Nostalgic Chinatown of Singapore | La Vacanza Travel

Nostalgic Chinatown of Singapore

Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Destination: Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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  • 2 hours 30 minutes
  • Singapore
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

Assigned guide was born and raised in Chinatown as a child, and knows every nook and corner of this area. She would be able to provide with a very personal account of her experiences growing up in this area, including her encounters with colourful characters like prostitutes, Samsui women, opium smokers, secret society members and more!

Itinerary
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Stop At: Chinatown Complex Market and Food Centre, 46 Smith St, Singapore 058956

You will see one of Singapore’s oldest wet markets, stalls selling sundry goods, and have our local breakfast at the hawker centre in the same complex.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Chinatown Heritage Centre, 48 Pagoda Street, Singapore 059207 Singapore

Get a rare glimpse into the lives of Chinatown’s early residents. Located within three beautifully-restored shophouses on Pagoda Street, the Chinatown Heritage Centre is the only place in Singapore with the original interiors of its shophouse tenants in the 1950s recreated.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Chinatown Street Market, Chinatown, Pagoda Street, Trengganu Street, Sago Street, Smith Street, Singapore 050005 Singapore

Take a stroll down the busy thoroughfares in the heart of Chinatown, and imbibe in the pulse of a place that permeates with history. Many of these roads have been pedestrianised so walking through them is a joy.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum, 288 South Bridge Road, Singapore 058840 Singapore

Hear what we have to say about the street upon which this temple is located. It is “deadly”. I know because I used to stay here as a child in the “bad old days”.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Ann Siang Hill, Singapore Singapore

We will take a relaxed walk through elegant, restored shop houses and enjoy the sophisticated interplay of shopping, dining, history and modernity displayed in an eclectic mix. I will also relate to you my exploits here as a child as I was enrolled in a Chinese stream primary school here.

Duration: 30 minutes

Inclusions
  • Breakfast - Light local breakfast

Exclusions
    • Not wheelchair accessible
    • Near public transportation
    • Most travelers can participate
    • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
    • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travelers
    • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
    Departure Point

    Chinatown, 151 New Bridge Road 91 Upper Cross Street Singapore 059443/058362, New Bridge Rd, Singapore 059443


    Departure Time

    09:00 AM


    Return Details

    Maxwell Food Centre, 1 Kadayanallur St, Singapore 069184

    Voucher info

    You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

    Duration

    2 hours 30 minutes


    User's Reviews

    Louise_M

    13 Apr, 2024

    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

    TheodoreChen74

    07 Jan, 2022

    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.

    Z4687ADpaulinep

    21 Jan, 2020

    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

    lan_l

    02 Sep, 2023

    Die Geschichte der Stadt ist faszinierend, insbesondere die Geschichten und Lebensumständen der Menschen im früheren Chinatown. Nicht nur die Guten Sachen wurde erzählt. Die Schattenseiten wurden nicht verschwiegen. Jasmine hat es verstanden, die Geschichten sehr lebendig rüber zu bringen. Sehr zu empfehlen.

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