Melbourne Travel Tips
One of the world's most livable cities, "marvelous" Melbourne is cosmopolitan, cultivated and a haven for the cutting-edge and avant-garde. The city's shopping, dining, coffee culture and sheer style are legendary, and its lively music scene has launched some of Australia's most iconic bands and musicians.
While sightseeing in Melbourne, you'll discover Melburnians are equally passionate about football and ballet, fashion and restaurants. They are ravenous for music and hot for theater. This leafy bayside community on the Yarra River is all things to all people, so to help you make sense of the myriad things to do around Melbourne, take a look at our Melbourne tours.
Top 4 Weekend Getaways
Written by Viator, July 2011
1. Wine Tasting in Yarra Valley As one of Victoria’s premier wine regions, mention the Yarra Valley to a local and you’ll hear a daydreamy sigh as they envisage the emerald glow of the valleys ...
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Melbourne Suggested Itineraries
Written by Viator, October 2010
What's your pleasure? Sports? Shopping? Art? Food? Wine? Wildlife? Melbourne ticks all these boxes and more. Straddling the curvy, lazy Yarra River, Melbourne is Australia's second largest city and, ...
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Melbourne Hot Air Balloon Rides
Written by Viator, August 2010
If you're not a morning person, the thought of getting up at 3:45am to jump into a wicker basket and take off into the air might be the stuff of nightmares. But if you steel yourself for the early ...
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A Guide to Australian Rules Football
Written by Viator, August 2010
One of the best ways to get beneath the skin of a country is through sport, and when you’re talking Australia, and Melbourne in particular, that sport would have to be Australian Rules Football. ...
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Yarra Valley Wine Tours
Written by Viator, August 2010
As one of Victoria's premier wine regions, mention the Yarra Valley to a local and you'll hear a daydreamy sigh as they envisage the emerald glow of the valleys and the straw-gold glow of the wine. ...
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New Year's Eve in Melbourne
Written by Viator, October 2012
Each year, more than half a million people flock to Melbourne's central business district to see the New Year in with a series of firework displays and free events for all ages. An Australian New ...
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Shopping in Melbourne
Written by Viator, October 2012
Melbourne is considered one of Australia's premier shopping destinations - even some in-the-know Sydneysiders come to Melbourne exclusively to go shoe shopping - and it is possible to have several ...
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Spring Carnival in Melbourne
Written by Viator, November 2012
The Melbourne Cup really is a race that stops the nation with an estimated 20 million Australians watching the horse race on the first Tuesday in November each year. Running since 1861, the race is ...
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4 Classic Melbourne Experiences
Written by Viator, August 2011
Explore Hidden Laneways : Experience
what beautiful Melbourne has to offer on a small group guided walking
tour to quaint shops, cozy cafes, and down wondrous lanes and arcades. A
modern ...
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5 Tips for Driving the Great Ocean Road
Written by Emma, Australia, July 2012
If you want to do a spot of touring you can’t find a drive much better than Victoria’s Great Ocean Road . Famous for its steep inclines, spectacular views, Bells Beach and the Twelve Apostles , ...
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A Local’s Guide to St Kilda
Written by Jane Ormond, Australia, July 2011
Melbourne is essentially a city of villages. Distinct inner city suburbs spoke out from the orderly CBD, each with its own flavour and drawcards. One of the most famous and flocked to of these ...
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Arts Centre and Southbank
Written by ROD C, Australia, September 2012
This is one of the most interesting parts of Melbourne. The Arts Centre is fantastic, when I was there a big Napoleon exhibition was underway, and the Gallery itself is such a great building. Along ...
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A Taste of Spain in Melbourne
Written by Emma, Australia, January 2012
Multicultural Melbourne is truly a global city when it comes to food. A few short years ago, Spanish food and culture could only be found in a small pocket in Fitzroy, one of Melbourne ’s ...
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Aussie Rules Football
Written by ROD C, Australia, August 2011
If you are visiting Melbourne during the winter you would be certifiably insane to miss the chance to see -- live, not on TV -- an Aussie Rules football match. No, it's not like rugby, or American ...
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Australian Open in Melbourne
Written by Emma, Australia, January 2013
January in Melbourne is all about lazy summer days, swimming at the beach and watching the Australian Open Tennis Championships. As the mercury begins to soar, so does the action on the courts at Rod ...
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Doing what: Phillip Island: Penguins, Koalas and Kangaroos Day Tour from Melbourne
