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Nostalgic Chinatown of Singapore: Authentic and Personal Tour by a Native Guide
4.8
4 Ratings
Singapore
Your guide hails from her childhood roots in Chinatown, intimately familiar with each hidden gem this district offers. She comes ready to share her unique narrative of youth, woven with tales of vibrant personalities such as courtesans, Samsui ladies, aficionados of opium, affiliates of clandestine societies, and others!
Your guide hails from her childhood roots in Chinatown, intimately familiar with each hidden gem this district offers. She comes ready to share her unique narrative of youth, woven with tales of vibrant personalities such as courtesans, Samsui ladies, aficionados of opium, affiliates of clandestine societies, and others!
Duration:
2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Chinatown Complex - Discover one of Singapore’s oldest wet markets, explore stalls offering a variety of goods, and enjoy a local breakfast at the hawker centre within the same complex.
- Chinatown Heritage Centre - Experience a unique insight into the lives of Chinatown’s early inhabitants. Situated in three beautifully restored shophouses on…
- Chinatown Complex - Discover one of Singapore’s oldest wet markets, explore stalls offering a variety of goods, and enjoy a local breakfast at the hawker centre within the same complex.
- Chinatown Heritage Centre - Experience a unique insight into the lives of Chinatown’s early inhabitants. Situated in three beautifully restored shophouses on Pagoda Street, the Chinatown Heritage Centre is the only place in Singapore where the original interiors of its 1950s shophouse tenants have been recreated.
- Chinatown Street Market - Stroll through the bustling streets in the heart of Chinatown and soak in the vibrant history. Many of these roads are pedestrian-friendly, making it a delightful walking experience.
- Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum - Learn about the street where this temple is located. It has a “deadly” reputation, as it was once home to a challenging environment during the “bad old days.”
- Ann Siang Hill - Enjoy a leisurely walk through elegantly restored shophouses and appreciate the sophisticated blend of shopping, dining, history, and modernity in a unique mix. Stories of childhood adventures in this area, where a Chinese stream primary school was attended, will also be shared.
What's Included
- Breakfast included
- Breakfast included
Location
Chinatown
New Bridge Road
Meet at Chinatown MRT Station EXIT A just after exiting the station. Look for our friendly guide in dark blue hat.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Theodorechen74
Jan 7, 2022
Highly recommended! - I would highly recommend the tour! Jasmine the guide gave a deep and insightful nostalgic account of Chinatown and brought the place to life with her personal anecdotes. You would leave with a real understanding of the place.
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Z4687adpaulinep
Jan 21, 2020
Fantastic Nostalgic trip in China town - We LOVED this tour. Jasmine our guide was fantastic. We had taken the HDB tour with her and loved her way of explaining things. She has been born in Chinatown and was able to show us where her house used to be. She took us to smith hawker market for breakfast. We tried a completely different food of steamed rice cake with meat and sauce over it. We had a delicious cup of sweet black coffee ( kopi O)
Jasmine explained how to order, which vendors had been there the longest and a wee bit of history regarding the food. On the HDB tour we’d had the toast set breakfast so wanted to try something new.
After breakfast we toured Chinatown, got to know the names of the streets. We then went to the Chinatown heritage center. This is an amazing museum and a tribute to those that loved through it.
Jasmine was one of 11, they lived in 2 small rooms with a shared bathroom and kitchen. There were examples of these rooms in the museum. My husband had a cold so we went to a Chinese herbalist and got a special tea. It fixed him;)
If that didn’t fix him the temple visits would have.
We got to see the hills/clubs section of China town and ended up at the Maxwell hawker center,
Please do this tour and ask for Jasmine
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Louise_m
Apr 13, 2024
Great insight into Singapores Chinatown - To hear what Singapore was like and what triggered the changes. The tour was informative, interesting. It was good to try a real Singapore breakfast that was surprisingly yummy
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