Guidebook for Melbourne
Drinks & Nightlife
This is a great little cocktail bar located walking distance from the apartment. It is a secret little spot, so secret in fact that it doesn't even have a sign out the front. Look for the big heavy door down the bottom of the lane, and enjoy some classic cocktails!
126 locals recommend
Eau De Vie
1 Malthouse LnThis is a great little cocktail bar located walking distance from the apartment. It is a secret little spot, so secret in fact that it doesn't even have a sign out the front. Look for the big heavy door down the bottom of the lane, and enjoy some classic cocktails!
This another hip little bar down a lane way made out of old shipping containers. Great in the afternoon or evening.
87 locals recommend
Section 8
27-29 Tattersalls LnThis another hip little bar down a lane way made out of old shipping containers. Great in the afternoon or evening.
At Cookie, French doors and tiny Juliet balconies separate you from the Swanston Street crowd below. Restaurant, bar, disco: Cookie does them all to perfection.
381 locals recommend
Cookie
252 Swanston StAt Cookie, French doors and tiny Juliet balconies separate you from the Swanston Street crowd below. Restaurant, bar, disco: Cookie does them all to perfection.
Melbourne loves its rooftop city bars. Madame Brussels is a pink-and-white cocktail bar with garden furniture and grassy areas, offering small plates and jugs of fruity cocktails.
Head to level 3 via the stairs or the lift.
163 locals recommend
Madame Brussels
59 Bourke StMelbourne loves its rooftop city bars. Madame Brussels is a pink-and-white cocktail bar with garden furniture and grassy areas, offering small plates and jugs of fruity cocktails.
Head to level 3 via the stairs or the lift.
Arts & Culture
This is directly across the road from the apartment building this is the Australian Center For The Moving Image. A little different to your regular gallery, with lots of changing exhibitions.
258 locals recommend
ACMI
Flinders StreetThis is directly across the road from the apartment building this is the Australian Center For The Moving Image. A little different to your regular gallery, with lots of changing exhibitions.
Walking Distance from the apartment The National Gallery of Victoria, popularly known as the NGV, is an art museum in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1861, it is Australia's oldest, largest and most visited art museum.
1737 locals recommend
National Gallery of Victoria
180 St Kilda RdWalking Distance from the apartment The National Gallery of Victoria, popularly known as the NGV, is an art museum in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1861, it is Australia's oldest, largest and most visited art museum.
Essentials
Coles
Separation StreetWoolworths Flinders Street (Metro)
262 Flinders StHabib Wholefoods
260 Flinders StThis is great for people with special dietary requirements like celiacs and vegans.
Getting Around
The Free Tram Zone is in Melbourne's CBD. If you leave the CBD Make sure you touch on your MYKI
37 locals recommend
Collins St/Elizabeth St station
The Free Tram Zone is in Melbourne's CBD. If you leave the CBD Make sure you touch on your MYKI
Entertainment & Activities
With in walking distance from the apartment. The stunning Croc Lair exhibit is just one of the zones of discovery at Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium. Marvel at the world’s only display of Elephant Sharks in Bay of Rays.
557 locals recommend
SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium
King StreetWith in walking distance from the apartment. The stunning Croc Lair exhibit is just one of the zones of discovery at Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium. Marvel at the world’s only display of Elephant Sharks in Bay of Rays.
Over 250 species from around the world can be found in the beautifully landscaped settings of Melbourne Zoo, just five minutes from the city centre.
389 locals recommend
Melbourne Zoo
Elliott AvenueOver 250 species from around the world can be found in the beautifully landscaped settings of Melbourne Zoo, just five minutes from the city centre.
Melbourne Loves its sport, and this Museum showcases why. Housed by the iconic MCG, the National Sports Museum celebrates Australia’s rich sporting history by boasting the largest sporting collection in the country.
16 locals recommend
Australian Sports Museum
Brunton AvenueMelbourne Loves its sport, and this Museum showcases why. Housed by the iconic MCG, the National Sports Museum celebrates Australia’s rich sporting history by boasting the largest sporting collection in the country.
Sightseeing
Melbourne's tallest building Eureka is perfectly positioned for a complete 360 degree, floor-to-ceiling views encompassing Melbourne's CBD, sports precinct, Docklands and everything in between.
537 locals recommend
Eureka Skydeck
7 Riverside QuayMelbourne's tallest building Eureka is perfectly positioned for a complete 360 degree, floor-to-ceiling views encompassing Melbourne's CBD, sports precinct, Docklands and everything in between.
Visit Melbourne’s oldest prison, where most of Australia’s infamous characters, including bushranger Ned Kelly and gangster Squizzy Taylor, spent time. Enter the original gaol to see the execution area and Ned Kelly's death mask.
291 locals recommend
Old Melbourne Gaol
377 Russell StVisit Melbourne’s oldest prison, where most of Australia’s infamous characters, including bushranger Ned Kelly and gangster Squizzy Taylor, spent time. Enter the original gaol to see the execution area and Ned Kelly's death mask.
Take a flight of discovery through the Melbourne skies and see the city from a different perspective on the Melbourne Star. Every night from dusk, the Star lights up the Melbourne skyline with a spectacular lighting display.
262 locals recommend
Melbourne Star Observation Wheel
101 Waterfront WayTake a flight of discovery through the Melbourne skies and see the city from a different perspective on the Melbourne Star. Every night from dusk, the Star lights up the Melbourne skyline with a spectacular lighting display.
Shopping
Just a short (free) tram ride away, Queen Victoria Market is much more than the city’s fresh-food shopping mecca – it’s a historic landmark, a tourist attraction and a Melbourne institution. Selling everything from food, clothing and souvenirs .
630 locals recommend
Queen Victoria Market station
Just a short (free) tram ride away, Queen Victoria Market is much more than the city’s fresh-food shopping mecca – it’s a historic landmark, a tourist attraction and a Melbourne institution. Selling everything from food, clothing and souvenirs .
225 stores with a mix of Australian and International Designers. Walking distance from the apartment.
773 locals recommend
Emporium Melbourne
287 Lonsdale St225 stores with a mix of Australian and International Designers. Walking distance from the apartment.
Melbournes biggest department stores, Myer and David Jones are located here, as well as other high street shops such as Zara and Sportsgirl.
Bourke Street
Bourke StreetMelbournes biggest department stores, Myer and David Jones are located here, as well as other high street shops such as Zara and Sportsgirl.