Singapore 5 Key Historic Sites in 5.5 Hours Walk Eat and Ride

Duration5h 30m

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TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted

LanguagesChinese, Malay, English

Group sizeUp to 6 travelers

Overview

This is a food tour with a difference!

This immersive tour takes you across 5 key neighborhoods to reveal today's Singapore. Every step and ride of your cultural discovery is paired with food.

You’ll learn Singapore's history, heritage and stories through its streets, buildings, people and food. Over iconic dishes, we discuss how this city state evolved and where it’s headed.

As we explore, you’ll enjoy Kampong Glam’s vibrant shophouses, Little India’s colorful temples, Chinatown’s bustling markets, Raffles Place's skyscrapers, the Civic District's colonial structures and the iconic Merlion Park by Marina Bay.

We’ll stop at hawker centers and family run eateries where foods aren't just delicious; you’ll hear how they were created, what traditions shaped them, how they define Singapore and how they connect generations.

Guided by a local who’s lived through its many changes, you won’t just see Singapore-you’ll experience it through its people, neighborhoods, flavors and stories!

What's included

The tour includes 3 food stops; we enjoy 9 to 10 local foods and drinks. The meals will be a mix of traditional dishes, street foods and snacks. Guests are encouraged to arrive hungry for the tour!
All public transportation charges in the tour will be borne by the guide. While this is mostly a walking tour, transport will be used to cross areas that are of less cultural & historical interest.

What to expect

Chinatown
1h 10m

Walk through the old streets of Chinatown, one of Singapore's four original ethic neighborhoods that were established by the British in the 1820's. Visit a temple or two and learn about how the Chinese arrived in Singapore. See and experience the cultures of South-Eastern China as we visit clan associations, art shops, medicinal and tea shops. We stop and have a meal and snacks - traditional street foods - in one of Singapore's famed clean hawker centers (what we often call food courts here)
Raffles Place
20m

Walk through the city's skyscraper district with its tens of tall buildings, both old and new. Learn how financial Singapore, the World's fourth busiest financial center, grew outwards from its 19th century colonial heart to occupy landfill that was once the city's harbor. Learn how loans were made in an era without credit ratings (!)
Merlion Park
20m

Visit the new Marina Bay area, home to Singapore's tourist icons, the mythical Merlion and the ultra-modern Marina Bay Sands. The latter is both an architectural marvel and one of the most successful casinos anywhere. Learn how the port city developed and how it quickly became, and still remains, one of the most important ports in the World. Hear how its strategic location, and ensuing importance, led to empires fighting over it.
Colonial District/Civic District
1h

Step into Singapore’s Colonial District — a compact, walkable gem of British heritage, with architectural icons from the majestic Raffles Hotel to the stately Supreme Court and City Hall, now repurposed as the National Gallery Singapore. See our heritage cathedrals and schools. Hear the history and stories that shaped both colonial and modern Singapore...of how empires fought over this island that, for much of its history, was a leading global port city.
Little India
1h 10m

After a train or bus ride, we arrive at Little India, arguably the most colorful of Singapore's five downtown neighborhoods. We will walk through its bustling streets, filled with roadside stalls selling flowers and shops selling wares ranging from gold to dresses. Here, we stop for our second of three meal stops and savor the flavors of India in its food courts / restaurants.
Jalan Besar
20m

As we stroll between Little India and Kampong Glam, we enter the small inner city district of Jalan Besar. Popular for its all night eateries, lighting shops and hardware stores, we stop here to visit one of Singapore's public housing estates where nearly 80 percent of Singaporeans live. Hear how the country shaped itself and its people through laws and policies that support racial and religious harmony; these public housing estates are a physical manifestation of that. Get a comprehensive insight of how Singapore runs itself uniquely in this busy world we all call home.
Kampong Glam
1h 10m

The fifth of Singapore's five old districts and the fourth of its centuries-old ethnic neighborhoods, this is arguably the prettiest of them of all. With buildings from the mid 19th century sitting in the shadow of architecturally distinctive new skyscrapers towering over them, Kampong Glam is truly photogenic! Here, we visit the traditional shophouses that were once emblematic of Old Singapore, gaze at our national mosque and hear the stories behind Singapore's royalty and their Istana or Palace that now serves as the Malay Heritage Center. Distinctive among the old neighborhoods, Kampong Glam also has a lively food scene with great Malay and Middle Eastern cafes and restaurants and a colorful party street called Haji Lane which often is featured as one of the world's most instagrammable streets. We will try Malay / Indonesian food at our third food stop here.

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

The meeting point is at the corner of South Bridge Road & Sago Street (opposite the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple)

By public transport (subway/train), travel to Maxwell MRT Station; take Exit 1 for the best access to the meeting point.

By private car hire / taxi, Destination is 282 South Bridge Road.

End point

Ends at 56 Arab Street which is at the corner of Arab Street and Baghdad Street

Additional information

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.