📍 Shopping📸 Tourist Attraction

The Cathay

Dhoby Ghaut, Singapore

4.5 (0)

Overview

Cinema, shopping mall and apartment building in Singapore. It sits within Singapore's compact, walkable island, reachable by MRT in well under an hour from almost anywhere in the city.

Why visit: Shopping is a genuine national pastime here, and the malls double as food halls, cinemas and cool-down shelters.

Things to do

›Work through the basement food hall
›Compare the flagship stores along Orchard Road
›Shelter from a downpour in comfort
›Look for the local labels, not just the global ones

ShoppingFood WalkAir-Conditioned Escape

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Travel Information

Best time

Year-round; the Great Singapore Sale runs June – August

Weather

Equatorial and consistent all year — 25–33°C, humid, with a downpour most afternoons. The wetter northeast monsoon runs November to January; nothing here counts as a cool season.

Entry fee

Free to enter

Hours

Typically 10 AM – 10 PM daily

Est. budget

₹1,000 – ₹8,000 depending entirely on you

Duration

2 – 4 hours

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