Information about Melbourne:

Discover alleys leading to lavish bars, luxurious restaurants hiding behind silent doors and boutiques in Melbourne's hidden laneways. Come equipped with a wanting sense of adventure – you'll need it if you're to get anywhere near the heart of the maze. After all, it's easy to lose yourself in Melbourne. Melbourne is set around the coastal shores of Port Phillip Bay. The city itself is a large grid like rectangle and is home to the liveliness of heart stopping cosmopolitan aura, nested on the northern banks of the Yarra River, about five kilometres from the bay.

Central Business District

Looking at a map, it's obvious that Melbourne is a throughly planned city with its grid and nest of neatly angled streets. Don't let this modest conservatism fool you as Melbourne is home to the enchanting spiciness of sophistication and creative desire. The CBD consists mainly of precincts – bursting with and individualistic sense of flavour and subtlety.

City Fringe

The bay is surrounded by numerous inner city suburbs that exude their own character. Melbourne’s suburban neighbourhoods are a short tram's ride away and are a must see for anyone wishing to experience the life here.

Melbourne's City Precinct

To fully enjoy Melbourne is to experience its diverse precincts and experience the richness of the different cultures from the Greek Isle around Lonsdale Street, Vietnamese in Victoria Street to the Chinese culture in Chinatown and the Paris Touch of Collins Street. Scrutinise the hidden gems in Melbourne's magical lanes and historic architecture as well as experience the multitude of ways of enjoying life along the Yarra River.

Melbourne's City Skirts

Head north of Melbourne city centre and you will be greeted by the suburbs of Fitzroy and Carlton, the abode to Melbourne's alternative and Italian communities. Right to the east is Richmond which is famed for its Greek and Vietnamese restaurants as well as being the home to bargain shopping. Due south of the Yarra are the fashionable if not flamboyant suburbs of South Yarra and Prahran known as the city's destinations for designer fashion and food.

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