Melbournewalks.com is an award-winning company, providing personalised and highly researched walks by arrangement for over two decades. We offer the largest choice of specialty walks in Melbourne for individuals, groups or schools. Founder Meyer Eidelson is a well-known historian and author of fifteen books about Melbourne and his team loves to share their passion for their home city.
Just choose a walking tour and contact us with your preferred times and dates. Or ask us to combine a unique tour around your interests! For bookings or inquiries at any time, please contact us.
City Discovery School Tours
The City Discovery Tour takes your Primary, Secondary or International students to the iconic places and landmarks of the Melbourne CBD that … Read more
Melbourne Lanes & Arcades
Explore Melbourne’s vibrant and fascinating maze of lanes and arcades. 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
Melbourne Architecture Tour
OUR tour tells the Melbourne Architecture Story from early lanes to goldrush boom to inter-war to the modern era to the carbon-neutral city of the future. … Read more
Melbourne Street Art and 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 Sustainable Architecture Tour
THE CITY OF MELBOURNE aims to be a sustainable ‘carbon neutral’ precinct within two years (2020). Our walking tour visits leading buildings and … Read more
Melbourne Indigenous Landscapes Tour
VISIT Melbourne’s Indigenous places such as camping, ceremonial, ngargee (corroboree), historic and archaeological sites Read more
HISTORIC PUBS AND 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
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 Activities. … Read more
ON TOP OF MELBOURNE
ADVENTURE to historic high places of Melbourne, often by mysterious access routes, to discover hidden places, forgotten stories and rare views from high … Read more
Australian Film Tour
VISIT famous movie locations in the Melbourne CBD that tell the history of iconic Australian film making. Gothic lanes, rock venues, Yarra bridges, historic … Read more
Madame Brussells Tour
VISIT the historical places of Madame Brussell’s life and times. She ruled the bordellos of Lt Lonsdale, Lt Bourke and Chinatown in gold-rush Melbourne. Her bagnios opposite Parliament drew the … Read more
Melbourne Social Justice Tour
Protest in Swanston Street against budget cuts by Government to low-income groups 2015. Melbourne has been described as the founding heartland of … 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
THE LOST MELBOURNE TOUR
VISIT sites of vanished buildings, forgotten infrastructure, old cellars and basements in the lanes of Melbourne. The sort of places you may walk … Read more
VIRTUAL TOURS AND PRESENTATIONS
Take one of our tours without leaving the room! We have provided many illustrated ‘Virtual tours’ using speaker, images and historic artefacts … Read more
ALL OUR TOURS (100)
We provide over 100 different walking tours and also design and combine tours to meet specific requests. Choose the theme that interest … Read more
Melbourne Innovation Tour
EXPLORE places, events and characters in Melbourne that have demonstrated Innovation now and in the past . EXPERIENCE an historical overview of innovative … Read more
UPCOMING GROUP TOURS – PLACES AVAILABLE
The City of Literature Tour
Our walk has been voted one of the world’s top ten literary tours by Lonely Planet. Explore our UNESCO City of Literature … Read more
FLAGSTAFF HILL TOUR
Explore Melbourne’s oldest park – Flagstaff Gardens – with its extraordinary history of rare and ancient trees, graveyard, signal station, observatory, corroboree site, promenade … Read more
Radical Melbourne Tour
CELEBRATE an alternative history of protesters, strikers, street artists, bohemians, feminists, socialists, Aboriginal resistance fighters, slum sisters, soldiers, activists, writers, printing presses, anti-rascist campaigners and … Read more
Bearbrass: Early Melbourne Tour
Visit the original locations of early Melbourne, also known as ‘Bearbrass’ e.g settlers’ homes, Batman Hill, gaols, pub, church, docks Read more
Dunny Lanes of Melbourne
Join an 1880s ‘Dunny’ (sanitation) Crew on their rounds though the hidden 120-year-old infrastructure of Melbourne’s lanes Read more
Namaste Melbourne Walking Tour
Namaste! Welcome to Melbourne. Join our walking tour exploring the lanes and arcades, culture, history, retailers, art and architecture in Melbourne’s vibrant city … 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
Squizzy Taylor Tour
Explore the many city-centre places associated with the notorious ‘Squizzy’ Taylor: theft, assassination, bombing, hideouts, standover and more. The diminutive ex-jockey … 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
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
MARVELLOUS MELBOURNE
Journey the‘The Golden Mile’ of Collins Street to experience 180 years of iconic Melbourne places. Explore the great heritage and contemporary architecture from … Read more
Living Wild off the Land
Participate in a foraging expedition through Melbourne woodlands and foreshore exploring how Australians from Indigenous First People to early settlers, immigrants and to … 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 … Read more
Op Shops by the Bay by Bike
Go Bike! Go Op Shop! Go Bayside Melbourne! St Kilda Port Melbourne Balaclava South Melbourne Albert Park Regardless of … Read more