CBD Laneways
3 km · ~half day · CBD · 7 stops
- Flinders Street Station
- Degraves Street
- Block Arcade
- Royal Arcade
- Chinatown
- Hosier Lane
- Federation Square
98 places · Good Food Guide 2026, Broadsheet, Time Out, Google Top-5 · 5 routes · trams
Tap a route and it gets drawn on the map, stop by stop.
Tap a pin to see photos, rating and how to get there by metro. Turn on a route to follow the numbered path.
This interactive map of Melbourne (Australia) brings together 98 hand-picked places: 28 attractions, 35 restaurants, 16 cafés and 19 shops. It also includes 5 walking routes with their stops in order. For every place you get what it is, a practical tip and how to get there by public transport. It is free, works on your phone and needs no sign-up.
· Curated by the HOLASIM team · How we make the maps
Tap a route to see it drawn on the map, stop by stop.
3 km · ~half day · CBD · 7 stops
3.5 km · ~half day · Fitzroy/Collingwood · 6 stops
4 km · ~half day · Southbank/South Melbourne · 5 stops
3 km · ~half day · St Kilda · 5 stops
3.5 km · ~half day · Carlton · 6 stops
Cnr Swanston & Flinders St · CBD
Melbourne's living room: bold architecture, galleries and free events all year round.
Tip: Check the big screen: free live events most weekends.
🚇 Flinders Street Station — all lines (Free Tram Zone)
Featured in: Google Top-5
Show on mapHosier Ln · CBD
The world's most famous street-art laneway — the walls change every week.
Tip: Go early morning for people-free photos.
🚇 Flinders Street Station — all lines (Free Tram Zone)
Featured in: Google Top-5
Show on mapAC/DC Ln, off Flinders Ln · CBD
Rock'n'roll laneway honouring AC/DC, home to the legendary Cherry Bar spirit.
Tip: Loop into Duckboard Place next door for more murals.
🚇 Parliament Station — City Loop / Trams 48/75 Flinders St
Featured in: Guía local
Show on mapCnr Flinders & Swanston St · CBD
The 1909 yellow-facade landmark — meet me under the clocks is pure Melbourne.
Tip: Best shot is at night from the Fed Square corner.
🚇 Flinders Street Station — all lines
Featured in: Google Top-5
Show on mapQueen St & Victoria St · CBD Norte
The southern hemisphere's biggest open-air market — 145 years of cheese, hot jam donuts and local life.
Tip: Queue for the historic hot jam donut van — worth it.
🚇 Trams 19/57/59 — Queen Victoria Market (Elizabeth St)
Featured in: Google Top-5
Show on map180 St Kilda Rd · Southbank
Australia's most-visited gallery — free entry, world-class blockbusters.
Tip: Touch the water wall at the entrance — local tradition.
🚇 Trams 3/5/6/16/64/67/72 — Arts Precinct (St Kilda Rd)
Featured in: Google Top-5
Show on mapFederation Square · CBD
Australian and First Nations art inside Fed Square — free and stunning.
Tip: Level 3's Indigenous collection is the highlight.
🚇 Flinders Street Station — all lines (Free Tram Zone)
Featured in: Guía local
Show on mapBirdwood Ave · South Yarra
38 hectares of lakeside gardens — among the world's most beautiful botanic parks.
Tip: Loop the ornamental lake, then coffee at The Terrace.
🚇 Trams 3/5/6/16/64/67/72 — Shrine of Remembrance (St Kilda Rd)
Featured in: Google Top-5
Show on mapBirdwood Ave · South Yarra
Moving war memorial with a free balcony view straight down the city axis.
Tip: Climb to the balcony for the perfectly aligned Swanston St view.
🚇 Trams 3/5/6/16/64/67/72 — Shrine of Remembrance
Featured in: Guía local
Show on mapBrunton Ave · East Melbourne
Australia's most hallowed stadium — 100,000 fans roaring at footy or cricket.
Tip: No game on? The tour + Australian Sports Museum still delivers.
🚇 Jolimont Station — Mernda/Hurstbridge lines / Tram 70
Featured in: Google Top-5
Show on mapEureka Tower, 7 Riverside Quay · Southbank
The southern hemisphere's highest lookout — level 88 plus The Edge glass cube.
Tip: Arrive 45 min before sunset and stay for the city lights.
🚇 Flinders Street Station — cross the bridge to Southbank
Featured in: Google Top-5
Show on map11 Nicholson St · Carlton
The biggest museum in the southern hemisphere — dinosaurs, First Peoples galleries and an indoor forest.
Tip: Don't skip Bunjilaka, the First Peoples gallery.
🚇 Trams 86/96 — Melbourne Museum (Nicholson St)
Featured in: Google Top-5
Show on map9 Nicholson St · Carlton Gardens
UNESCO-listed 1880 palace set in Carlton Gardens — Melbourne's Victorian jewel.
Tip: Book the Dome Promenade to walk the rooftop.
🚇 Trams 86/96 — Melbourne Museum (Nicholson St)
Featured in: Guía local
Show on map328 Swanston St · CBD
The octagonal La Trobe Reading Room is one of the most photogenic libraries on Earth.
Tip: Level 6 balcony gives you the perfect dome shot.
🚇 Melbourne Central Station — City Loop
Featured in: Google Top-5
Show on mapPier Rd · St Kilda
Epic sunsets plus a wild colony of little penguins that appears at dusk.
Tip: Penguins show up at the breakwater right after sunset.
🚇 Tram 96 — The Esplanade (St Kilda)
Featured in: Google Top-5
Show on map18 Lower Esplanade · St Kilda
The 1912 amusement park behind Australia's most photographed giant mouth.
Tip: Entry is free — you only pay per ride.
🚇 Tram 96 — Luna Park (The Esplanade)
Featured in: Google Top-5
Show on mapDendy Street Beach · Brighton
The 82 rainbow bathing boxes that own Instagram, city skyline behind.
Tip: Morning light hits the boxes face-on — go early.
🚇 Sandringham line — Middle Brighton Station + 15 min walk
Featured in: Google Top-5
Show on mapDegraves St · CBD
Melbourne's most famous cafe laneway — awnings, tiny tables, perfect espresso.
Tip: Continue into Centre Place, the even narrower twin laneway.
🚇 Flinders Street Station — Degraves St exit
Featured in: Guía local
Show on map282 Collins St · CBD
1892 arcade of mosaics and stained glass — home to the eternal Hopetoun queue.
Tip: Look down — it's one of the largest mosaic floors in the southern hemisphere.
🚇 Trams 11/12/48/109 — Collins St (Free Tram Zone)
Featured in: Guía local
Show on map335 Bourke St Mall · CBD
Australia's oldest arcade (1870), guarded by the giants Gog and Magog.
Tip: Gog and Magog have struck the hour since 1892.
🚇 Trams 19/57/59 — Bourke Street Mall (Free Tram Zone)
Featured in: Guía local
Show on mapElliott Ave · Parkville
One of the world's oldest zoos — koalas, kangaroos and wombats included.
Tip: Head straight to the Australian Bush zone for guaranteed koalas.
🚇 Upfield line — Royal Park Station / Tram 58
Featured in: Google Top-5
Show on map377 Russell St · CBD
The 1845 gaol where Ned Kelly was hanged — dark history and night tours.
Tip: The candlelit ghost tours are next-level.
🚇 Melbourne Central Station — City Loop
Featured in: Guía local
Show on mapFederation Square · CBD
The world's most-visited museum of screen culture — free, inside Fed Square.
Tip: The permanent Story of the Moving Image exhibit is free.
🚇 Flinders Street Station — all lines (Free Tram Zone)
Featured in: Guía local
Show on map100 St Kilda Rd · Southbank
The glowing spire is Melbourne's cultural heart — opera, theatre and the Sunday art market.
Tip: Sundays bring a makers market on the forecourt.
🚇 Trams 3/5/6/16/64/67/72 — Arts Precinct
Featured in: Guía local
Show on mapWellington Pde · East Melbourne
Victorian-era gardens hiding Captain Cook's original cottage, shipped from England.
Tip: Find the carved Fairies Tree and the model Tudor village.
🚇 Trams 48/75 — Wellington Pde / Jolimont Station
Featured in: Guía local
Show on mapCnr Flinders & Swanston St · CBD
Neo-Gothic 1891 cathedral opposite Fed Square — the tiled interior stuns.
Tip: Free to enter; afternoon light through the windows is special.
🚇 Flinders Street Station — all lines
Featured in: Guía local
Show on mapLittle Bourke St · CBD
The oldest continuous Chinatown in the Western world (1854) — dumplings, lanterns, neon.
Tip: The side alleys hide the best cheap dumplings.
🚇 Parliament Station — City Loop / Trams 86/96 Bourke St
Featured in: Guía local
Show on map1 St Heliers St · Abbotsford
A former convent reborn as an arts precinct with cafes and markets by the Yarra.
Tip: Next door is Collingwood Children's Farm — city farm plus brunch.
🚇 Mernda line — Victoria Park Station + 10 min walk
Featured in: Guía local
Show on map17 Market Ln · Chinatown, CBD
The legendary Cantonese icon crowned Restaurant of the Year 2026 — Peking duck perfection.
Tip: Book weeks ahead and order the Peking duck, always.
🚇 Parliament Station — City Loop
Featured in: Good Food Guide 2026
Show on mapRialto, 525 Collins St · CBD
Three hats on level 55 of the Rialto — native Australian fine dining with endless views.
Tip: Request a window table — the view is part of the menu.
🚇 Southern Cross Station — all lines
Featured in: Good Food Guide 2026 (3 hats)
Show on map4 Lord St · Richmond
Australia's finest omakase — three hats and just a handful of counter seats.
Tip: Sit at the counter in front of Koichi Minamishima — that's the show.
🚇 Tram 109 — Victoria St / North Richmond Station
Featured in: Good Food Guide 2026 (3 hats)
Show on map74 Glen Eira Rd · Ripponlea
Ben Shewry's native-ingredient tasting menu — a World's 50 Best fixture for years.
Tip: Bookings drop in waves online — join the waitlist.
🚇 Sandringham line — Ripponlea Station
Featured in: World's 50 Best / GFG 2026
Show on map33 Russell St · CBD
1920s glamour and perfect martinis — Andrew McConnell's most celebrated dining room.
Tip: No booking? Try the bar — the house Gimlet is mandatory.
🚇 Flinders Street Station — 5 min walk
Featured in: Good Food Guide 2026
Show on map125 Flinders Ln · CBD
Flinders Lane's most famous Thai — no bookings, eternal queue, worth every minute.
Tip: Arrive at 5:30pm sharp, or join the virtual queue and drink at GoGo Bar downstairs.
🚇 Flinders Street Station — 5 min walk
Featured in: Time Out Melbourne
Show on map180 Flinders Ln · CBD
Cult modern-Asian diner — the New England lobster roll is local legend.
Tip: The basement karaoke rooms make the perfect afterparty.
🚇 Flinders Street Station — 5 min walk
Featured in: Good Food Guide 2026
Show on map45 Flinders Ln · CBD
The all-day eatery that defined Melbourne — breakfast through to the famous roast lamb.
Tip: Walk in, grab the counter, finish with madeleines and lemon curd.
🚇 Parliament Station — City Loop
Featured in: Broadsheet
Show on map55-57 Gertrude St · Fitzroy
Two hats on Gertrude St — Fitzroy's flagship of relaxed fine dining.
Tip: Their Sunday roast lunch is one of the city's best meals.
🚇 Tram 86 — Gertrude St (Smith St)
Featured in: Good Food Guide 2026 (2 hats)
Show on map338 Bridge Rd · Richmond
Thi Le, 2026 Chef of the Year — Vietnamese-Australian cooking that moves you.
Tip: Trust the daily menu — it changes with the market.
🚇 Trams 48/75 — Bridge Rd
Featured in: Good Food Guide 2026
Show on mapSmith St · Collingwood
2026 New Restaurant of the Year — contemporary Armenian cooking shaking up the scene.
Tip: Order the banquet to taste the full Armenian spread.
🚇 Tram 86 — Smith St
Featured in: Good Food Guide 2026
Show on map361 Little Bourke St · CBD
Melbourne's most coveted pasta bar — the gnocchi draws lunchtime queues.
Tip: The squid-ink tagliolini is the signature.
🚇 Trams 19/57/59 — Elizabeth St (Free Tram Zone)
Featured in: Good Food Guide 2026
Show on map80 Bourke St · CBD
Since 1928 — Melbourne's grand Italian dining room, frescoes and white truffles.
Tip: The downstairs Grill delivers the same DNA for less.
🚇 Parliament Station — City Loop / Trams 86/96 Bourke St
Featured in: Good Food Guide 2026
Show on map1 Hosier Ln · CBD
Cult Spanish tapas on Hosier Lane — the anchovy with smoked tomato sorbet is history.
Tip: Eat at the bar with street art framed in the window.
🚇 Flinders Street Station — 3 min walk
Featured in: Broadsheet
Show on map122 Russell St · CBD
The wine bar sommeliers pick themselves — wood fire, natural wine, brilliant plates.
Tip: Arrive before 6pm to snag a walk-in spot.
🚇 Parliament Station — City Loop
Featured in: Good Food Guide 2026
Show on map11 Toorak Rd · South Yarra
The eternal French bistro — bow-tied waiters, steak frites and Parisian buzz since 1986.
Tip: The daily fresh seafood never misses.
🚇 Tram 58 — Toorak Rd / South Yarra Station
Featured in: Gourmet Traveller
Show on map80 Collins St · CBD
Three storeys celebrating Gippsland's farmers — paddock-to-plate in the CBD.
Tip: The rooftop runs its own menu over Collins St.
🚇 Parliament Station — City Loop
Featured in: Time Out Melbourne
Show on map380 Collins St · CBD
Show-stopping French dining inside a neo-Gothic former stock exchange — the city's most beautiful room.
Tip: Even without dinner, step in for a cocktail under the vaults.
🚇 Trams 11/12/48/109 — Collins St (Free Tram Zone)
Featured in: Good Food Guide 2026
Show on map177-183 Lonsdale St · Greek Precinct, CBD
The 24-hour Greek institution since 1978 — late-night souvlaki is a Melbourne ritual.
Tip: Mixed grill with fresh pita is the correct order.
🚇 Melbourne Central Station — City Loop
Featured in: Guía local
Show on map99 Lygon St · Brunswick East
Johnny Di Francesco's world-champion margherita — a pizza pilgrimage.
Tip: Order the verace margherita untouched — no extras.
🚇 Tram 6 — Lygon St (Brunswick East)
Featured in: Guía local
Show on mapLygon St · Carlton
The modern Italian refreshing Lygon St — fine pastas and natural wines, a Time Out 2025 top pick.
Tip: Pastas rotate often — ask for the day's pick.
🚇 Trams 1/6 — Lygon St
Featured in: Time Out Melbourne 2025
Show on map139 Little Lonsdale St · CBD
A tiny pub in a heritage cottage — ranked among the World's 50 Best Bars.
Tip: Go early — it fits a handful of people and takes no bookings.
🚇 Melbourne Central Station — City Loop
Featured in: World's 50 Best Bars
Show on map304 Brunswick St · Fitzroy
Twenty years among the world's best bars without losing its neighbourhood soul.
Tip: Let the bartender freestyle — it's the house specialty.
🚇 Tram 11 — Brunswick St
Featured in: World's 50 Best Bars
Show on map285 Brunswick St · Fitzroy
Pintxos, house vodka and Naked in the Sky — Fitzroy's best rooftop view.
Tip: Hit the rooftop at sunset for the skyline over Fitzroy.
🚇 Tram 11 — Brunswick St
Featured in: Time Out Melbourne
Show on map175 Brunswick St · Fitzroy
Australia's most famous vegan restaurant — plant-based Italian that fools everyone.
Tip: Weekend brunch here is one of Fitzroy's hottest tables.
🚇 Tram 11 — Brunswick St
Featured in: Broadsheet
Show on map48 Easey St · Collingwood
Burgers inside train carriages on a Collingwood rooftop — viral since day one.
Tip: Ask for the top train carriage with skyline views.
🚇 Tram 86 — Smith St / Collingwood Station
Featured in: TikTok viral
Show on map1-7 Ferguson St · Abbotsford
The Thai spot locals swear is the city's best — unbeatable boat noodles.
Tip: Boat noodles and pad see ew rule — arrive early.
🚇 Tram 109 — Victoria St
Featured in: Google Top-5
Show on map98 Chapel St · Windsor
A Singapore hawker hall dropped into Windsor — loud, fun, always packed.
Tip: Curry dumplings and roti canai are the hits.
🚇 Tram 78 — Chapel St / Windsor Station
Featured in: Broadsheet
Show on map30 Jacka Blvd · St Kilda
Beachfront dining with cinematic sunsets — St Kilda's glamour classic.
Tip: The Bombe Alaska dessert has been tradition for decades.
🚇 Trams 96/16 — The Esplanade
Featured in: Gourmet Traveller
Show on map11 Collins St, Level 1 · CBD
The Mexican that started Australia's taco fever — unbeatable elote and margaritas.
Tip: The street-style elote made this place famous.
🚇 Parliament Station — City Loop
Featured in: Broadsheet
Show on map14 Meyers Pl · CBD
A true Argentine parrilla in a CBD laneway — ribeye and malbec done Buenos Aires-style.
Tip: Start with provoleta, follow with the ojo de bife.
🚇 Parliament Station — City Loop
Featured in: Broadsheet
Show on mapMid City Arcade, 200 Bourke St · CBD
Handmade mackerel dumplings in a hidden arcade — absolute cult status.
Tip: The fish-and-dill dumplings are the historic order.
🚇 Melbourne Central Station — City Loop
Featured in: Guía local
Show on map237 Smith St · Fitzroy
Australia's most famous gelato — weekly specials that sell out in hours.
Tip: Weekly specials drop Thursdays — follow their Instagram.
🚇 Tram 86 — Smith St
Featured in: TikTok viral
Show on map299 Lygon St · Carlton
Cult artisan gelato on Lygon St — nocciola poured from the tin, Italy-style.
Tip: In winter, get the hot chocolate with gelato dropped in.
🚇 Trams 1/6 — Lygon St
Featured in: Broadsheet
Show on mapChurch St · Richmond
Melbourne's most viral sandwiches — 40-minute queues that are worth it.
Tip: The crispy chicken sando is the one that broke TikTok.
🚇 Tram 78 — Church St
Featured in: TikTok viral
Show on map172 Oxford St · Collingwood
A global temple of specialty coffee — own roastery and trend-setting brunch.
Tip: Order a single-origin filter — coffee is the star here.
🚇 Tram 86 — Smith St / Collingwood Station
Featured in: Broadsheet Best Coffee
Show on mapCnr Little Bourke & Little William St · CBD
A hidden standing-room-only coffee bar — mandatory stop for serious coffee people.
Tip: Guest roasters rotate weekly — ask what's in the grinder.
🚇 Southern Cross Station — 7 min walk (Free Tram Zone)
Featured in: Broadsheet Best Coffee
Show on mapPrahran Market, 163 Commercial Rd · Prahran
Melbourne's benchmark roaster — pure coffee, no syrups, no distractions.
Tip: Grab a bag of beans — their motto says it all.
🚇 Tram 72 — Commercial Rd / Prahran Station
Featured in: Broadsheet Best Coffee
Show on map114 Berkeley St · Carlton
The warehouse roastery that trained a generation of Melbourne baristas.
Tip: Public cupping sessions are free — check the schedule.
🚇 Tram 19 — Queensberry St
Featured in: Broadsheet Best Coffee
Show on map359 Little Bourke St · CBD
Chairs on the ceiling and Seven Seeds espresso — the CBD's icon cafe.
Tip: It's tiny — take away and wander Hardware Lane.
🚇 Trams 19/57/59 — Elizabeth St (Free Tram Zone)
Featured in: Broadsheet Best Coffee
Show on map12-18 Yarra Pl · South Melbourne
The warehouse that sparked the specialty revolution in 2005 — brunch and serious coffee.
Tip: The corn fritter with halloumi is a local brunch classic.
🚇 Tram 12 — Clarendon St (Coventry St)
Featured in: Broadsheet Best Coffee
Show on map3/62 Rose St · Fitzroy
A coffee lab in a Fitzroy warehouse — nitro, cold brew and cutting-edge brews.
Tip: Try the coffee flight to compare brew methods.
🚇 Tram 11 — Brunswick St (Rose St)
Featured in: Broadsheet Best Coffee
Show on map322 Burwood Rd · Hawthorn
Multi-award-winning roastery run by champion baristas — the east side's coffee pride.
Tip: The daily batch brew is the cheap way into top beans.
🚇 Tram 75 — Burwood Rd / Glenferrie Station
Featured in: Broadsheet Best Coffee
Show on map247 Flinders Ln · CBD
Impeccable espresso on Flinders Lane — the perfect laneway pit stop.
Tip: Their Bench blend makes a great take-home souvenir.
🚇 Flinders Street Station — 3 min walk
Featured in: Broadsheet Best Coffee
Show on map650 Little Bourke St · CBD
Cathedral brunch in a former power station — 15-metre ceilings and viral hotcakes.
Tip: The ricotta hotcake is both the photo and the flavour.
🚇 Southern Cross Station — 3 min walk
Featured in: Broadsheet
Show on map50 Albert Rd · South Melbourne
Melbourne's most photogenic brunch, set in a Victorian terrace under a tower.
Tip: The floral hotcakes invented an Instagram genre.
🚇 Trams 3/5/6/12/16/64/67 — Albert Rd
Featured in: Broadsheet
Show on map119 Rose St · Fitzroy
Possibly the world's best croissant, said the New York Times — queues from 7am.
Tip: Cruffins drop mid-morning and vanish — arrive before 9.
🚇 Tram 11 — Brunswick St (Rose St)
Featured in: TikTok viral / NYT
Show on map274 Barkly St · Brunswick
Brunswick's cult roaster — the neighbourhood brunch locals keep to themselves.
Tip: The fried egg sandwich is the menu's best-kept secret.
🚇 Upfield line — Brunswick Station / Tram 19 Sydney Rd
Featured in: Broadsheet Best Coffee
Show on map120 Hardware St · CBD
French-leaning brunch with equal queues of locals and travellers — legendary baked eggs.
Tip: They opened in Paris too — but this is the original.
🚇 Trams 19/57/59 — Elizabeth St (Free Tram Zone)
Featured in: Guía local
Show on map66 Bourke St · CBD
The 1954 espresso bar that brought Melbourne its first coffee machine — living history.
Tip: Sit at the bar — espresso plus lemon granita.
🚇 Parliament Station — City Loop
Featured in: Guía local
Show on mapBlock Arcade, 282 Collins St · CBD
An 1892 tea room with Australia's most photographed cake window.
Tip: Book high tea online — weekends sell out.
🚇 Trams 11/12/48/109 — Collins St (Free Tram Zone)
Featured in: TikTok viral
Show on map1341 Dandenong Rd · Chadstone
The biggest shopping centre in the southern hemisphere — 550 stores from luxury to outlet.
Tip: The paid CBD shuttle beats the train-plus-bus trek.
🚇 Bus 903 — Chadstone SC / CBD shuttle
Featured in: Guía local
Show on map287 Lonsdale St · CBD
The CBD's premium mall — Australian and global labels under a glass roof.
Tip: Skybridges link it to Melbourne Central, Myer and David Jones.
🚇 Melbourne Central Station — City Loop
Featured in: Guía local
Show on mapCnr La Trobe & Swanston St · CBD
A mall built around an 1888 shot tower under a giant glass cone.
Tip: The giant fob watch performs a musical show on the hour.
🚇 Melbourne Central Station — City Loop
Featured in: Guía local
Show on mapBourke St entre Elizabeth & Swanston · CBD
The pedestrian mall with Myer, David Jones, buskers — and trams running through it.
Tip: The Myer Christmas windows have been tradition since 1956.
🚇 Trams 19/57/59 & 86/96 — Bourke Street Mall (Free Tram Zone)
Featured in: Guía local
Show on mapCollins St este · CBD
Luxury row — Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Victorian facades under the plane trees.
Tip: At night the lit facades make a walk of their own.
🚇 Trams 11/12/48/109 — Collins St (Free Tram Zone)
Featured in: Guía local
Show on mapChapel St · South Yarra
Kilometres of fashion — Aussie designers, streetwear and cafes from South Yarra to Windsor.
Tip: The Windsor end is coolest; South Yarra the most polished.
🚇 Tram 78 — Chapel St / South Yarra Station
Featured in: Visit Victoria
Show on map217-223 Chapel St · Prahran
A vintage labyrinth of decades — vinyl, retro lamps and period fashion.
Tip: Give it an hour minimum — every aisle hides something.
🚇 Tram 78 — Chapel St / Prahran Station
Featured in: Fashion Journal
Show on mapGreville St · Prahran
Prahran's bohemian side street — curated vintage, records and indie boutiques.
Tip: Saturdays bring a small market in Grattan Gardens next door.
🚇 Tram 78 — Chapel St / Prahran Station
Featured in: Fashion Journal
Show on mapGertrude St · Fitzroy
Fitzroy's most refined design street — galleries, local designers and wine shops.
Tip: Duck into the Aussie designer stores — this is where the originals live.
🚇 Tram 86 — Gertrude St
Featured in: Broadsheet
Show on mapSmith St · Collingwood
Once named the world's coolest street by Time Out — vintage, records, bars, streetwear.
Tip: Vintage and coffee by day, the north side's best bar crawl by night.
🚇 Tram 86 — Smith St
Featured in: Time Out
Show on map60 Rose St · Fitzroy
The indie design market where you buy straight from Melbourne's makers.
Tip: Weekends only — pair it with Lune around the corner.
🚇 Tram 11 — Brunswick St (Rose St)
Featured in: Broadsheet
Show on mapStation St · Camberwell
The flea market stylists love — vintage treasure at bargain prices every Sunday.
Tip: Arrive 7am with cash — the good stuff goes in the first hour.
🚇 Lilydale/Belgrave lines — Camberwell Station
Featured in: Fashion Journal
Show on mapCnr Coventry & Cecil St · South Melbourne
The 1867 neighbourhood market — the city's most famous dim sims plus gourmet deli aisles.
Tip: The steamed dim sim has been legend here since 1949.
🚇 Tram 96 — South Melbourne Market
Featured in: Broadsheet
Show on map163 Commercial Rd · South Yarra
Australia's oldest gourmet market (1864) — boutique producers and flowers.
Tip: Closed Mondays and Wednesdays — plan around it.
🚇 Tram 72 — Commercial Rd / Prahran Station
Featured in: Guía local
Show on map20 Convention Centre Pl · South Wharf
Aussie and global brand outlets by the river — serious discounts.
Tip: Hunt the Aussie brand outlets — Cotton On, Country Road, R.M. Williams.
🚇 Trams 96/109 — Casino/MCEC + 5 min walk
Featured in: Guía local
Show on mapNicholas Building, 37 Swanston St · CBD
One of Australia's biggest vintage stores, inside the artist-filled Nicholas Building.
Tip: Explore the Nicholas Building floors — open artist studios.
🚇 Flinders Street Station — 2 min walk
Featured in: Fashion Journal
Show on map261 Collins St · CBD
Australia's legendary handcrafted boots since 1932 — the souvenir that lasts decades.
Tip: The Comfort Craftsman is the classic locals wear.
🚇 Trams 11/12/48/109 — Collins St (Free Tram Zone)
Featured in: Tourism Australia
Show on map2 Flinders Ln (Chapter House) · CBD
Melbourne's cult label inside a neo-Gothic chapter house — fashion meets architecture.
Tip: Worth entering just for the space — a church turned boutique.
🚇 Flinders Street Station — 3 min walk
Featured in: Broadsheet
Show on map309 Lygon St · Carlton
The indie bookstore once crowned world's best — the soul of Carlton.
Tip: The Australian authors table makes the perfect literary souvenir.
🚇 Trams 1/6 — Lygon St
Featured in: Guía local
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