Hidden Bars & Laneways Legends: Melbourne Walking Tour | La Vacanza Travel

Hidden Bars & Laneways Legends: Melbourne Walking Tour

Duration: 3 hours
Destination: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
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  • 3 hours
  • Melbourne
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

Experience the best of the City in three hours: our famous laneways, our coolest bars and our fascinating history. Why do three different tours, when you can get the best of Melbourne in just one!

Explore Melbourne’s famous laneways, home to some of our most interesting places. This is the side of Melbourne most tourists (and even some locals!) never see.

Learn about Melbourne’s love affair with drinking, the persecution of barmaids, our booziest Police Commissioner, secret men’s clubs and much more.

Discover three amazing laneway bars, plus a cheeky trivia quiz at our second bar for your chance to win!

Photos of your tour can also be provided at no extra charge.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Federation Square, Corner Swanston and Flinders Streets, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Australia

Melbourne's famous (and some say ugliest) town square, built in 2002. This is where we begin our journey with a background to the role alcohol played in Melbourne's foundation.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Oliver Lane, Oliver Ln, Melbourne VIC 3004, Australia

Our first laneway for the tour, here we talk about the history of Melbourne's Laneways and start to peel back some of the city's best eateries.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: ACDC Lane, Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Australia

One of Melbourne's most famous laneways, get ready for an explosion of street art.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Duckboard Place, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Australia

More street art to see, plus the history of Melbourne's street art scene - plus a run down of some fantastic eating and drinking locations.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Ridgway Place, Ridgway Pl, Melbourne VIC 3004, Australia

Home to one of Australia's oldest men's social clubs, and the consulate of one of the world's smallest countries, here we talk about Melbourne' booziest police commissioner and the strange persecution of barmaids.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Meyers Place, Meyers Pl, Melbourne VIC 3004, Australia

The spiritual home of Melbourne's laneway bar culture. Let's talk about the rise of Melbourne's bar scene starting with an important rule change in the 1980s. Also home to some of the City's best hidden bars.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Parliament House, Spring St, East Melbourne VIC 3002, Australia

Victoria was founded on gold rush, and our emergence as a state is closely linked to those early findings.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Chinatown Melbourne, Little Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

The world's second oldest China Town and home to some of the City's best bars.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Little Bourke Street, Little Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3004, Australia

The City's old red light district certainly hides more than its fair share of secrets, and amazing bars!

Duration: 5 minutes

Inclusions
  • GST (Goods and Services Tax)
  • Professional guide
  • Map of Melbourne's best bars (free upon request)
  • Photos of your tour (free upon request)

Exclusions
  • Gratuities
  • Alcoholic Beverages
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Minimum age is 18 years
  • Service animals allowed
  • Due to uneven surfaces, this tour is not recommended for those with walking disabilities
  • Dress code is casual!
  • Near public transportation
  • Not recommended for travelers with back problems
  • Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
  • While the tour route is flat, some of our bars may require steps (we choose different bars for each tour, and while some are at ground level, others require steps to acces)
  • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 12 travelers
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Departure Point

Fed Square, Swanston St & Flinders St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia


Return Details

Reesby, Level 1/45 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

3 hours


User's Reviews

Brad_F

03 Apr, 2024

Awesome way to spend an afternoon in Melbourne. Bars and Laneways were great and so was our guide Bridgette, who was very knowledgeable and fun.

Pebblesy17

25 Mar, 2024

We did this on our first day in Melbourne and it was a great way to get a sense of the central city, the history.. and have a cheeky drink or two on the way. Our guide was awesome, her knowledge far wider than the history of Melbourne. She pointed us to the best place to buy F1 supporter gear and confirmed some good restaurant options as well! Thank you 😄

Mary O

22 Mar, 2024

Great tour. Our guide Bridget was so informative about the history. Great bars, some jaw dropping great evening . Of course some great drinks

583izzyc

20 Mar, 2024

Our tour guide was Bridgette. She was very knowledgeable and passionate (and very qualified for the job). We loved each of the bars we went to and the history on the way to each was fantastic. Bridgette also gave us heaps of recommendations for other bars, food and places to go during our stay in Melbourne. We would highly recommend this tour! Thanks for having us!

sentientr

17 Mar, 2024

Love getting the quirks and features of things and now I know some of Melbourne's! Great hearing things from someone at PhD level interest in history.

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Would certainly recommend it to visitors and locals

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Drinks, history and sights must do !!

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Cocktails and Exceptional Bars

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👏👏 Do it, you know you want to

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Tom is a great tour guide!

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A fun tour of Melbourne’s laneways and bars.

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Drinking and history tours of old Melbourne town

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Spooky tales and great cocktails, what more could you wish for

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A must do for the history/drinking buffs !

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Beyond my expectation.

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Excellent way to spend an afternoon/evening

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Fabulous time had by all.

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Epic tours that combine drinking with history

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Awesome bars

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Great bars and really informative

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Great fun

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So much fun + educational

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Amazing

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Great tour, great guide!

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We Made History

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History, culture, art, food and drinks. Highly recommend this

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A perfect snapshot of Melbourne

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Fantastic Night Out!

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Great Saturday afternoon/evening!

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