Discover Chinatown

The magnificent temple, built in Chinese Tang dynasty style, is said to house a genuine tooth of Buddha in a golden stupa, and impresses further with a museum and a tranquil rooftop garden.

The legendary hawker hall houses dozens of food stalls with affordable street food, including the world-famous Hainanese chicken rice stall Tian Tian, which regularly draws long lines of hungry locals and tourists.

The colorfully painted two- to three-story shophouses along Pagoda Street and Temple Street traditionally combine ground-floor shops with living quarters above and rank among the best-preserved architectural monuments of colonial Singapore.

Right in the middle of Chinatown surprisingly stands Singapore's oldest Hindu temple as well, whose colorful tower with hundreds of deity figures reflects the city-state's religious diversity in a tight space.

The eponymous Chinatown MRT station lies right in the heart of the neighborhood and is reachable from practically any point in downtown Singapore within minutes.

The magnificent temple, built in Chinese Tang dynasty style, is said to house a genuine tooth of Buddha in a golden stupa, and impresses further with a museum and a tranquil rooftop garden.

The legendary hawker hall houses dozens of food stalls with affordable street food, including the world-famous Hainanese chicken rice stall Tian Tian, which regularly draws long lines of hungry locals and tourists.

The colorfully painted two- to three-story shophouses along Pagoda Street and Temple Street traditionally combine ground-floor shops with living quarters above and rank among the best-preserved architectural monuments of colonial Singapore.