day tour
Tour Level: Relaxed / Easy
Tour Comfort: Standard
Tour Period:
tour highlights
- Enjoy stunning views from the skybridge of the award winning Pinnacles at Duxton public housing project
- Explore the neighbourhood of Tiong Bahru, one of Singapore's oldest public housing estate
- Visit a market, temple and a old-style family bakery in Tiong Bahru
- Sample local delights
tour details
Enjoy stunning view from the skybridge of The Pinnacles @ Duxton is an award-winning 50-storey public housing project. After visiting the new, continue to the old, Tiong Bahru, one of Singapore’s oldest public housing estate built in the 1920s. Contrast the old with the new. Take a walk around Tiong Bahru and see how it has evolved into a unique neighbourhood.
tour description
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. 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. Contrast the new with the old. See how Tiong Bahru has creatively evolved into a unique neighbourhood. The Tiong Bahru Market, built in 1955, still boasts some of the best hawker stalls for local culinary delights. Ccontinue to one of the country's oldest temples, the 90-year-old Qi Tian Gong Temple, honouring the Monkey God..Next is a stop at a family run bakery with a history spanning four generations.Tour ends at the aptly named Nostalgia Hotel which was inspired by Singapore's colonial years. The romantic history of the neighbourhood is rarely explored and conveys an old world charm with a dash of modernism.
includes
- Transfers
- Entrance fee to Skybridge
- Food tasting
excludes
- Personal expenditure
notes
Tiong Bahru market will be replaced with another market if it is closed for cleaning. Tour code: EXSHTBRE
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