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Best Ways to Enjoy a Learning Staycation in Singapore

If the pandemic has taught us anything, it is that being “grounded” gives us the luxury of time to enrich ourselves with new skills and hobbies that add to our daily lives. But where do you start, given the huge variety of education-focused experiences out there?

How about organising a learning staycation to engage in activities that add colour to your life while visiting Singapore’s top places of interest? 

To help you curate an itinerary for the best staycation in Singapore, the teams at Pan Pacific Singapore, Pan Pacific OrchardPARKROYAL COLLECTION Marina Bay, PARKROYAL COLLECTION Pickering, PARKROYAL on Beach Road, Pan Pacific Serviced Suites Beach Road, Pan Pacific Serviced Suites Orchard, and PARKROYAL Serviced Suites Singapore recommend a holistic list of activities to stimulate your minds and bodies. 

Pick your favourite and include them in your learning staycation itinerary!

 

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Learn a New Creative Skill on Vacation

Get hands-on with new skills that you can try at home with (a few) friends and family. From making your own terrarium display, cooking a local dish, to mixing a cocktail, acquiring these skills allows you to show close friends and family that you are a person of many talents!

 

Create a Work of Art at a Pottery Workshop

Creating a bowl on potters wheel Creating a bowl on potters wheel

 

Taoz Ceramics Studio

Address: 277 Orchard Road, Orchard Gateway, #03-03, Singapore 238858                                      
Phone Number: +65 8342 2381
Opening hours: 11am to 8pm daily

 

Let your creativity take over and transform a lump of clay into a useful household item at Taoz Ceramics Studio. Under the guidance of passionate pottery instructors, you can shape and mold a unique piece of pottery—a cup, a bowl or a vase—that you can take home as a souvenir. 

 

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Go Green with a Terrarium

creating a terrarium creating a terrarium

 

Green Capsule

Address: 107 North Bridge Road, #04-11, Singapore 179105                                                     
Phone Number: +65 6908 4087
Opening hours: 11:30am to 8pm daily

 

Grow your green fingers and construct your own terrarium story in a jar at the Green Capsule. The one-hour session will also educate you on plant care and responsibility. At the end of the workshop, you get to bring home your glass-enclosed botanic gift. 

 

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Whip up a Storm at a Cultural Cooking Class

Curry Chicken Cooking Class Curry Chicken Cooking Class

 

Food Playground

Address: 24A Sago Street, Singapore 059020                                                                       
Phone Number: +65 9452 3669

 

Indulge inSingapore’s rich culinary heritage with a cultural cooking class. At the Food Playground, you will learn to prepare three local dishes from family recipes passed down through generations. They include local hawker favourites like Laksa, Curry Chicken and Char Kway Teow. These new skills would certainly come in useful in extreme work-from-home situations!

 

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Blend Your Own Scent

 

Oo La Lab

Address: The Lab, ​DELTA HOUSE #02-04 2 Alexandra Road 159919 Singapore                                
Phone Number: +65 8567 5776

 

Design your own favourite fragrance in a 90-minute sensory perfumery workshop by Oo La Lab. While working with a Mixologist to design a scent, you can peek behind the scenes to see—and smell—what it is like to work as a perfumer. This eye-opening and nose-pleasing workshop gives you a better understanding of how strong scents like chamomile and lemongrass can be blended to create refreshing new aromas. 

 

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Be Steeped in the Art of Tea Appreciation

Tea Appreciation Tea Appreciation

 

Yixing Xuan Teahouse

Address: 78 Tanjong Pagar Road, Singapore 088499
Phone Number: +65 6224 6961
Opening hours: 10am to 8pm (Monday to Thursday), 10am to 9:30pm (Friday and Saturday), 10am to 7pm (Sunday and Public Holiday)

 

Take it slow with a one-hour tea appreciation workshop at the Yixing Xuan Teahouse. While mastering the art of preparing and savouring tea the traditional way, you will uncover the fascinating history of tea, learn about its health benefits, and be schooled in identifying various tea leaves, blends, and tea-brewing equipment.

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Cheer Yourself Up by Mixing Cocktails

Gin mixed with tonic, and a slice of orange and rosemary Gin mixed with tonic, and a slice of orange and rosemary

 

The Spiffy Dapper

Address: 73A Amoy Street, Second Floor, Singapore 069892                                                         
Phone Number: +65 8742 8909
Class hours: 6pm (Monday to Thursday), 5pm (Friday to Sunday)

 

Mix a unique cocktail at the Gin & Tonic Pairing Masterclass at The Spiffy Dapper, complete with garnishes from a selection of botanicals. Thereafter, you can enjoy a tipsy-terrific time with a gin-tasting session of three styles of gin, paired with five different types of tonic waters. Found your favourite pair? The bartender will fix you a full-sized drink—we say cheers to that! 

 

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Keep Fit with a New Sport

There is no better time than now to pick up a new sport during your learning staycation—especially given the benefits of exercise in boosting your immune system. From water sports to roller skating, there are plenty of sporting activities to jazz up your Singapore staycation.

 

Ride the Waves In Style

 

Singapore Wake Park

Address: 1206A East Coast Parkway, Singapore 449891
Phone Number: +65 6636 4266
Opening hours: 10am to 9pm (Monday to Friday), 9am to 80m (Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays)

 

Fancy some splashing good fun in the sun? Get into the thrills and spills of wakeboarding at the Singapore Wake Park. A motorboat takes you spinning around the lagoon while you balance on a wakeboard, working your core and balance. If you feel confident enough, take on the obstacle course or try out the Cable-ski experience, where your rope and handle are pulled by an electrically-driven cable instead of a motorboat.    

 

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Take Flight with Indoor Skydiving

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iFly Indoor Skydiving

Address: 43 Siloso Beach Walk #01-01, 01 iFly Singapore, 099010

Phone Number: + 65 6571 0000

Opening hours: 12pm to 9pm (Monday to Friday), 9am to 10pm (Saturday and Sunday)

 

Fulfil your dreams of flying at the iFly Indoor Skydiving. Get suited up in skydiving gear and experience the rush of plummeting through the air with this professionally-guided activity inside the world’s largest themed wind tunnel (spanning 16.5 feet wide and 56.5 feet high). The icing on the cake? A majestic view of the South China Sea.

 

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Skate Away at Hi Roller Indoor Skating Rink

 

Hi Roller Skating Rink

Address: Market Square @ Downtown East, E!Hub, Level 5, 1 Pasir Ris Close Singapore 519599
Phone Number: +65 9694 4094
Opening hours: 11am to 9pm daily

 

Enjoy a nostalgia-rich blast-from-the-past at Hi Roller Skating Rink—Singapore’s largest indoor skating rink. Themed to the groovy 80s, this high-energy roller disco offers both inline and roller skates. Learn how to skate to the beat of flashing disco lights here—sign up for the training programme catered for all ages and levels.

 

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Golf it up at Holey Moley

 

Holey Moley

Address: 3B River Valley Rd, Singapore 179024             
Phone Number: +65 3129 0000
Opening hours: 1pm to 11pm (Monday to Friday), 12pm to 11pm (Saturday and Sunday)                                       

 

Experience the craziest round of mini-golf you have ever played at Holey Moley, where fun is the order of business. If you are new to the sport, this multi-sensory experience will provide an amusing introduction. From Pac-Man, a giant chess game, to a shark attack, this quirky family-friendly mini course has 27 uniquely themed holes that will keep you on your toes. 

 

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Learn About Singapore’s Heritage and Culture the Fun Way

How well do you know Singapore? You will be surprised at how much history and culture is packed into this tiny island nation. Take a few tours during your experiential learning staycation to gain an insight into its past. 

 

Solve Gruesome Murders in Chinatown

At the entrance of the Buddha Relic Temple At the entrance of the Buddha Relic Temple

 

Put on your detective hat for this Cluedo-inspired Chinatown Murders Game Tour. Played in teams of two to five, participants have to solve puzzles to uncover the unfolding mystery and apprehend a serial killer on the loose. Along your way, the history of Chinatown unfolds through colourful characters such as a Samsui Woman, a  money lender and a provision shop owner.

 

Discover Singapore on board a War Era Vehicle

 

Tour Singapore’s attractions on an amphibious vehicle used in the Vietnam War era with the Captain Explorer DUKW Tour. Hosted by a friendly professional tour guide, you can pick up tidbits about Singapore landmarks such as The Esplanade, Padang, City Hall and Supreme Court buildings. Thereafter, your vehicle will make a splash as it cruises on the waters of Marina Bay, providing you with a close-up view of the Merlion, Esplanade Theatres on the Bay, as well as a spectacular view of Singapore’s city skyline.

 

Ponder on the Horrors of World War II In SIngapore

 

BattleBox 

Address: Battlebox, 2 Cox Terrace, Singapore 179622, Battlebox Visitor Centre (2 Cox Terrace)
Phone Number: +65  6338 6133
Opening hours: 9.30am to 5.30pm (Friday to Sunday and Public Holidays), Closed on Monday to Thursday

 

Voted winner of TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards five years in a row, the BattleBox Tour provides an excellent insight into the last days before Singapore was surrendered by the British to the Japanese during World War II. Explore the underground station that served as the former WWII British underground command centre as an experienced guide regales you with tales of war-torn Singapore. 

 

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Tour Singapore’s Hippest Neighbourhood

 

Explore Singapore’s oldest housing estates with a Tiong Bahru Walking Tour. Wander through its quirky shops, hipster cafes, as well as the famed Tiong Bahru Market and Food Centre. Beyond that, you can catch a glimpse of the past through colourful collections of painted murals by local artists, depicting scenes of everyday life in the area. 

 

Where to Stay During Your Singapore Learning Staycation

 

If you are looking for a centralised location as a base to kickstart your self-improvement journey in Singapore, the Pan Pacific Hotels Group has just the right Serviced Suites and Hotels for you. Return after a day of fun-soaked mind-tingling activities to a room of comfort, and recharge for a fresh day of novel educational experiences right here in the Lion City. 

 

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