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Home 家
Activity Duration (3 hours)
Light
Hosted in English, Chinese
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Overview
What you'll do
Home" is a place where you can rest and feel safe. It is a place where you can be yourself and feel at ease. Whether you are alone or with others, home is a place where you can feel comfortable and relaxed.
Tour Highlight
The evolution of the Singapore home is a fascinating story. As the population grew, a housing shortage emerged. The government responded by building new high-rise apartment flats, known to Singaporeans as HDB flats.
Let's explore Singapore's first homes - shophouses. What do they look like, and what's the story behind shophouses? Why did people move from shophouses to apartment flats? When did this happen? Today, HDBs are regarded as enviable top-of-the-line homes.
Let's visit a typical housing neighbourhood to learn how local Singaporeans go about their daily lives - from supermarkets to hawker centres, from void decks to fitness amenities.
One highlight will be the home visit to a host family. This is a rather intimate meeting with a Singaporean family, where you learn about their lives, their daily chores and have a no-holds-barred session where nothing is off limits.
What is included?
- Coffee and/or Tea
- Local home made goodies
- Entry/Admission Chinatown Heritage Centre
What is not included?
- Near public transportation
- Stroller accessible
- Not wheelchair accessible
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Ricki Trail Travel
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Host since 2025
Itinerary
Singapore Local Market & Shopping Tours Itinerary (2026 Guide) – What You'll See & Do
Explore the full itinerary for Home 家 in Singapore, Singapore. This local market & shopping tours experience includes 3 stops over 1 day. Duration: 3 hours. Activity level: Light.
No meal included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Here is the starting point
Chinatown Heritage Centre
1
Chinatown Heritage Centre
Stop: 60 minutes
Learn about Singapore’s first homes - shophouses. What do they look like and what’s the story behind shophouses? Why the exodus from shophouse to apartment flats? When did this happen? Today, HDBs are regarded as enviable top-of-the-line homes.
2
Sengkang
Stop: 30 minutes
Visit a typical housing neighbourhood to learn how local Singaporeans go about their daily lives - from supermarkets to hawker centres, from void decks to fitness amenities.
The neighbourhood may be substituted based on HDB owner availability.
3
Sengkang
Stop: 60 minutes
Highlight will be the home visit to a host family. This is a rather intimate meeting with a Singaporean family, where you learn about their lives, their daily chores and have a no-holds barred session where nothing is off limits.
The location of the HDB home visit may be substituted depending on owner's availability
This concludes the tour.
You’re free to explore at your own pace from here.
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