Discover Georgetown: Guided Bazaar Walk Through Vibrant Markets
Description
On this tour, we explore the busy neighbourhood of Georgetown. This area consists of well-established specialised bazaars, with small winding streets, warehouses, covered wholesale markets, street stalls and retail shops. Originally called ‘Black Town’, the area came up in the late 1600s after the founding of Fort St. George. Local people settled here to trade and do business with the fort. A portion of Black Town was flattened in the 1700’s, to provide an open area outside Fort St George. The residents of Blacktown re-settled just beyond the open area, in what was called New Black Town. In the mid 1800’s, the open area (old Black Town) was used to construct the grand building of Madras High Court. In 1910, when King George visited India, Blacktown was renamed Georgetown. Today Georgetown continues to be a busy market area, selling everything under the sun: bangles, fabrics, fruits, vegetables, spices, stationery, jewellery, etc.
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From being the Black Town to becoming a bustling wholesale market, George Town in Chennai has seen it all. A market place where practically anything that can be legally sold can be bought for the right price. The walking tour takes you into the heart of the vegetable and flower market, with fascinating stories that provide a context to the colourful sights. A visit to the heart of George Town is an experience you will not forget. Crowded markets, narrow lanes, fascinating history, and mesmerizing images are welcoming you to experience the colorful and rich culture.
Sowcarpet is a neighborhood in the northern part of Chennai, India. Sowcarpet is one of the oldest neighborhoods of the city with narrow streets and vintage buildings. It is a bustling commercial area of the city, and a range of wholesale markets are located here.
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- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(9)
We highly recommend this walking tour through the busiest market area in Chennai.our guide helped us to make the trip easier.
Hi We are happy that you enjoyed your Bazaar tour. It was our pleasure to hosting you. We are doing Multi-day tours in North and South India.We are waiting to do more tours with you and it definitely gives you a Wonderful experience. Cheers, The Wonder tours
Rajesh was an excellent tour guide.He guided us at busy market area which is difficult when you travel alone.Highly recommended!
Hi We are happy that you enjoyed your Bazaar tour. It was our pleasure to hosting you. We are doing Multi-day tours in North and South India.We are waiting to do more tours with you and it definitely gives you a Wonderful experience. Cheers, The Wonder tours
One of the best walking tour in Chennai.our guide nanda showed bazaar area and old British buildings.He explained about history of Chennai.
Hi We are happy that you enjoyed your Bazaar tour. It was our pleasure to hosting you. We are doing Multi-day tours in North and South India.We are waiting to do more tours with you and it definitely gives you a Wonderful experience. Cheers, The Wonder tours
Great bazaar walk with our guide Rajesh.Visited very busy market area and flower markets.Also know the history of the Chennai city.
Hi We are happy that you enjoyed your Bazaar tour. It was our pleasure to hosting you. We are doing Multi-day tours in North and South India.We are waiting to do more tours with you and it definitely gives you a Wonderful experience. Cheers, The Wonder tours
This was a fun tour of a very unique market at dusk. My guide, Hariharan, was excellent and very well educated about the market and various topics.
Hi We are happy that you enjoyed your Bazaar tour. It was our pleasure to hosting you. We are doing Multi-day tours in North and South India.We are waiting to do more tours with you and it definitely gives you a Wonderful experience. Cheers, The Wonder tours
Rajesh was our guide very knowledgeable about the city.We went through the narrow streets in the bazaar which is very interesting and ended the tour at flower market.
Hi We are happy that you enjoyed your Private Georgetown Bazaar walking tour . It was our pleasure to hosting you. We are doing Multi-day tours in North and South India.We are waiting to do more tours with you and it definitely gives you a Wonderful experience. Cheers, The Wonder tours team
The whole day was extremely well organised. We also managed to fit in a trip to the famous spice and flower market, well worth doing. We would highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Chennai. Overall an excellent guide who went above and beyond to make sure we enjoyed our day.
Hi We are happy that you enjoyed your Private Georgetown Bazaar Walk . It was our pleasure to hosting you. We are doing Multi-day tours in North and South India.We are waiting to do more tours with you and it definitely gives you a Wonderful experience. Cheers, The Wonder tours team
It was the best and most informative guided tour we took in India.We enjoyed walking tour in Georgetown bazaar.Will definitely look out for more tours with them.
Hi We are happy that you enjoyed your Georgetown Bazaar Walking tour. It was our pleasure to hosting you. We are doing South Indian Multi-day tours in Tamilnadu,Pondicherry,Karnataka and Kerala.We are waiting to do more tours with you and it definitely gives you a Wonderful experience. Cheers, The Wonder tours team
Wonderful tour through the bazaar with Rajesh. He was very knowledgeable and introduced me to many vendors. He went into detail about the history of the space which I appreciated.
Dear Andrew, Thank you for leaving us a review. We are so happy to hear that you found the tour interesting, and that you enjoyed :) We really enjoyed taking you around George town and would be happy to do it again. We also doing South-Indian Multi-day tours in Tamilnadu,Pondicherry,Kerala,Karnataka.We are waiting to do more tours with you and it definitely gives you a Wonderful experience.. Cheers, The Wonder tours
