A terrace of pastel Peranakan houses with ornate plasterwork

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Where to stay in Katong & the East Coast

The Peranakan east, twenty-five minutes out: terraced shophouses in colours the centre has lost, laksa that people cross the island for, and a park running along the sea to the airport. It is where Singaporeans live, and the only area on this list where a visitor is the exception. Changi is along the same coast, which makes it the easiest place in the city to leave from and the hardest to see the city from.

Price level · Mid-range

Singapore

Area scorecard

Scored 0–10 by Where Stay Guide. No overall total: every traveller weights these differently.

Sightseeing: 6.5
Walkability: 7.0
Transport: 6.0
Food: 8.5
Nightlife: 5.0
Quietness: 7.5
Families: 8.0
Value: 7.5
Airport / station: 9.0
First trip: 6.0

Best for

A second visit
Travellers with an early flight, since Changi is minutes away
Anyone who wants the residential city

Choose elsewhere if

This is three days
You want the centre on foot
You will be out late

Our picks in Katong & the East Coast

Best for an early flight

Village Hotel Katong

Our pick for the east because it is three minutes on foot from Marine Parade MRT on the Thomson-East Coast line, which is what makes this area workable at all, and Changi is along the same coast.