Singapore Trip Overview
Make the most of your Singapore visit with this private full day Singapore city highlights tour. With your private vehicle, you can save your time most on travelling from spot to spot, which offers you more time on highlights of the city-state. Travel across the city to its four major culture areas: Chinese, Malay, Indian, and Western colonial heritage. Take a glimpse on how traditional Asian culture mixes with contemporary culture and truly immerse yourselves in the culture, history and traditions of this diverse land.
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Duration: 7 hours
Starts: Singapore, Singapore
Trip Category: Private & Custom Tours >> Private Sightseeing Tours
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Make the most of your Singapore visit with this private full day Singapore city highlights tour. With your private vehicle, you can save your time most on travelling from spot to spot, which offers you more time on highlights of the city-state. Travel across the city to its four major culture areas: Chinese, Malay, Indian, and Western colonial heritage. Take a glimpse on how traditional Asian culture mixes with contemporary culture and truly immerse yourselves in the culture, history and traditions of this diverse land.
Meet your driver cum guide at 8:30AM at your hotel in Singapore city or cruise center or Changi Airport.
Our first stop is Arab Street, the smallest of Singapore’s ethnic quarters and a pedestrianized tourist market strip with shops hawking all manner of Middle Eastern and Islamic goods. the lively district of Singapore. Have a photo stop at Sultan Mosque and Istana Kampong Glam.
Head to Little India, the lively ethnic Indian district of Singpaore. Stroll through the Indian restaurants and fruit and vegetable stands, and check out Little India Arcade, a bazaar-style shopping area where vendors sell the same things you might find in Mumbai or Delhi. Souvenirs, Indian street snacks or sweets and temporarily tattooed in henna (own expense) are what you can find and try here.
Lunch stop at Chijmes, a 19th-century convent & school. Then board on the bumboat for a leisurely ride on the river cruise will take you past the landmarks of the Rafffles’ Landing Site, Asian Civilisations Museum, row of old shophouses along Boat Quay, Fullerton Hotel, Esplanade Singapore, The Merlion Park, Singapore Flyer and the latest attraction Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort.
Land at Clarke Quay and meet your driver cum guide, you will visit Chinatown next. In the city plan of Stamford Raffles, four ethnic areas were designated for the different ethnic groups. The ethnic Chinese were allocated the area southwest of the Singapore River and Chinatown was born. Within Chinatown, each dialect group occupied distinct areas and built social institutions such as clan associations to serve the collective needs of each dialect group.
With walking distance, you will visit Thian Hock Keng Temple, Singapore’s oldest Chinese Taoist temple; Sri Mariamman Temple, Singapore’s oldest Hindu temple and Buddha Tooth Relic Temple.
Today’s tour will conclude with drop off at your hotel or cruise center or Changi airport.
