Melbourne is the second largest city in Australia and capital of Victoria. Melbourne is an attractive travel destination and interesting city with a sense of individual character. Melbourne is one of the world's most diverse and multicultural cities. Melbourne is referred to as the garden city with parks and gardens in abundance.

Explore the Melbourne museums and Melbourne art galleries which are some of the best in Australia and has made Melbourne the cultural capital of Australia. Melbourne transport is well organised making Melbourne an easy city for the visitor to move around in and explore all that Melbourne tourism has to offer. Of course Melbourne is known world wide for the Melbourne Cup, the famous horse race held in November each year. The latest Melbourne Cup tips and news are available here.

Evening brings plenty of entertainment with bars, restaurants, theatres and cinemas in abundance. And there is of course the famous Melbourne shopping. Melbourne offers a line of pleasant beaches stretching round the bay. Melbourne is a good base for day trips to the Mornington Peninsula, Great Ocean Road and the Yarra Valley.

Melbourne has an extensive public transport network. It has one of the world's most extensive tram networks, one of a kind in Australia. For visitors there is a free City Circle Tram, which takes in many of Melbourne's sights. It passes by most of the major Melbourne hotels. If you want to travel outside of the city have a look here for cheap car rental Melbourne.

Melbourne is referred to as the garden city, and the state of Victoria is officially known as the garden state with parks and gardens in abundance.

Melbourne is on the Yarra river and Melbourne runs inland from Port Philip Bay to the south.The central area is oblong with Flinders Street to the south, Latrobe Street to the north, Spring Street to the east and Spencer street to the west. Running north to South are Swanston and Elizabeth streets. 

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