Landing Point

Top choice in Colonial District, the Quays & Marina Bay


For a decadent high tea, it's hard to beat the one at this chichi waterside lounge. Book ahead (one week for weekdays, one month for weekends), style up, and head in on an empty stomach. Steaming pots of TWG tea are paired with drool-inducing morsels like truffled-egg sandwiches, melt-in-your-mouth quiche, brioche buns topped with duck and blueberries, and caramel-filled dark-chocolate tarts.

You won't be able to stop at one, which is just as well, as your stand will be gladly replenished.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Colonial District, the Quays & Marina Bay attractions

1. Raffles Place

0.12 MILES

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2. First Generation

0.19 MILES

Chong Fah Cheong’s First Generation is one of Singapore's best loved and most joyful sculptures, depicting five young boys leaping into the river below.

3. Bird

0.2 MILES

A voluptuous bronze sculpture by Colombian figurative artist Fernando Botero.

4. Cavenagh Bridge

0.2 MILES

Built in 1869, this suspension bridge links the north and south banks of the Singapore River. Don't bring your horses or cattle as they will not be…

6. Merlion

0.24 MILES

Back in the 1980s, someone at the tourism board created a myth about a half fish, half lion, and the gawking tourists helped seal its status as an iconic …

7. Wak Hai Cheng Bio Temple

0.25 MILES

The name of this Taoist temple translates as Calm Sea Temple, which serves as a reminder that this area was once lapped by waves. Upon reaching dry land,…

8. Asian Civilisations Museum

0.26 MILES

This remarkable museum houses the region's most comprehensive collection of pan-Asian treasures. Its galleries explore the history, cultures, textiles and…