Category: The Quays

3B River Valley Rd Bored of basic dining experience and mundane food itinerary? Level up your food adventures at Holey Moley Golf Club! Here is where you get to have a fun-filled gastronomical experience. The golf club is beginner-friendly, so you don’t have to worry about embarrassing yourself tremendously. To spice up your mini-golf experience, […]

29 South Bridge Road Singapore’s tropical climate can get too hot at times, and here’s a tip for you to cool down while getting your dopamine fix. Dopa Dopa Creamery offers artisanal ice-cream. Its creamy handmade gelato, sorbets, and nut butter are made with 100% natural ingredients. Be spoilt for choice as Dopa Dopa serves […]

80 Boat Quay, Level 5, Rooftop Who knew you could have access to a great rooftop bar experience from your doorstep? When you’re done exploring the city during the day and want to hang out at night but you also don’t want to spend extra on Grab or taxi, Southbridge bar is the perfect place […]

1 Empress Pl The Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM)  is housed within what was previously known as the Empress Place Building. The building was initially built to be a courthouse, but instead became offices for government departments located in the adjacent Arts House. It was used as government offices until the late 1980s, and is best […]

3E River Valley Road Listen up, thrill seekers: if you’re looking to get your adrenaline pumping during your trip to Singapore, then this activity is for you! You may have heard of it or watched the videos on Youtube, and if you’re wondering what it feels like to experience it for yourself, wonder no more.  […]

3D River Valley Rd | 30 Merchant Rd | Boat Quay Back in the days, the 3.2 km long  waterway was a major trans-shipment zone and a conduit for trade. Coolies (labourers) manually unloaded cargo from the tongkangs and twakows (bumboats) to the nearby godowns and warehouses for storage and distribution. For that, the Singapore […]

1 Old Parliament Ln The building was originally built as a residential building in 1827 – a two-storey mansion, for Scottish merchant John Argyle Maxwell. However, the mansion was never intended for its original purpose. It housed the Supreme Court, government storehouse, and the Legislative Assembly House. On 5 June 1959, the mansion became the […]

River Valley Rd If you plan on taking a step back from all the city buzz during your trip to Singapore, be sure to pack your activewear. Singapore is also nicknamed as the City in a Garden, the little red dot is not all tall concrete buildings and skyscrapers. Put on your trekking shoes, and […]

140 Hill St Ever wondered what building those colourful windows are on? This building is known as the Old Hill Street Police Station. As its name suggests, it was constructed for the Singapore Police Force back in 1934. It housed Singapore’s first prison, the old Assembly Rooms of the Town Hall, as well as Barracks […]

Boat Quay, which is located on the Southern bank of the Singapore River was part of the old port of Singapore. In its heydays of the 1860s, it served most of the island’s shipping businesses. Here’s an interesting nugget: Chinese traders described the south of the river as resembling the belly of a carp (Li […]