Laneways of Melbourne: Small-Group Walking Tour with Local Guide and Coffee Break

Explore Melbourne’s laneways on a small-group walking tour with a local guide. Discover hidden shops, street art, and iconic landmarks while enjoying a coffee break.

Duration: 2 hours, 45 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • MELTours - Meet your guide at the steps in front of St Paul’s Cathedral (cnr. Swanston Street and Flinders Street) to begin your Melbourne laneways walking tour.
    Explore the city’s collection of secret galleries, hidden shops, and laneway cafes on a journey that introduces you to a beloved piece of Melbourne culture. During your tour, stop for a…
What's Included
  • Coffee / hot drink included
  • Guided tour with a professional
Additional Information

Dive deep into the local culture of Melbourne with a guided walking tour through its captivating lanes. Let a native guide offer you engaging narratives as you explore the engrossing history of the city, wander past prominent buildings, admire local graffiti, and find surprising shops and chic cafeterias, making a pause for a coffee. Tour restricts to…

Location
St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne
Flinders Street
Meeting outside St Paul’s Cathedral, cnr Swanston St and Flinders St, Melbourne - on the front walkway of the church between main Flinders St entrance and the side door on Swanston St. (See the area immediately below the west spire of the church behind the corner power pole in the picture attached: StPaulsside.jpg).
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Russellgb3704bx
Oct 3, 2024
The best tour with the best stories and insights - Learned so much about this fascinating city. San, our tour guide was amazing. Ridiculously knowledgeable, some of his insights blew our minds. We were well looked after and I will highly recommend.
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Natasha_c
Sep 30, 2024
Excellent tour with a very knowledgeable and interesting guide - highly recommend - Excellent tour with a very knowledgeable and interesting guide - highly recommend - ended up being the only person in the tour but I had a great time learning about all the back alleys, street art and restaurants in Melbourne.
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Voyage42275816422
Sep 22, 2024
Discovering the history, culture and cool laneways of Melbourne. - I enjoyed this tour immensely. San my guide, was super knowledgeable and easy going. By the end of the tour, I had a good understanding of the history of Melbourne and the next day, I felt confident to revisit some of the locations and explore further. I would definitely recommend this tour. Thank you San!
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H2202fmrichardc
Aug 28, 2024
Fantastic walking tour - We had one of the beat guided tours ever and are so happy we took this tour. The tour gave us a better understanding of Melbourne history and helped us appreciate getting around the city center. The laneways were very interesting and the recommendations of the cafes, restaurants and shops to visit were great. Can’t say enough great things about our tour guide “San” who was absolutely amazing and gave us a constant stream of information and kept the tour fun. If you’re lucky enough to have San then you’re on for a great tour as he clearly loves Melbourne and is enthusiastic for others to see why. If I could give more than 5 stars I would. While I would recommend the tour for adults it would not be so good for those with young kids.
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Mickybeau
Aug 27, 2024
Had the best time strolling around Melbourne's beautiful laneways - Kathy was fantastic - engaging and super knowledgeable. I was overwhelmed by how rich the history and culture in Melbourne is. She also gave us some great restaurant recommendations that we wouldn't have come across otherwise. High recommend!!
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547myfanwye
Aug 13, 2024
Fabulous - Cathy was a fabulous tour guide who went beyond expectations especially as I had booked the wrong day. Her knowledge of Melbourne’s street art, restaurants, laneways and history was superb. Thank you Cathy for a fabulous tour and even though we had been to Melbourne before we learnt so much.
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Timj2446
Aug 7, 2024
Wonderful insight into Melb history, architecture and street art. - Highly recommend this tour. We are a family of four, and were lucky enough to have San, our guide, to ourselves. San is a great storyteller, and knows his history, local art, and architecture extremely well. He kept us captivated for the entire tour. The 3 hr time slot was the perfect amount of time to sample the inner workings of Melb, and experience things we would otherwise not have so. It certainly opened our eyes, and gave us a new appreciation of this wonderful city.
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Laura_h
Jul 31, 2024
Great city - great insights - San provided a detailed oversight of the establishment of Melbourne, a range of historical buildings and the amazing artworks of Melbourne's laneways. My family who were visiting from New Zealand loved the rich history, recommendations of food and drink, architecture, and vast knowledge shared with us during the tour. I have been on this tour twice now (with different visitors) and have loved both times - I would highly recommend!!!
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Barbb1107
Jul 12, 2024
Excellent laneway tour - We loved the Laneways of Melbourne tour. Definitely 5 out of 5! Kathy was so lovely and knowledgeable. We learnt about Melbourne’s history, geography, food and art, all while enjoying a lovely walk exploring Melbourne’s lanes. Thank you Kathy!
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Shannonmay10
Jul 5, 2024
Fun and educational - I was in Melbourne for work with limited time. I highly recommend this tour. San was my guide and he was great. He was easy to talk with and extremely knowledgeable. He showed me all the main highlights of the city and I enjoyed learning about the history of Melbourne and Australia. I hope to get back to visit soon and will def book another MELtour.
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From $70
up to 15 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).