Melbourne Travel Tips
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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.
Melbourne Suggested Itineraries
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, ... Continue Reading »
Top 4 Weekend Getaways
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 ... Continue Reading »
Melbourne Hot Air Balloon Rides
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 ... Continue Reading »
A Guide to Australian Rules Football
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. ... Continue Reading »
Yarra Valley Wine Tours
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. ... Continue Reading »
Melbourne: Top 10 Things to Do in Summer
Melbourne's weather is the butt of national jokes - yes, it can get four seasons in one day - but a Melbourne summer can be as sultry as the best of them. Here are the top 10 things to do in ... Continue Reading »
4 Classic Melbourne Experiences
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 ... Continue Reading »
A Local’s Guide to St Kilda
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 ... Continue Reading »
A Taste of Spain in Melbourne
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 ... Continue Reading »
Aussie Rules Football
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 ... Continue Reading »
Bay View Eden - Melbourne
The hotel provided great service during the day and during the day I can't really fault it. At night however the staff were still good, except service was slow, other than that it was a pretty good ... Continue Reading »
Best Shopping Spots in Melbourne
Chapel Street is the Melbourne street that shopping-obsessed Sydneysiders flock to on weekends – and with good reason. But even if shopping's not entirely your thing, Chapel St is perfect for ... Continue Reading »
Best Transportation Tips in Melbourne
There’s no denying it – Melbourne is a car-loving city. A past penchant for bungalows and outer suburban living means the city’s fringes sprawl for miles. Most visitors base themselves in the ... Continue Reading »
Breweries and Brewery Tours in Melbourne
Melbourne has so much to offer visitors that one may never tire of visiting this beautiful place! So if you feel like you’ve seen it all, then these unique tours and activities may be just ... Continue Reading »
Bring in the New Year in Melbourne!
If you’re in Melbourne this New Year’s Eve you’ll be swept up in a sea of people (half a million to be exact!) who all flock to the city each year to see the incredible firework displays and enjoy ... Continue Reading »
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