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Singapore's only preserved coastal fort, built from 1878 and gazetted as the 74th national monument: guns, tunnels and the immersive Surrender Chambers trail on the Japanese occupation and the 1945 surrender. Free entry.
Official websitesentosa.com.sg→Until 1970, the island was called Pulau Blakang Mati, "the island behind death" in Malay: fishing kampongs, then British forts and barracks from 1878 to 1967, before being renamed Sentosa, "tranquillity". The Sentosa Heritage Trail follows its traces along three waymarked routes.
Official websitesentosa.com.sg→A garden walk of about 350 m through six sensory gardens, lit up in the evening by the ImagiNite show. It runs along the axis where Sentosa's giant Merlion (1996) once stood, demolished at the end of 2019 for this project.
Official websitesentosa.com.sg→A wax museum housed in a former 1890s military hospital, incorporating the Images of Singapore zone and a boat ride through the city's history.
Official websitemadametussauds.com→A gallery devoted to the island's flora and fauna, renovated in 2026, and the starting point of the Imbiah trail through secondary forest towards Fort Siloso.
Official websitesentosa.com.sg→A two-hour guided tour by air-conditioned coach, from Fort Siloso to Palawan via the former barracks and Sentosa Cove, with commentary from a local guide.
Official websitemountfaberleisure.com→Before becoming a leisure island, Sentosa was called Pulau Blakang Mati and guarded the entrance to the harbour: British forts, batteries and barracks were built there from 1878. Fort Siloso, Singapore's only preserved coastal fort, and the barracks turned hotels tell this story, as do the island's museums and galleries.
Header photo: Fort Siloso casemates — Moheen Reeyad, CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons