Melbourne City Private Tour (half-day)

Highlights

  • Discover Melbourne's vibrant culture as you explore intricately detailed Victorian arcades and dynamic street art in Hosier Lane.
  • Savour fresh seafood and artisan cheeses at the bustling Queen Victoria or South Melbourne markets, showcasing local flavours.
  • Capture iconic views at Brighton Beach with its colourful bathing boxes, perfect for memorable postcard photos.

Description

Join your local guide and uncover surprises from manicured botanic gardens and city beaches to intricately detailed Victorian arcades and graffiti daubed city walls.

Begin your tour with a visit to the Queen Victoria or South Melbourne market, each offering insight into Melbourne’s famed liveability. Wander the bustling meat, fish, and dairy halls and sample fresh seafood, artisan cheeses and pastries, or browse unique, locally designed merchandise.
Explore the bayside playground of St. Kilda with its expansive views and exotic buildings such as the Palais Theatre and Luna Park. Stop for an iconic postcard photo with the colourful bathing boxes lining the foreshore of Brighton Beach before returning to central Melbourne via the Formula 1 Grand Prix circuit and the Shrine of Remembrance to take in panoramic views.

View Melbourne’s vibrant Arts precinct, Flinders Street Station, Federation Square, and the grand Victorian civic buildings of Spring Street before setting off on foot to explore Melbourne’s labyrinth of laneways and arcades. Browse the boutiques of Block and Royal Arcades, admire Hosier Lane’s urban art scene, or simply take a moment to soak up the atmosphere of Centre Place.

Category/Classification
Tour
Cultural and Theme Tours
Sightseeing Tours
Walking and Biking Tours

Contact and Map

  • Start location: Australia
Indicative rate
  • $149.00 – $390.00 Adult
    All tours are private.
    Pricing is per person and pricing is dependant on the number of guests.
  • $27.00 Child
    Child age is 4 – 14 years. Infants are free of charge.

Schedule

  • On demand

Booking Options

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Tour Length / Duration

  • Customised
  • Half Day or Less

Transport modes

  • Land – Motorised

Service facilities

  • Family Friendly
  • Public Toilet

Fitness level

  • Basic

Tour format

  • Chauffeured Tour
  • Private Tour

Accessibility

Actively welcomes people with access needs.

General access

  • Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
  • Offers a range of contact methods for receiving complaints.
  • Staff are trained in disability awareness.
  • Asks all visitors if there are any specific needs to be met.
  • Advise tour guides of the access needs of guests at the time of booking (includes pick up and drop off requirements)
  • Assistance with booking arrangements (includes providing clear itineraries with written instructions on what to do at various destinations)

Communication

  • Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)

  • Staff are trained in communicating with people with learning or behavioural challenges.
  • Uses Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)
  • A quiet space is available at the venue/ facility.

Hearing

  • Caters for people who are deaf or have hearing loss.

  • A hearing loop is available.
  • Staff are trained in communicating with people who are deaf or have hearing loss.

Physical – Mobility

  • Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)

Physical – Wheelchair

  • Caters for people who use a wheelchair.

  • Valet parking.
  • Wheelchair accessible transport options available in the general vicinity (provide information on name of the operator, phone and website link to individual providers for private vehicles, community transport train, mini vans, hire cars, buses, taxis, ferry, tram, light rail etc in their access statement).

Allergies and intolerances

  • Caters for people with allergies and intolerances.

  • Modify their cooking and cleaning practices to cater for people with food allergies or chemical intolerances (could include menus with meals free from: nuts, dairy, seafood, eggs, gluten etc).
  • Staff are trained to respond to allergic reactions.
  • Complies with The Food Authority requirements for allergy management in food preparation.
  • Equipment to respond to anaphylactic shock such as epi–pens and defibrillator.
  • Toiletries which are chemical and fragrance free (if requested).
  • Linen that is chemical and fragrance free (if requested).
  • Uses organic (chemical and fragrance free) cleaning products.
  • Uses organic (chemical and fragrance free) deodorisers in public areas and rooms.