On this walking tour, we cast our minds back more than 200 years to a time when Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles of the British East India Company arrived in Singapore, started a British trading post in 1819, became part of the Straits Settlements in 1826, and eventually a separate colony of the British crown in 1867.
We’ll visit well-preserved structures from the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian eras, and stately neo-classical style buildings, which have all been restored to showcase the splendour of Colonial Singapore.
We pay tribute to our former colonial masters who left behind their legacy of careful town planning, sound legal system, good education system, solid infrastructure, impressive architecture, etc, which have certainly played a significant part in the development of modern Singapore.
At about midday, we’ll kick back and enjoy lunch by the Singapore River at Boat Quay, before we resume our tour of the Civic District and Old European Town.
Posted By : Anonymous
Guide Ping is so nice. She is professional and kind. If you have questions, she will answer them :) During tour, I could hear about Singapore's history and background knowledge of visit places. She also took pictures and sent google photo link. It was a great experience!
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Posted On : 2024-06-18 20:31:58 
Posted By : Margaret_M
This was an informative tour visiting places not readily thought of by tourists, good insight into the development and history of Singapore, friendly knowledgeable guide, very well organised.
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Posted On : 2024-03-24 19:33:42
Posted By : Byron_G
Ping was phenomenal. If you want to learn about Singapore, its history, government structure and development through the years, this is the tour for you. Ping was super friendly and the most knowledgeable tour guide we had in our four day tour heave stay in Singapore. The tour includes a lunch that had better food than the Private food tour and allowed us to talk more about Singapore and its culture. If you take no other tour in Singapore, choose this one if you are interested in the history and governance of Singapore. She took us places that are off the beaten track, but historically significant.
By the way, she also takes great pictures around the civic district.
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Posted On : 2024-01-23 20:44:37
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