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Hidden Bars & Laneway Legends Tour Of Melbourne
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About
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.
Highlights
3 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
3 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Expert Tips - contact our expert team for any food, entertainment or other Melbourne recommendations
Professional guide
GST (Goods and Services Tax)
Map of Melbourne's best bars (free upon request)
Gratuities
Alcoholic Beverages
Meeting Points
Departure
Fed Square
Meet your guide at the edge of Princes Bridge, opposite Flinders Street Station, behind Transport Bar.
Look out for the black shirt/hoody/jacket (depending on the weather) and our distinctive black, white and pink logo on the left breast.
Return
Reesby
The end point of the tour will be around the east end of Bourke Street, depending on which bars we visit.
Important Information
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Not recommended for pregnant travelers
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Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
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Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
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Minimum age is 18 years
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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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.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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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.
Highlights
3 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
3 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Expert Tips - contact our expert team for any food, entertainment or other Melbourne recommendations
Professional guide
GST (Goods and Services Tax)
Map of Melbourne's best bars (free upon request)
Gratuities
Alcoholic Beverages
Meeting Points
Departure
Fed Square
Meet your guide at the edge of Princes Bridge, opposite Flinders Street Station, behind Transport Bar.
Look out for the black shirt/hoody/jacket (depending on the weather) and our distinctive black, white and pink logo on the left breast.
Return
Reesby
The end point of the tour will be around the east end of Bourke Street, depending on which bars we visit.
Itinerary
1
Fed Square
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.
10 minutes
2
Oliver Lane
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.
5 minutes
3
ACDC Lane
One of Melbourne's most famous laneways, get ready for an explosion of street art.
5 minutes
4
Duckboard Place
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.
5 minutes
5
Ridgway Place
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.
5 minutes
6
Meyers Place
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.
5 minutes
7
Parliament House
Victoria was founded on gold rush, and our emergence as a state is closely linked to those early findings.
5 minutes
8
Chinatown Melbourne
The world's second oldest China Town and home to some of the City's best bars.
5 minutes
9
Little Bourke Street
The City's old red light district certainly hides more than its fair share of secrets, and amazing bars!
