Singapore: essential landmarks, a self-guided walking tour with audio and quizzes
Overview
About
- Nine stops from Raffles Hotel to the Supertrees of Gardens by the Bay, tracing how a muddy riverbank became a global city
- An audio story plays as you walk and a quiz unlocks each stop, straight from your phone with no app to download
- 4 km and about 2 hours, available daily at any time and in seven languages
- A free 500 MB global eSIM with every ticket, and six months to use it
At a Glance
- Ages: All ages, walk it solo or as a group
- Type: Mobile Ticket
- Audio guide: English, Italiano, Deutsch, Espanol, Francais, Portugues, 中文
Tour Highlight
- Raffles Hotel, where the Singapore Sling was invented, and the colonial spire of St Andrew's Cathedral
- Boat Quay, Raffles' landing site and the Merlion, an icon that started life as a tourism board logo
- Marina Bay Sands, the Helix Bridge and the Supertrees of Gardens by the Bay after dark
- Nine quizzes along the way, so the history actually sticks
What you'll do
Singapore's national symbol, the Merlion, did not come from an old legend. It was drawn up as a logo for the tourism board. This self-guided walk follows that same deliberate act of invention, from the riverbank where the modern city began to the Supertrees that light up over the bay, in nine stops between Raffles Hotel and Gardens by the Bay.
Everything runs from your phone. An audio story plays as you walk, a smart map shows where to go next, and a quiz at each stop unlocks the one that follows. There is no app to download and no group to keep up with, so you set the pace and stop for a kopi whenever you like.
Included: self-guided audio tour in seven languages, nine interactive quizzes, a smart map, a free 500 MB global eSIM and a ticket valid for six months.
Meeting and pickup
What is included?
- Self-guided audio tour for one person, playable straight from your phone
- Narrated stories at nine stops between Raffles Hotel and Gardens by the Bay
- Nine interactive quizzes that unlock the next stop
- Smart map with turn by turn guidance along the 4 km route
- Seven languages: English, Italiano, Deutsch, Espanol, Francais, Portugues and Chinese
- A free 500 MB global eSIM, claimed after purchase with a Ninja Travel account
- Ticket valid for six months from purchase, and six months to finish once you start
What is not included?
- Entrance tickets to attractions along the route, such as the ArtScience Museum or the Gardens by the Bay conservatories
- Food, drinks and transport
- Headphones, which we recommend but do not provide
- A live human guide: this is a self-guided tour
Traveller Restriction
- Travellers who cannot walk about 4 km, much of it outdoors in the heat and humidity
- Anyone travelling without a smartphone, since the whole tour runs on one
What to Bring
- A charged smartphone with internet access
- Comfortable shoes for walking
- Clothes suitable for the weather
- Headphones, optional but better for the audio
Meet your host
Itinerary
Singapore City Walking Tours Itinerary (2026 Guide) – What You'll See & Do
Explore the full itinerary for Singapore: essential landmarks, a self-guided walking tour with audio and quizzes in Singapore, Singapore. This city walking tours experience includes 9 stops over 1 day. Duration: 1 hours. Activity level: Moderate.
Here is the starting point
Raffles Hotel
The colonial grand dame where the Singapore Sling was mixed in 1915, still poured in the Long Bar today.
St Andrew's Cathedral
A white neo-gothic spire in the middle of the business district, built largely by convict labour.
Raffles' Landing Site
The riverbank where Stamford Raffles is said to have stepped ashore in 1819, marked by a white statue.
Boat Quay
The curve of shophouses that handled most of the port trade before the warehouses moved downriver.
Merlion Park
The half-lion, half-fish that started life as a logo for the tourism board and ended up a national symbol.
Esplanade, Theatres on the Bay
The concert hall locals nicknamed the durians, for reasons that become obvious the moment you look up.
Helix Bridge
A footbridge built like a strand of DNA, best crossed once the lights come on over the bay.
Marina Bay Sands
Three towers with a ship parked across the top, the building that rewrote the skyline in 2010.
Gardens by the Bay
The Supertrees, part garden and part power plant, which light up every evening. The tour ends here.
This concludes the tour.
