Self-Guided Walking Tours in Singapore

A Forbidden Hill and the Merlion, Singapore's Civic District and River

You are standing on Fort Canning Green, on the hill that Malay speakers once called Bukit Larangan, the Forbidden Hill. This walk is about 4 kilometres, a little over an hour on foot, and eleven stops. It leads down to St Andrew's Cathedral and the Padang, past City Hall and the old Parliament House, to the Singapore River at the Raffles landing site and Boat Quay, and it ends at Merlion Park. Carry water. The field and the river walks give little shade. The cathedral and the museums later on the route are optional and have their own hours. When you are ready, look around this lawn, then toward the slope that falls away toward the river.

Walking·1 h 4 min·11 stops·4.1 km