• Adventures of Tintin. Singapore Philatelic Museum, $4-5, 23B Coleman Street 179807, Nearby Stations: City Hall, Bus Lines: 2, 12, 32, 80, 197
• Yong Siak Street
• Stories Behind Singapore Streets - National Library, near Bugis
• Bras Basah Complex - Cat Socrates
• Three blocks west, the Singapore Art Museum (11) at 71 Bras Basah Road (00 65 6332 3222; singart.com ) occupies a 19th-century mission school, where a permanent collection of South-east Asian art is augmented by visiting exhibitions. Admission $10 (£4.50); open 10am-7pm daily (to 9pm on Fridays, when admission is free after 6pm).
• Head north along Waterloo Street, studded with temples and public art, then jink north-west across the Rochor Canal to the foot of Little India. Thread your way along "Backpackers' Row", officially known as Dunlop Street, then aim north along Serangoon Road to take a slice through Little Indian life – branching off to explore lanes such as Little India Arcade (12) and Sri Veeramakali-amman temple (13).
• Considering five million residents are squeezed into an area less than twice the size of the Isle of Wight, Singapore manages to offer plenty of green escapes. The most formal manifestation can be found at the Botanic Gardens (18), beyond the end of Orchard Road (00 65 6471 7361; sbg.org.sg ). Modelled on Kew Gardens, though with rather more profuse vegetation, it is an ideal antidote to city life, with a horticultural inner sanctum in the shape of the National Orchid Garden. Open 5am-midnight daily (Orchid Garden daily 8.30am-7pm, S$5/£2.20).
• The "hawker centre" or food court is a great Singapore concoction: dozens of vendors, each with its own culinary specialism, compete for custom. Choose what takes your fancy and then take a seat in the centre. The most architecturally attractive is Lau Pa Sat (21), which occupies a former Victorian market building right in the heart of the city. It was created in Glasgow in 1894 and shipped across to be assembled locally. You can swill down pig organ soup, though Indian, Korean and Japanese dishes are also available. Open 24 hours, but best experienced at lunchtime on weekdays.
• Chinatown Embracing the full Chinatown experience – tea, Chinese opera, yum cha
• Singapore Botanic Gardens Chilling out with orchids and tropical finery at the serene Singapore Botanic Gardens
• National Museum Singapore
• Katong - East Singapore
• Cycling at East Coast
• Sight-seeing at Everton Road
• Raffles Hotel top-floor museum (open 10am-7pm daily, admission free). An array of sepia photographs, extracts from newspapers, luggage labels and travel posters remind you that Britain was once much more than 12 hours away. If the door to Jubilee Hall, Raffles' own 400-seat theatre, is open, take a peek.

March 31

• Andy Warhol 15 Minutes Eternal $13-28, Marina Bay Sands, 10 Bayfront Avenue 018956, Nearby Stations: Promenade, Bus Lines: 97, 106, 133
• iLight @ Marina Bay Sands, 11 Marina Blvd 018940 Nearby Stations: Raffles Place, Bus Lines: 97, 97E
  • NESCAFE-PAssion’s Movie Night 6-10PM

Food

• Drinks on Wednesdays or Thursdays--ladies' night @ Clarke Quay, Robertson Quay, or Mohamed Sultan Rd
• Raffles Hotel Slinging back Singapore Slings at the regal Raffles Hotel or a hole-in-the-wall watering hole
• Gluttons Bay
• Kopitiam (24 hours)
• Froyo
• East Coast Seafood Village, only 10 minutes by cab from the airport. The signature venue is Jumbo (00 65 6442 3435; jumboseafood.com.sg ), where you can feast outdoors on prawns, satay or soup, watching the planes line up to land before you take off. Reckon on S$30 (£13.50) per person, including a beer or two; if your cash reserves are dwindling, just along the shore the East Coast Lagoon is a hawker centre with much lower prices.
• Mooncake
• Ultimate Ramen Championship. 201 Victoria St 188067. Nearby Stations: Bugis. Bus Lines: 2, 12, 33, 130, 133, 145, 147, 190, 197, 851, 960