Southbank Trip Overview
This is not just another city tour; this is the best of Melbourne from a unique perspective! Get to know Melbourne on a city tour that gives you the perfect overview, with city highlights, hidden gems, storytelling, and a local treat – this tour has it all!
Forget about big touristy groups and the crowds; it’s time to see Melbourne at its best but from the eyes of a local. Check out main landmarks like Chinatown, Block Arcade, National Gallery of Victoria and uncover hidden gems and city secrets with the help of a knowledgeable local guide. And the cherry on top, a local treat is included.
Withlocals Highlights & Hidden Gems Private City Tour™ is one of Withlocals’ signature tours available in major cities worldwide. We work with passionate local guides who earn a fair fee. We support local economies by only offering local produce and prevent over-tourism with only small non-intrusive groups. Our tours are carbon-neutral and away from the standard tourist routes.
Additional Info
Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Southbank, Australia
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Southbank, Victoria, Australia
This is not just another city tour; this is the best of Melbourne from a unique perspective! Get to know Melbourne on a city tour that gives you the perfect overview, with city highlights, hidden gems, storytelling, and a local treat – this tour has it all!
Forget about big touristy groups and the crowds; it’s time to see Melbourne at its best but from the eyes of a local. Check out main landmarks like Chinatown, Block Arcade, National Gallery of Victoria and uncover hidden gems and city secrets with the help of a knowledgeable local guide. And the cherry on top, a local treat is included.
Withlocals Highlights & Hidden Gems Private City Tour™ is one of Withlocals’ signature tours available in major cities worldwide. We work with passionate local guides who earn a fair fee. We support local economies by only offering local produce and prevent over-tourism with only small non-intrusive groups. Our tours are carbon-neutral and away from the standard tourist routes.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Yarra River, Southbank Promenade, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Australia
Walk alongside Melbourne’s Yarra River on the Crown Riverwalk, admire the skyline; see the tallest buildings, art installations along the way.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Southbank Promenade, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
See first of two bridges crossing the Yarra to the other side to Flinders Street Station and more in this private tour.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Eureka Skydeck, 7 Riverside Qy Southbank, Melbourne, Victoria 3006 Australia
Pass nearby Eureka Tower, tallest building in Melbourne at present.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Southbank Footbridge, Southbank VIC 3006, Australia
The second bridge is the Southbank Footbridge with the curved beam that towers over the bridge.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Princes Bridge, Swanston Street St Kilda Street, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
Princes Bridge was designed by Jenkins, D’Ebro and Grainger and constructed in 1886-88 by David Munro.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Arts Centre Melbourne, 100 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne, Victoria 3004 Australia
Arts Centre, Melbourne, a complex of distinct venues, Hamer Hall, Playhouse Theatre, State Theatre, Fairfax Studio and Galleries and the Australian Music Vault are next on your list.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Australian Music Vault, 100 St Kilda Rd Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3006 Australia
Surround yourself with Australian music memorabilia in this private tour.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: National Gallery of Victoria, 180 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne, Victoria 8006 Australia
Next door, you will enter the National Gallery of Victoria for a brief visit to see the world’s largest stained glass ceiling by Simon Fieldhouse.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Federation Square, Corner Swanston and Flinders Streets, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Australia
Cross over St Kilda Road, to the right is Kings Domain and beyond is the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, named after the founder of the Myer Emporium Department Store founder.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Flinders Street Station, Cnr Flinders & Swanston Sts, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Australia
Flinders Street Station, opened 1910, French Renaissance architecture, it covers two city blocks, the first railway station in an Australian city and the world’s busiest passenger station in the late 1920s.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Young and Jackson’s Hotel, Cnr Swanston & Flinders Sts, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Australia
Heritage listed, hence only site saved from demolition for metro works and some other interesting history lays behind this magnificent building.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: St Paul’s Cathedral, Cnr Flinders & Swanston Streets, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Australia
St. Paul’s Cathedral, a Gothic cathedral built 1880-91. An Anglican cathedral, church of the Diocese of Melbourne and the seat of the Archbishop of Melbourne.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Hosier Lane, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Australia
Next it’s Hosier Lane, a bluestone laneway notable for its quality, sophisticated Urban Street Art, often political and controversial, it changes frequently.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: ACDC Lane, Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Australia
Named as a tribute to Australian rock band AC/DC lane has lots of great story and art behind.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Block Arcade, 282 Collins St, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Australia
Cross Collins Street and through the Block Arcade, opened in 1892 and considered one of the late Victorian era’s finest shopping arcades.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Bourke Street Mall, Bourke Street Jodhpur Rajasthan, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Australia
This is a pedestrian and no smoking mall, the heart of Melbourne with our two major department stores David Jones and Myer.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Chinatown, Chinatown, Melbourne, Victoria
Chinatown is next, a distinctive and well known area of Melbourne which dates back to the gold rush days of the 1850s.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Meyers Place Bar, Shop 7 24 Crossley Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Australia
You will walk along a few blocks over Russell and Exhibition Streets and turn right at Crossley Lane and back to Bourke Street to Pellegrini’s Bar, another Melbourne institution, co-owned and started by the late and great Sisto Malsapina.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Parliament House of Victoria, Spring Street, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
Continuing left along Bourke Street a couple minutes to the end and you will come to Spring Street with the imposing Parliament House, one of Melbourne’s best known landmarks, the meeting place for the Parliament of Victoria at the end of the Hoddle Grid
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Princess Theatre, 163 Spring St, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Australia
Hear all the stories including the one that states that the theatre is haunted by a friendly ghost, Federici. Many of the world’s most successful productions have been staged here, including Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, Cats, Mamma Mia!
Duration: 15 minutes
