Singapore Trip Overview
Whats made Chinatown Singapore unique? Chinatown Singapore is always busy, colourful and vibrant almost every other day with the places of worships next to each other, the foods street and traditional restaurants are always filled with foodies, the Chinese ornamental souvenirs shops and stalls will keep people browsing and buying, events and activities whenever there are festivals or ceremonies and unique boutique hotels and pubs are at every corners for your catch-up or casual meeting with friends. Chinatown Singapore has so much to offer that you won’t be bored even for a moment.
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Duration: 2 hours
Starts: Singapore, Singapore
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Whats made Chinatown Singapore unique? Chinatown Singapore is always busy, colourful and vibrant almost every other day with the places of worships next to each other, the foods street and traditional restaurants are always filled with foodies, the Chinese ornamental souvenirs shops and stalls will keep people browsing and buying, events and activities whenever there are festivals or ceremonies and unique boutique hotels and pubs are at every corners for your catch-up or casual meeting with friends. Chinatown Singapore has so much to offer that you won’t be bored even for a moment.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Chinatown, Chinatown, Singapore
Our guide will meet you at Kreta Ayer Square and bring you to walk the historic streets of Chinatown Singapore where you will find iconic shophouses, traditional businesses, places of worship, local hawker foods, opera house, opera heritage gallery, seasonal festivals and unique cultural souvenirs. As we walk you down the historic streets, we will unfold insightful stories of the era of changes in Chinatown Singapore. There were streets which were named after honorable person who had contributed or impacted people lives in Chinatown Singapore. What were shophouses in Chinatown famous for in the past? Who were the famous philanthropists and what had they contributed to Chinatown Singapore? You will get to hear these from our experienced and passionate guide.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum, 288 South Bridge Road, Singapore 058840 Singapore
Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum build in 2007, is a new addition to vibrant, cultural and exciting Chinatown. Is it a monument? Why build this Buddhist Temple right in the heart of Chinatown, on prime land with much older temple and mosque such as Sri Mariamman Hindu Temple and Jamae Mosque. Buddhist temples and all Chinese Temples have only one entrance, why it is that BTRTM has two entrances and two main shrines.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: 244 South Bridge Road Sri Mariamman Temple, Singapore 058793 Singapore
Our guide will explain to you why there is a Hindu temple and a Indian Muslim Mosque in Chinatown Singapore. Not surprising the Hindu Temple is very popular in Chinatown in the past and today. Major festivals in the Hindu Temple are Fire walking ceremony, one week before Deepavali which is the Festival of Lights.
Duration: 30 minutes
