Explore Changi
Most people know Changi only for the airport. But "Changi" is also a stretch of eastern Singapore coastline that gave the airport its name — a sleepy village, one of the country's oldest beach parks, a 2.2 km boardwalk, a WWII chapel, and a ferry to a kampong island. Here is the whole of it.
4
Airport terminals
6+
Coastal places
2.2 km
Boardwalk
1,036 ha
Pulau Ubin
The airport & Jewel
The half most travellers come for. Each links to a detailed guide.
Singapore Changi Airport
Four terminals (T1–T4), repeatedly voted the world's best. Transit hotels, lounges, gardens, free WiFi and 24-hour operations.
Jewel Changi Airport
The S$1.7 billion nature-themed complex — 40m Rain Vortex, Forest Valley, Canopy Park and 280+ shops and restaurants. Public area, not transit.
Free airport attractions
Butterfly, Sunflower, Orchid, Cactus, Enchanted and Water Lily Gardens plus Kinetic Rain — all free, in the transit area.
Changi Jurassic Mile
A free outdoor park-connector stretch with life-sized dinosaur displays, walkable from Terminal 2 or Terminal 4.
The coastline & heritage
The half that gives Changi its name — the village, the beach, the boardwalk, the island and the wartime sites. Most of it is free.
Changi Village
A relaxed east-coast neighbourhood — the famous nasi lemak hawker centre, the Changi Point ferry terminal and the start of the coastal boardwalk.
Changi Beach & Boardwalk
28 ha coastal park (one of Singapore's oldest) plus the 2.2 km Changi Boardwalk in six named sections. Free, open 24h.
Pulau Ubin
Singapore's last "kampong" — a 1,036 ha island a 10-minute S$4 bumboat ride from Changi Point. Granite quarries, Chek Jawa, cycling, camping.
Changi Chapel & Museum
WWII museum on the former Changi prison camp, dedicated to the POWs and civilians interned here. Tue–Sun, 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM.
Johore Battery
A replica 15-inch WWII "Monster Gun" on the site of a former coastal defence battery. Free, outdoors, 24h.
Republic of Singapore Navy Museum
A three-storey Navy museum with indoor and outdoor galleries on Singapore's naval history. Free admission.
Why "Changi"?
The name Changi predates the airport by centuries. It comes from the changi tree (a type of Hopea) that once grew along this eastern coast, and the area was a seaside retreat for colonial officers in the early 1900s — long before the airport opened on reclaimed land in 1981. The wartime prison camp, the village hawker centre, the sailing club and the kampong ferry all came first.
Read the full story on the About page.