Singapore Trip Overview
This tour combines a number of highlights which are not regularly seen on the tourist trail. Beginning at The Pinnacles @ Duxton public housing project you will take up a mesmerising vantage point from the 50th storey sky bridge giving you an excellent panorama of Singapore’s forever changing skyline.
After visiting the new, the tour will continue to the old, Tiong Bahru, one of Singapore’s oldest public housing estate built in the 1920s.
The tour will also include visits to the 90 year old Qi Ting Gong Temple, the Tiong Bahru Market (the first market in a housing estate and still home to many fantastic food hawkers), Galicier Pastry (a family run bakery with a history spanning four generations, using only the freshest ingredients to create their traditional nyonya kuehs and retro cakes), and will end at the Nostalgia Hotel which was inspired by Singapore’s colonial years.
This neighbourhood is rarely explored and conveys an old-world charm with a dash of modernism.
Additional Info
Duration: 4 hours
Starts: Singapore, Singapore
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Singapore
This tour combines a number of highlights which are not regularly seen on the tourist trail. Beginning at The Pinnacles @ Duxton public housing project you will take up a mesmerising vantage point from the 50th storey sky bridge giving you an excellent panorama of Singapore’s forever changing skyline.
After visiting the new, the tour will continue to the old, Tiong Bahru, one of Singapore’s oldest public housing estate built in the 1920s.
The tour will also include visits to the 90 year old Qi Ting Gong Temple, the Tiong Bahru Market (the first market in a housing estate and still home to many fantastic food hawkers), Galicier Pastry (a family run bakery with a history spanning four generations, using only the freshest ingredients to create their traditional nyonya kuehs and retro cakes), and will end at the Nostalgia Hotel which was inspired by Singapore’s colonial years.
This neighbourhood is rarely explored and conveys an old-world charm with a dash of modernism.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Pass By: Tiong Bahru Estate, Tiong Bahru Road, Singapore Singapore
One of Singapore’s oldest public housing estate built in the 1920s
Stop At: 1 Cantonment Road The Pinnacle @ Duxton, Singapore 080001 Singapore
Get a great view from the 50th floor Sky Bridge
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: 302 Tiong Bahru Road Tiong Bahru Plaza, Singapore 168732 Singapore
First modern market to be built in a housing estate
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Qi Tian Gong Temple, 44 Eng Hoon Street Tiong Bahru Estate, Singapore 169786 Singapore
90 year old temple in Singapore
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Tiong Bahru Galicier Pastry, Blk 55 Tiong Bahru Rd, #01-39, Singapore 160055
Family run bakery with a history spanning four generations
Duration: 10 minutes
Pass By: Nostalgia Hotel, 77 Tiong Bahru Rd, Singapore 168727
A hotel with an old world charm and a dash of modernisation
