This walkabout will take you back in time, remembering the good old days, it will take you through sites such as where Singapore's first McDonald's was; Bell Clock Tower; the first air-conditioned food court in Singapore; first bubble lift; The Promenade; Jackie's Bowl Orchard; Hotel Phoenix; first to offer ice-cream in Singapore; Glutton's Square; Orchard Road Market; Yaohan; and much more.

Orchard Road supposedly got its name from the many nutmegs plantation, fruit orchards and pepper farms that existed in the area until in the 1880s.

The road began as a country lane lined with bamboo hedge and shrubbery. Other references to the street name have pointed to a Mr Orchard, a keen gardener who owned plantation which stood at the corner of what is now Scotts Road and Orchard Road.

In the 1900s, a mysterious disease swept through the nutmeg plantations, wiping them out within a year. Because of its location in a valley, floods were also common.

They were controlled in 1965 when Stamford Canal - part of which runs below the pedestrian mall fronting Wisma Atria Shopping Centre (opened in 1986) today - was deepened and widened.

Commercial development sprouted up in the area in the early 1970s and it soon became the shopping hub of Singapore.

History of Orchard Road walkabout will take about two hours to complete. Click here for "History of Orchard Road" walkabout guide.