Melbourne Central Business District Self Guided Walk
- 2 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Discover Melbourne at your own pace with this self guided CBD walking tour. Using your smartphone, follow a carefully tested and mapped 2 hour route from Flinders Street Station to the State Library of Victoria, with 15 numbered stops covering Melbourne icons, laneways, historic arcades, street art and hidden details. At each stop, notes guide you on what to look for, notice and experience, helping you see more than you might on your own. There is no guide to meet and no dedicated app to download. The route is already planned for you, so you can simply open the walk, start when you choose and explore Melbourne at your own pace. Follow a mapped route with 15 numbered Melbourne stops Explore laneways, arcades, street art and lesser known details Visit places including AC or DC Lane, Hosier Lane, Block Arcade and Chinatown Start when you choose with no itinerary planning required Includes optional detours and an after hours route
Inclusions
What's included
- Onboarding instructions explaining how to open and use the walk
- Optional detours and after hours route
- Interactive walking map with written stop notes
What's not
- In person tour guide
- Food and drinks
- Mobile data or internet access
- Transport to the start or from the finish
Itinerary
Begin the self guided walk beneath the famous clocks at Flinders Street Station. Take in one of Melbourne’s best known landmarks before opening the mapped route on your smartphone and starting the walk.
Walk through one of Melbourne’s best known laneways, lined with cafés, heritage buildings and the lively atmosphere the city is famous for. Grab a takeaway coffee if you like, then use the stop notes to notice details that are easy to miss as you explore.
Go underground through Campbell Arcade, entering from Degraves Street and emerging onto Flinders Street. Step into a pink tiled 1950s time capsule, recently reopened after the Metro Tunnel works and still evolving as the arcade is brought back to life.
Step inside Young & Jackson to see Chloé, the famous 19th century nude painting that has become one of Melbourne’s most unusual cultural icons. Take a moment to view the artwork and learn why it has been part of the city’s story for generations.
Walk through Federation Square and take in its distinctive architecture and central city atmosphere. You can continue the mapped walk in around 5 minutes, or pause longer to visit ACMI or NGV Australia if you choose.
Explore AC/DC Lane, known for its rock music heritage, murals and street art. Take time to look around, then continue through the optional Duckboard Place loop for more laneway art and hidden details before rejoining the main route.
Explore Hosier Lane, one of Melbourne’s best known street art laneways. Take time to look closely at the ever changing murals and details, with the option to wander into nearby Rutledge Lane before continuing the walk.
Walk down atmospheric Chapter House Lane beside St Paul’s Cathedral. Continue along the mapped route, or take a short optional detour inside the cathedral to admire the interior before rejoining the walk.
Walk through Centre Place, one of Melbourne’s most recognisable laneways, packed with cafés, street art and narrow shopfronts. Take in the atmosphere and the small details that make this laneway feel distinctly Melbourne.
Explore the elegant Block Arcade, one of Melbourne’s best known heritage shopping arcades. Take time to admire the mosaic floors, glass canopy and ornate architecture, and browse the historic shopfronts as you follow the route through.
Walk through the historic Royal Arcade and take in its elegant architecture, shopfronts and famous Gog and Magog figures above Gaunt’s Clock. Allow time to look around and notice the details before continuing the route.
Walk through Bourke Street Mall and take in the heart of Melbourne’s retail precinct. From here, you can follow an optional loop past the historic GPO and Postal Lane before returning to the main route.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- This is the starting point for the self guided walk. No guide will meet you. Begin on the steps under the clocks at the main Flinders Street Station entrance, corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets. Open the map on your smartphone and start when ready.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 20 travellers
- Operated by
- Melbourne Footnotes
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in Melbourne
- Its from-price is 92% below the median of the 857 experiences we list in Melbourne.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital of Victoria on the Yarra River, known for laneway cafés, street art, grand Victorian buildings and a calendar full of sport.
Melbourne grew rich on the gold rush of the 1850s, and the grand buildings from that time still stand in the grid of the city centre, among them Flinders Street Station with its yellow facade and the domed Royal Exhibition Building. Federation Square and the National Gallery of Victoria stand close to the Yarra, and trams rattle along the main streets. Narrow lanes such as Hosier Lane are covered in ever-changing street art.
Top-ranked sights in Melbourne: Loch Ard Gorge, Twelve Apostles, Great Ocean Road.
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