Melbourne Walks has been providing high-quality and personalised walking tours delivered by historians for three decades. Experience the Melbourne story from the inside: history, lanes, culture, architecture, heritage, street art, iconic venues, lost and hidden places. Our professional guides deliver highly researched tours tailored to individuals, couples, families, large groups and schools.
Choose from one of our many tours or request a unique tour fashioned around your interests.
For bookings please contact us.
WALKING THE MARIBYRNONG RIVER
TAKE a walk exploring the features of Melbourne’s second major waterway, the Mirring-gnai-birr-nong, home to important historic and new developments. Despite being … Read more
Amazing Melbourne Lanes & Arcades Tour
Explore Melbourne’s vibrant and fascinating maze of lanes and arcades. Read more
THE LOST CITY OF MELBOURNE TOUR
GOLD-RICH Melbourne in the 1850s was the fastest-growing city in the world. It would soon become a world-famous metropolis of stunning commercial … Read more
City Discovery School Tours
THE CITY DISCOVERY SCHOOL TOUR is a journey through the Story of Melbourne from Indigenous to European occupation to the Gold Rush … Read more
Melbourne Street Art & Graffiti Tour
EXPLORE Melbourne’s famous street art and graffiti in the city’s labyrinth of lanes. Don’t miss one of the most radical urban art movements in the world. See also … Read more
Melbourne Crime Tour
HAVE you got the detective skills to crack Melbourne’s cold cases and collect millions of dollars of rewards? Read more
Sustainable Architecture Tour
THE SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE TOUR explores Melbourne’s goal to be a sustainable ‘carbon neutral’ precinct by 2040. Is that possible and how? Our … Read more
DOCKLANDS HISTORY & ARCHITECTURE TOUR
OUR WALKING TOUR tells the story of Melbourne’s Docklands precinct from its Indigenous heritage to colonial settlement to shipping wharves to a … Read more
Fabulous Architecture Melbourne Tour
OUR tour explores the fabulous architecture of Melbourne story from early lanes to the goldrush boom to inter-war to the modern era to … Read more
Melbourne Social Justice Tour (Schools & Groups)
MELBOURNE is a founding heartland of Australian democracy and the peace movement. Australia was instrumental in the founding of the United Nations … Read more
Indigenous Landscapes Tour
VISIT Melbourne’s Indigenous places such as camping, ceremonial, ngargee (corroboree), historic and archaeological sites Read more
ALL OUR TOURS (50)
We provide over 50 different walking tours as well as designing and combining tours to meet special requests. Choose your theme and … Read more
LIVING WILD OFF THE LAND – foraging tour
FORAGE in Melbourne’s urban landscapes, walking through woodland, billabong, wetland, parkland, and stream to the seashore of beautiful Hobsons Bay. IDENTIFY AND … Read more
MELBOURNE WOMEN TOURS
OUR Melbourne Women Tour in the CBD visits important historic places to appreciate how women from all walks of life during Melbourne’s … Read more
Madame Brussells Tour
THE MADAM BRUSSELLS TOUR explores the nineteenth-century history of the famous ‘slums’ and ‘red-light’ districts of Little Lon and Little Bourke, today … Read more
The City of Literature Tour
JOURNEY through our UNESCO City of Literature with its rich history of authors, publishers and books, EXPLORE the creative ways that Melbourne’s literature … Read more
MERRI CREEK & DIGHTS FALLS TOUR
This tour explores the extraordinary landscapes of Merri Creek, Dights Falls Park and the Birrarung or Yarra River. It explores important Indigenous, … Read more
MARVELLOUS MELBOURNE – THE GOLDEN MILE
Journey along the ‘The Golden Mile’ of Collins Street and experience almost 190 years of iconic Melbourne places. Explore the iconic architecture … Read more
Melbourne Innovation Tour
MELBOURNE has been voted the world’s most liveable city seven times. What are the innovations that put this city on the world … Read more
WALKING TOURS FOR CLUBS $25
Over fifty cultural, historic and Indigenous walking tours! The perfect learning and social event for club members of U3A, Probus, Rotary, Life … Read more
SQUIZZY TAYLOR TOUR
Take a walking tour through the CBD of places associated with the notorious ‘Squizzy’ Taylor. The diminutive ex-jockey was a self-promoting gangster, … Read more
FLAGSTAFF HILL TOUR
EXPLORE Melbourne’s oldest park and its extraordinary history of first burials, signal station, observatory, corroboree site, promenade for early Melbournians, historic buildings … Read more
Daylesford Goldfield Tour
THIS two-hour walk explores Cornish Hill Reserve, Daylesford in the traditional lands of the Dja Dja Wurrung people. This was once … Read more
HISTORIC PUBS & PLACES TOUR ST KILDA
VISIT over a dozen past and present drinking holes in seaside St Kilda dating from the Gold Rush. Travel from the Elephant and Wheelbarrow … Read more
QUEEN VICTORIA MARKET TOUR
EXPLORE the vibrant and historic Queen Victoria (QV) market, a colorful and popular destination for visitors and a food heaven. FIND OUT about current proposals for extensive redevelopment of … Read more
PORT MELBOURNE REBORN
EXPLORE the historic suburb of Port Melbourne, transformed in recent years from working-class docks and suburb to one of Victoria’s most desirable … Read more
St Kilda Walking Tours
Explore Fantastical St Kilda, one of Melbourne’s most popular and historic suburbs. Absorb its extraordinary atmosphere, architecture, pubs, mix of people, pleasure … Read more
Marvellous Smellboom Tour – the ‘Low Life’ of Melbourne
Experience Alternative Melbourne – far more interesting than the glittering ‘Marvellous Melbourne’ of the Victorian era! Behind the shiny facade was an … Read more
Historic Pubs of South Melbourne – Information Page
Explore up to 20 past and present historic hotels of South Melbourne from the 1850s to today in Victoria’s oldest suburb outside … Read more
Dunny Lanes of Melbourne Tour
Join an 1880s ‘Dunny’ (sanitation) Crew on their rounds though the hidden 120-year-old infrastructure of Melbourne’s lanes Read more