Walking Tours, Melbourne

Walking Tours, Melbourne

Melbourne is a modern cosmopolitan city, with lively boulevards and bustling nightlife. Explore Melbourne on a guided walking tour and discover some of the best attractions in the city.

The Melbourne City Centre marks the area where the city was founded in 1835, with the Central Business District being the financial centre. A walking tour of the CBD takes you around Federation Square, home to museums, galleries, restaurants and bars. Sports enthusiasts can explore the Melbourne Cricket Ground and Rod Laver Arena. Cross the Yarra river to see the Royal Botanic Gardens and the Shrine of Remembrance which honors Australian soldiers on the other side. Queen Victoria Market, Flinders Street Station, St Paul’s Cathedral and Chinatown are all part of the centre. A guided tour will take you through alleys and laneways around Hoddle’s Grid to give you a comprehensive picture of Melbourne’s culture and 180 year old history.

Melbourne’s walls are a riot of colors, with eye-catching graffiti by several budding local artists. Make your way through the iconic pedestrian way of Hosier Lane, with side walls covered in funky, ever-changing organic works. Track how many Space Invaders you come across, and admire works by Banksy, Shepard Fairey, and Blek le Rat on a street art walking tour.

Melbourne is a melting pot where you can sample refined international cuisine and great brews. There are several walking food tours, for chocolate, dumplings, cupcakes and pastries. Melbourne’s love affair with coffee traces its origins back to early 20^th century, but World War 2 is what created the bean boom with the mass influx of immigrants from Europe and the Mediterranean. Take a coffee tour through some of the charming cafes to understand why Melbourne is voted amongst the best cities in the world for the beverage.

Explore the spooky side of Melbourne on a ghost walking tour, through the Old Melbourne Jail haunted by gangster Swizzy Taylor, the Melbourne General Cemetery, and the Princess Theatre haunted by baritone Frederick Federici who died in the stage basement. On ghost tours of Williamstown, you can visit Victoria’s oldest morgue on Ann Street in the old Port of Melbourne Authority site, Timeball Tower at Point Gellibrand, and the opium den in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries series.