of Southeast Asia is brimming with hospitality and what surprises many is that the activities on offer in Singapore go way beyond shopping. There are plenty of things to see and do in Singapore and even some natural attractions too, something which also surprises a lot of first time visitors.

Sightseeing should be the first thing that most people jump at when they have some time to kill in Singapore. The famous terrace houses of the city’s Little India district are just the first stop on a very long tour that takes in Singapore’s colonial heritage and its justified status as a melting pot of Asia.

Other sights include the fabulous entertainment district of the Esplanade, which has been almost completely redeveloped with startling modern architecture to form an entirely new entertainment precinct in Singapore replete with theatres and opera houses. The buildings themselves are particularly spectacular at night.

Singapore is full of gyms and yoga clinics and anybody wanting sports and similar activities will have no trouble finding somewhere to stretch out and limber up. A lot of sports and fitness groups conduct many of their classes and lessons outdoors, in Singapore’s many fine public parks.

There are a couple of amusement parks in Singapore. The Escape theme park in Pasir Ris district offers extreme thrill rides and those kinds of adventures. The cluster of parks in Sentosa Island include a Universal Studios theme park, the first of its kind in Asia.

Singapore is compact enough to be explored in one day though at least something in the above list would have to be left off if only one day was available. But walking tours and other sightseeing adventures are within easy reach of the time poor visitor in attraction and activity rich Singapore.