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Today Melbourne is the second-largest city in Australia and the capital of
the state of Victoria. Melbourne is built on a coastal plain at the top of
the giant horseshoe shaped Port Phillip Bay, which also serves as the mouth
of the mighty Yarra River. Located on the southern coast of Australia’s
eastern seaboard, Melbourne is perhaps Australia’s most cultured and
politically conservative city. Melbourne features include Victorian-era
architecture, bounteous cultural institutions museums, art galleries,
theatres and spaciously landscaped parks and gardens. Its 3.5 million
population is multicultural and entirely sports-mad.
Melbourne prides itself on being a great city. It's hardly surprising, with its spectacular combination of old and new architecture, elegant streetscapes, harmonious ethnic communities and lavish parks & gardens. Include Australia's best dining; an efficient transit system and a packed events calendar and you have all the ingredients for one of the most enlightened and livable cities in the world. Melbourne has a lively passion for social eating and drinking, which is reflected in the thousands of restaurants serving up gastronomic experiences from around the world. Everywhere you look you will uncover a vast array of fashionable cafes, where you can enjoy Melbourne's existential coffee culture to the fullest. Melbourne is a style-setter with some of the best shopping and nightlife in Australia. Whether you are searching for haute couture or vintage clothing, sparkling chardonnay, über-chic bars, clubs or jazz venues, Melbourne has it all. Melbourne's standing as the cultural capital of Australia is authenticated in a non-stop program of festivals, major art exhibitions and musical extravaganzas. The city boasts many sporting spectaculars and a range of crowd-pleasing events, from the high-octane excitement of the Australian Grand Prix to the beautiful floral displays of the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show.
When you venture outside Melbourne, diverse regional areas and attractions proffer dramatic coastal vistas, ski slopes, outback wilderness, vineyards, rugged mountain peaks and enthralling wildlife. Attracting visitors from all four corners of the globe. All attractions are easily accessible, ensuring your Melbourne experience is even more rich and rewarding. |
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Other Victoria Destinations worth to visitMacedon Ranges Spa and Wine RegionIn Daylesford, no matter where your fairytale begins, you won't want it to end. Especially if your fairytale starts in a mineral spring or with a decadent afternoon massage in Daylesford or the surrounding spa towns. Since 1896 the famous Hepburn Spa Resort in Hepburn Springs has drawn people to the area to bathe in warmed mineral water sourced from the nearby natural springs, and to enjoy its restorative powers. Today the numerous spas in the area offer everything you need to relax and rejuvenate. Private spas offer aromatherapy, homeopathic or Australian Bush Flower essences added to baths to scent the water and increase the therapeutic benefits. Spa couches with aero jets give a powerful water massage, flotation tanks cocoon you from the pressures of the outside world, and a heavy mineral salt pool makes you feel weightless, allowing your body to relax. Having bathed, consider a massage. Many highly skilled masseurs have come to the region because of its reputation for health and well-being and the area now has arguably the greatest concentration of masseurs and natural therapists in Australia. Try everything from acupuncture, traditional Chinese massage, Bowen therapy and shiatsu to fabulous facials, mud baths, Reiki and reflexology. You can even arrange for a masseur to come to you at your cottage or country retreat. |
