Singapore/Iconic

The 8 Most Iconic Landmarks in Singapore

8 landmarks with verified facts and stories

Cloud Forest
~2 min

Cloud Forest

18 Marina Gardens Drive, Singapore 018953

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The Cloud Forest is the more dramatic of Gardens by the Bay's two conservatories — a 35-metre indoor waterfall inside a cooled glass dome that recreates the conditions of tropical mountain forests found at elevations between 1,000 and 3,000 metres.

Gardens by the Bay
~3 min

Gardens by the Bay

18 Marina Gardens Dr, Marina South, Singapore, 018953, Singapore

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Gardens by the Bay is TripAdvisor's number one attraction in Singapore — a 101-hectare park of Supertrees, cloud forests, and flower domes that transformed reclaimed land behind Marina Bay Sands into a botanical spectacle that draws over 15 million visitors a year.

Jewel Changi Airport
~2 min

Jewel Changi Airport

78 Airport Boulevard, Singapore 819666

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Jewel Changi Airport is either the world's best airport terminal or the world's strangest shopping mall — a glass-domed complex connecting Changi Airport's three terminals that houses the world's tallest indoor waterfall, a five-storey indoor forest, and 280 shops and restaurants in a space designed by Moshe Safdie (who also designed Marina Bay Sands) to make layovers feel like a destination.

Marina Bay Sands
~2 min

Marina Bay Sands

10 Bayfront Ave, Downtown Core, Singapore, 018956, Singapore

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Marina Bay Sands is the building that made Singapore's skyline recognisable from space — three 55-storey towers supporting a cantilevered SkyPark that extends further than the Eiffel Tower is tall, topped by the world's most photographed infinity pool.

Merlion Park
~1 min

Merlion Park

1 Fullerton Rd, Downtown Core, Singapore, 049213, Singapore

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The Merlion is Singapore's national symbol — a half-lion, half-fish statue that spouts water into Marina Bay and has been the most photographed landmark in the city since the original 8.

Raffles Hotel
~2 min

Raffles Hotel

1 Beach Road, Singapore 189673

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Raffles Hotel is the grand dame of Southeast Asian hospitality — a colonial white wedding cake of a building that has been hosting writers, royalty, and adventurers since 1887.

Singapore Flyer
~1 min

Singapore Flyer

30 Raffles Avenue, Singapore 039803

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The Singapore Flyer is a 165-metre observation wheel on the Marina Bay waterfront — when it opened in 2008 it was the tallest Ferris wheel in the world (since surpassed by the High Roller in Las Vegas and the Ain Dubai), and it remains the best way to see Singapore from above without boarding a plane.

Supertree Grove
~2 min

Supertree Grove

18 Marina Gardens Dr, Marina South, Singapore, 018953, Singapore

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The Supertree Grove is the most recognisable landscape in modern Singapore — 18 steel-and-concrete structures rising between 25 and 50 metres, covered in living vertical gardens of over 162,900 plants comprising more than 200 species of orchids, ferns, bromeliads, and tropical flowering plants.

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