Half Day Chinatown Discovery Walking Tour
Exploration of Chinatown’s narrow maze of energetic streets, sights and sounds provides visitors with a sensory overload. Our discovery will reveal colourful Peranakan shop houses, abundant hawker food stalls and ornate religious shrines. Though it lies on the fringe of Singapore’s central business district, Chinatown is trapped in time, with historic heritage buildings, lantern-lit streets and the sound of traders shouting out in Cantonese and Mandarin dialects. The area contains many shrines built by early settlers to honour the deities for their safe passage to a new country.
Our excursion starts from Telok Ayer MRT Station with a walk to the oldest spiritual site on the island; Thian Hock Keng Temple. After viewing traditional shop houses, we proceed to a suspended garden on a sky-bridge located on the 50th floor of the Pinnacle@Duxton residential development. The expansive panorama from this elevated position gives an insight into the development of the island. We then take a tea break in an authentic shop house, followed by a tour of Singapore City Gallery. Here, you may discover how Singapore was transformed from a fledging nation in the 1960s to one of the most liveable cities in Asia at this highly immersive and interactive gallery that features urban planning challenges and the innovative solutions that tackle them.
Note: Singapore City Gallery is closed on Sundays and Public Holidays, tour will be replaced with visit to Buddha Tooth Relic.
Route
- Duration: 5 hours, with departure at 9 am;
- Meeting Point: MRT Telok Ayer Station, Exit A;
- Tour participants are advised to be at the scheduled meeting point (or pick-up point) 15 minutes before tour commencement. Tour will start punctually, and the tour guides are not responsible for any delays or late comings of tour participants.
- Things to bring: Cash, Poncho / Umbrella;
- This trail programme is operated daily on private basis with English speaking assistance or with separate licenced guide.
- 5 hours walking tours with licenced English-speaking guiding services / assistance. Other languages will apply additional surcharge and subject to availability;
- Entrance tickets to Duxton;
- Tea Chapter;
- All applicable taxes and service charges.
