Free Walking Tours in Melbourne
Best walking tours in Melbourne with local guides:
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Melbourne's free walking tours cost nothing to book
Hosier Lane's graffiti, the Block Arcade and the State Library Victoria come up on several free walking tours in Melbourne. Booking on GuruWalk is free and asks for no credit card or deposit, and once the walk is over, you decide how much to tip the guide.
Federation Square is where some tours meet, and many routes thread the city's lanes and arcades, Degraves Street and the Royal Arcade among them. The walks are led by 4 local guides, and a tour lasts two hours on average. Walkers rate Melbourne's tours 4.8 out of 5, an average drawn from more than 1,766 reviews.
Melbourne tours through the arcades and Hosier Lane
Essential Melbourne through its lanes, arcades and the State Library
The essential Melbourne tours link the city centre's lanes and arcades with the State Library Victoria, and their titles range from an express afternoon walk to a curious look at Melbourne's icons, details and stories. Right now 5 free walking tours make up the essential group in Melbourne.
The Royal Arcade and the State Library are on most of their routes, and some add Degraves Street, the Block Arcade, AC/DC Lane, St Paul's Cathedral or Hosier Lane, where the graffiti hides unexpected details higher up the walls.
St Paul's Cathedral to Coop's Shot Tower through Melbourne's laneways
A typical Melbourne walking route covers about 2.4 kilometres and takes about two hours. Each walk picks its own stops, but the ones below recur most across the listed routes, and a single listed route visits every one of them, in this sequence:
- St Paul's Cathedral, Victoria's most visited sacred place.
- Hosier Lane, where unexpected details hide above the graffiti.
- Degraves Street.
- The Block Arcade.
- Royal Arcade, Melbourne's oldest covered shopping precinct.
- Bourke Street Mall.
- Chinatown, the longest continuous Chinese settlement in the Western world.
- State Library Victoria, the oldest public library in Australia, with its domed reading room, rare books and a bushranger's armour.
- Coop's Shot Tower, a landmark of Australia's industrial history that was saved from demolition and now stands under a conical glass roof.
Other routes add the Yarra River, Melbourne Town Hall, the Princess Theatre or Guildford Lane.
Paying, timing and meeting up for a walk in Melbourne's centre
How is a Melbourne guide paid?
Free tours in Melbourne don't have a fixed price. At the end, each person contributes to the guide the amount they consider fair based on their satisfaction. As a guideline, GuruWalk recommends between €15 and €50 per participant.
How long do the tours in Melbourne take?
In Melbourne, a free walking tour takes two hours on average. The shortest walks last ninety minutes and the longest two and a quarter hours.
Are Melbourne's walking tours only in English?
Melbourne's walking tours are led in English, and some also offer Spanish. In November they leave between 10:00 AM and 2:30 PM.
Do Melbourne walks meet at Federation Square?
Some Melbourne walks do. Federation Square is the meeting point named most often, while others gather elsewhere in the centre, and the exact spot is confirmed when you book.
Can you see Hosier Lane and the arcades without a guide?
Yes, you can visit Hosier Lane and Melbourne's arcades without joining a tour. A local guide adds the background to stops such as the State Library Victoria, the oldest public library in Australia, and booking a place is free. Each walk takes a limited number of people, so it pays to reserve early.
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