Marina Bay Sands and the ArtScience Museum at blue hour, reflected in the bay

Itinerary · Singapore

One perfect day: Marina Bay and the Civic District

The National Gallery in the morning, a hawker lunch at Lau Pa Sat, the Asian Civilisations Museum, a Sling at the Long Bar, and the bay at dusk.

One day, on foot

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  1. 10:00

    1National Gallery Singapore

    Civic District·Art museum

    Southeast Asian art in the old Supreme Court and City Hall.

  2. 12:30

    2Lau Pa Sat

    Raffles Place·Hawker centre

    Lunch in the hawker hall.

  3. 14:30

    3Asian Civilisations Museum

    Civic District·Museum

    Asia’s art by the river.

  4. 17:00

    4Long Bar

    Civic District·Hotel bar

    A Singapore Sling where it began.

  5. 19:00

    5The Marina Bay loop

    Marina Bay·City walk

    Round the bay as the towers light up.

  6. 20:30

    6Labyrinth

    Marina Bay·New Singaporean

    Dinner at Esplanade Mall (book ahead).

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