Melbourne Historic Walk: Iconic Sites and Donut Tasting Tour
4.8
23 Ratings
Melbourne
Embark on a historic walking tour through Melbourne's iconic sites, while satisfying your taste buds with donuts. Discover the city's rich history, art, and architecture on this engaging tour.
Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Hosier Lane - The go-to place for ever changing street art. Discover why this laneway is what it is.
  • Degraves Street - We’ll stop by for a coffee
  • Queen Victoria Market - Markets always bring people together, but here you’ll learn about a not so nice history of the place. You’ll have about 5-10 minutes on your own here, and there are bathrooms at this point.
  • Chinatown - Learn about the second oldest Chinatown in the world (outside of China)…. and see why it’s buzzing.
  • State Library Victoria - Our tour will finish outside the State Library but not before we let you know all about it!
What's Included
  • Snacks
  • Tea and coffee
Additional Information

The History & Donuts Walking Tour takes you through key landmarks in Melbourne. Starting from Federation Square, the journey includes Hosier Lane, St Paul’s Cathedral, Young & Jackson’s Hotel, Centre Place, Collins St, Mitre Tavern, Hardware Lane, Old Melbourne Gaol, Little Lon, Chinatown, and concludes at State Library Victoria. You’ll have the opportunity to enjoy two donut breaks, a coffee intermission, and insights into the city’s historical, artistic, and architectural richness. Be prepared to eat, as there are food breaks in between. Note that the itinerary might vary on Mondays and Wednesdays due to the closure of the Queen Victoria Market.

Location
2 Swanston St
Swanston Street
This tour starts at Federation Square outside Time Out Cafe. The nearest intersection is Swanston & Flinders Street. Time Out Cafe has orange umbrellas/ shade sails in front of it. Your tour guide will meet you in front of this cafe.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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(23 Ratings)
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Milesh492
Apr 25, 2024
Good and memorable - Anthony’s stories and the route he selected made this a memorable morning, we all learned heaps about the city and had a good time
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Cindyd_w
Feb 19, 2024
Melbourne in 4 hours - wow - It was easy to book. Tony, our guide was easy to find. We got super lucky and we’re the only ones on this particular tour… He gave us so much information. He was so excited to share the beautiful city of Melbourne. We could never have learned the city on our own. We had delicious donuts and incredible lattes! Your Torres are always spot on with Spot on People… Can’t wait to do another one in another city soon!
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Annrb2724pv
Jan 15, 2024
Super walking tour of Melbourne! - Myles was an excellent guide! He was personable and knowledgeable. Great way to see a bit of Melbourne!
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Andreel238
Dec 6, 2023
Fun and unique view of Melbourne City - If You happen to have Miles are Your Guide You are in for a memorable Day! He was engaging, friendly, knowledgeable, and humourous on this Tour. I wont give away where the Donut Stops are - but can say that You get to pick from a good range of flavours ; donuts were so yummy This is a fun and unique way to explore City of Melbourne for a few hours. It is well paced with a good number of stops, so suits any fitness level Highly recommend this Tour. Definitely a must do when in Melbourne :-)
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Chefsue1
Nov 12, 2023
Great way to start your visit to Melbourne - Friendly, knowledgeable local who loves to share his experiences of Melbourne. Excellent way to familiarise you with the landmarks and laneways, and history of the city. Great donuts.
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O9435sqjeanm
Oct 2, 2023
Great Tour - Boy what a great morning tour. Our group was small so the guide adjusted and were able to spending more time talking about local history spots that we were interested in (Mitre Tavern, Hoiser Lane Grafiti, the old Victoria Club where the Great Bookie Robbery occurred). The additional stops for coffee and donuts were perfect.
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Paula_f
Sep 23, 2023
Great experience - Friendly and knowledgeable guide. Well paced and interesting history recommended for those who can walk around for a couple of hours. The donut stops are well considered and sooo tasty..
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I3427hvpaulaf
Sep 22, 2023
So much to see - The guide was friendly, knowledgeable and humorous on this tour. Paced well for being able to stop and observe the history of Melbourne. Donuts were great! Would highly recommend for those who don’t consider themselves fit walkers but can manage a few hours.
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Scenic11445753931
Sep 5, 2023
Tasty Tour! - Going "walkabout" on this tour was an excellent way to see parts of Melbourne I would never have found on my own. We visited significant buildings, meandered down the famous laneways, and checked out some fabulous street art. Ants was a friendly and knowledgeable tour guide who really knew his city's history. A fabulous way to spend a couple of hours.
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Carolinedk4224qy
Sep 17, 2023
For visitors to Melbourne good way to find out information and locations - Did the tour with friends as a way to see our city but we would have liked to see inside some of the historic buildings to get a better understanding rather than just walk past, for example instead of standing at the Cathedral talking about Young and Jackson’s cross the road and see Chloe, maybe a good idea also to go into some of the arcades or The Forum or the State Library where possible . The concept is great but I think the delivery can be improved. Maybe look to drop QVM to allow more time at other places as it is a fair way out of the way and you actually need time to appreciate that part of town. Also would be great if the guide had donuts at the start so you really feel like it is a donut and history walk. We did learn a few things but we were a little disappointed with the delivery
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