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Melbourne Tourism and Travel Information

Australia’s second-largest city, Melbourne boasts great festivals and shopping, a passion for food and wine, and fabulous arts. Outside Melbourne, you’ll find a host of regional attractions, from the Little Penguins to the spectacular Great Ocean Road and wine regions hosting world-class wines of an extraordinary diversity of style.


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Accommodation
Transport
Restaurants
Winery Tours
Shopping
Museums
Local Events
Touring Routes
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Accommodation

Choose from a luxury city hotel, rural bed and breakfast, serviced apartment, private caravan park, multi-bed hostel, bush camp, lavish seaside retreat or homely farmstay. Melbourne offers a large range of accommodation to fit any travellers' budget.

Accommodation searches:

www.visitmelbourne.com
www.melbourne.citysearch.com.au
www.travelaustralia.com.au

For accommodation in the wine regions: www.winestay.com.au
For self-contained accommodation: www.serviced-apartments.com.au

Transport

Getting To Melbourne

Whether you're travelling from interstate or overseas, Melbourne has a multitude of transport options to get you here - by air, bus, train, car or boat. 

www.visitvictoria.com.au

Air Travel

Melbourne International Airport: www.melair.com.au 

Airlines:
Qantas
American Airlines
United Airlines
British Airways
Alitalia
and more...
SkyBus (Airport to Melbourne CBD and city hotels)
Buses run every 15 minutes throughout the day and every 30-60 minutes overnight.
 - Adult one way tickets cost $13/Adult open return tickets cost $23
 - A family ticket costs $26 one way
 - A child ticket costs $5 one way

Getting Around Melbourne

Melbourne has a very efficient transport system, with first class roads, rail networks and local airlines. Melbourne also possesses an integrated system of trains, trams and buses, known as The Met. Cars can also be rented at the Airport.

www.victrip.com.au
www.totaltravel.com

www.visitvictoria.com.au

www.bcl.com.au/melbourne/trans.htm

Car rentals 

Hertz
Thrifty
Budget
AVIS

Enjoying your stay:

Restaurants

www.restaurants.com/melbourne 
http://melbourne.citysearch.com.au/section/food_wine

www.visitvictoria.com.au/dining
 

 
Winery Tours

Australian Wine Tour Company.
www.austwinetourco.com.au 

Winery tours have never been so much fun or affordable. The daily tours take in some of Victoria's best wineries in the stunning region of the Yarra Valley only one hour from Melbourne.

Victoria Winery Tours
www.winetours.com.au 

Enjoy premium wines, fabulous food and the magnificent Victorian countryside, as you tour from Melbourne, principal wine regions like the Yarra Valley, Mornington and Macedon ranges.

Epicurean Food and Wine Tours
www.epicureantours.com.au 

Epicurean Tours enable guests to experience an abundant range of regional and seasonal fresh food in Victoria's wine regions. Each Epicurean tour is destined for relaxation and luxury, with classic matches of local wine in perfect surrounds. 

Link Tours
www.linktours.com.au

Link Tours organises day and weekend winery tours to the Yarra Valley, Mornington Peninsula, Macedon Ranges, Rutherglen as well as the Pyrenees and Grampians in Melbourne Australia.

Yarra Valley Winery Tours
www.yarravalleywinerytours.com.au 

Yarra Valley Winery Tours is the only specialised winery tour company of the Yarra Valley region 1 hour east of Melbourne. The Yarra Valley is recognised for its world class wineries located in the valley floor surrounded by the panoramic mountains of the Great Dividing Ranges.

AAA Allday Winery Tours
www.allday.com.au 

Wine tours to all regions of Victoria, South Australia and Central and Lower NSW. Tours are personalised for groups of 4 or more, or join our normal tours. All tours include all tasting fees, two (2) course lunch and transport. Pickup/dropoff from home/office or hotel. 

Wallace's Winery Tours
www.visitor.com.au/wallaces

The best and friendliest winery tours to the best and friendliest places. Owners Rob and Cheryl Wallace host small group tours for up to 10 people in comfortable air-conditioned vehicles.

Shopping

In Melbourne you can choose from large department stores and sprawling markets to boutiques. Whether you're searching for designer labels or vintage clothing, children's toys or high-tech gadgetry, beaded pumps, skincare products or sparkling chardonnay, Melbourne has it all. 

www.visitvictoria.com.au/shopping
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Museums

Museum Victoria
Melbourne Museums
www.visitvictoria.com.au

Local Events

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