Tours and Tickets by Hidden Secrets Tours
Melbourne Lanes and Arcades Walking Tour
Melbourne’s atmospheric lanes and beautiful 19th-century arcades are one of the city’s highlights. On this walking tour Melbourne’s historic lanes and arcades, benefit from a small group size of just eight people and pick up tips and recommendations from a local guide. End your tour with coffee and chocolates at a local cafe. Plus, add an optional lunch upgrade.
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3 to 4 hours
Melbourne Food and Wine Walking Tour
Get the inside scoop on Melbourne’s renowned foodie scene with this 3-hour small group food and wine walking tour. Meet top chefs and expert sommeliers as you visit three of Melbourne’s mort renowned restaurants and tuck into special menu tasters, delicious seasonal delicacies and carefully selected wines. You’ll even get a map and dining guide to take away with you, so you’ll be all set for the rest of your stay.
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3 hours 30 minutes
Golden Mile Melbourne Heritage Walking Tour
For those who love history, exploring the Golden Mile Heritage Walk is a must on your visit to Melbourne. Learn about the city’s history and culture from your informative guide as you visit many historical points such as Parliament, Federation Square, and Town Hall. Break up the 2.5-hour tour with a morning drink stop at one of Melbourne’s trendy cafes and immerse yourself in the local culture.
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2 hours 30 minutes
Melbourne Cafe and Coffee Culture Walking Tour
Discover Melbourne’s unique café culture that thrives among the city’s iconic laneways and arcades. Follow your local guide through charming backstreets and learn about the city’s growing foodie scene as you visit several unique caffeine outposts. Sip your joe like a local with an included cup of coffee and light café lunch. This small-group walking tour of no more than 8 people ensures a personalized experience.
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3 hours
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Review of: Melbourne Lanes and Arcades Walking Tour
Loved this walking tour . We found out so much about the street art and music culture of Melbourne along with the history and architecture highlights . Our tour guide Harriet was so easy to listen to and chat with . Her knowledge of the area was exceptional . The hot chocolate break was perfectly placed in the middle of the walk. The walk was easy and we clocked around 6 km over the three hours . …
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Response from NB-Melbourne3000, Owner at Hidden Secrets Tours
Responded today
Dear Lyn M. So lovely to see your review of your tour with Harriet. We love hearing such feedback. Our walks are about 6k steps and across 4 blocks of the city, in and out of the laneways and smaller streets. Small groups with space for conversation and observations have been lovely for our guides as we share Melbourne and all its quirks. Thank you so much for taking the time. Kind regards Fiona, Harriet and the team Hidden Secrets Tours
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Review of: Melbourne Lanes and Arcades Walking Tour
melbourne is my favourite city, and this tour shows exactly why. i went on this tour 15 years ago and we saw shops and secret alleys and street art, they’ve just returned now we are out of lockdown and they showed the best restaurants, street art, MORE secret alleys i never knew about, and the history of the city... you didn’t even notice the shops weren’t open, most of the cafes are, and places like CRAFT victoria are real gems you can discover through wandering these streets and laneways. this is how even a melbourner can rediscover the best of their city.…
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Date of experience: December 2020
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Response from Fiona S, Owner at Hidden Secrets Tours
Responded 11 Dec 2020
Dear Lushr77, what a true delight to have you join us again after so many years and even more special after the stillness of 2020. We are so pleased you enjoyed our regular new additions, and loved the photos you shared. We are looking at new tours for 2021, so perhaps we can entice you to join us again sooner - not sure we need to wait 15 years again - and hopefully your mum can join too. Kindest regards and thanks from Harriet and myself. Fiona Owner HiddenSecretsTours
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Review of: Melbourne Lanes and Arcades Walking Tour
A very fine tour, where our guide, Nicole, opened Melbourne for us and showed us to great spots and places of interest. Accompagnied with very relevant and interesting informations about both the history of Melbourne and and all the places we were shown. We would never have foundation the Hidden Lanes and Archades on our own!! Very much recommendable!…
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Date of experience: March 2020
2 Helpful votes
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Response from NB-Melbourne3000, Owner at Hidden Secrets Tours
Responded 4 Nov 2020
Dear Hspe2016 Your thoughts here and the care an observations of our tour are really appreciated. Nicole is such a fine guide, we are so pleased to have her join our team in 2019, her city knowledge, global experience and own personal use of the city and its amazing hospitality industry are such a treat for our guests. We cannot teach what she knows, and that is the delight we have in employing local tour guides who work in other industries such that their knowledge and storytelling is enhanced by their other relevant and contextual experiences. We are so pleased you enjoyed the laneways, and arcades, such a fan we are of these. Kindest regards, safe travels when you can again. Fiona, Nicole and all the team at Hidden Secrets Tours. Melbourne
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Review of: Melbourne Lanes and Arcades Walking Tour
My friend and I had the luxury of being guided by Charley, who proved to be personable, kind, and extremely knowedable of local history. We were lucky to be the entire "group" so we felt we had a personal guided tour. And the coffee/chocolate break included in the tour was a most welcome treat, indeed! It was most worthwhile!…
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Date of experience: March 2020
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Response from NB-Melbourne3000, Owner at Hidden Secrets Tours
Responded 4 Nov 2020
Dear Stpteach. THANKYOU so much for writing a lovely note here, we have risen from our hibernation, and are so pleased you got to have a tour with Charlie - and just for you!. - We don't have this happen too often, our public tours only need a minimum of 2, so you were in luck that day. So pleased you enjoyed the chocolate stop in the middle of the tour, and that Charlies passion for our local history kept you entertained. Our small streets are just the starting point for these wonderful insights of how Melbourne evolved, and continues to do so today. thank you again for taking the time, we do hope you explore our city again soon, or take a walking tour in the next metropolis you visit. Kind regards Fiona , Charlie and the whole team Hidden Secrets Tours, Melbourne
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Review of: Melbourne Lanes and Arcades Walking Tour
After a long flight from the USA ... and checking into a hotel . You wonder what made you think of taking a 3 hour walking tour... Well this was the best decision .... Lara was our guide and was on time and gathered the small group . Laid out what was a head for our tour ! Well , the history of Melbourne and the Arcades and all the local stops made this memorable. The stop for coffee in a local shop filled with history was the perfect midway to help us be reenergized. Lara provided tips for the balance of our trip in Melbourne which helped us to maximize our time in this amaizing city. Thank you!…
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Date of experience: February 2020
3 Helpful votes
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Response from NB-Melbourne3000, Owner at Hidden Secrets Tours
Responded 4 Nov 2020
Dear Mary F! What a trip of a lifetime it now has become, goodness we do hope you got to enjoy our amazing regional features as well as our beloved Melbourne - yes we are all a little besotted, but you wouldn't expect anything else as tour guides. I am so pleased you enjoyed our fabulous Lara's tour, She has been with us now for many years, and as a creative artist herself her city recommendations are great for us guides and managers too! We have been working with the fabulous Koko Black for 16 years, and their special room is ideal for a break mid way. Thank you so much for your kind words and effort to write here. We are getting ready to finally welcome guests back this November Kindest regards Fiona and the team Hidden Secrets Tours - Melbourne
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