Exclusive Singapore Experiences: Gardens by the Bay, SkyPark & the F1 Night Race
Singapore's signature experiences share a common thread — engineering and ambition applied to leisure, from a 105-hectare garden grown entirely on reclaimed land to a Grand Prix run after dark through the middle of the financial district.
Gardens by the Bay
Opened on 29 June 2012, Gardens by the Bay spans 105 hectares and centres on Supertree Grove's 18 tree-like structures, standing 25 to 50 metres tall and fitted with solar panels and rainwater collection systems. The Flower Dome, at 1.2 hectares, holds the Guinness World Record for the largest glass greenhouse, while the Cloud Forest houses a 42-metre indoor mountain and 35-metre waterfall inside its own climate-controlled dome. By 2018 the gardens had drawn more than 50 million visitors, and TripAdvisor has ranked them among the best attractions in the world.
Marina Bay Sands SkyPark
The 340-metre SkyPark atop Marina Bay Sands, detailed in our hotels guide, holds the world's longest occupiable cantilever and an observation deck open to non-guests, offering the same panoramic vantage point as the hotel's famous infinity pool without needing a room key.
Singapore Flyer
At 165 metres tall with a 150-metre diameter, the Singapore Flyer held the title of world's tallest Ferris wheel from its 2008 opening until 2014. Its 28 air-conditioned capsules each carry up to 28 passengers on a slow, roughly 32-minute rotation, giving unobstructed views across Marina Bay and, on clear days, into parts of Malaysia and Indonesia.
Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix
Since 2008, Singapore has hosted Formula One's first-ever night race on the Marina Bay Street Circuit, a demanding 19-corner layout run in punishing heat and humidity that regularly pushes races close to the two-hour time limit. Held every September through the streets covered in our areas guide, the race weekend transforms Marina Bay into a floodlit circuit backed by the same skyline visible from the SkyPark above.
Planning Around the Season
Gardens by the Bay and the SkyPark run comfortably year-round given Singapore's consistent equatorial climate, though the Cloud Forest and Flower Dome offer welcome relief from the heat and humidity outside. The Formula 1 Grand Prix in September is the single busiest weekend on the calendar for hotel availability across the city, worth booking well in advance regardless of which area from our hotels guide a visit is built around.
