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Melbourne History & Donuts Walking Tour

By Fit City Tours
10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
Free cancellation available
Price is S$122 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

Discover Melbourne’s hidden laneways, street art, coffee culture, and fascinating past on this relaxed small-group walking tour through the heart of the city.

Beginning at Federation Square, this 2.5-hour experience combines iconic Melbourne sights with local stories, historic landmarks, coffee, and two delicious donut stops along the way. Explore famous locations including Hosier Lane, Degraves Street, Hardware Lane, and Queen Victoria Market while uncovering hidden corners many visitors miss.

Designed as a conversational walk-and-talk experience, your local guide shares stories about Melbourne’s history, sporting obsession, café culture, architecture, and how the city evolved from a rough gold rush town into Australia’s cultural capital.

The tour finishes surrounded by Melbourne’s famous laneway atmosphere.

Activity location

  • Federation Square
    • Corner Swanston and Flinders Streets,
    • 3000, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • 2 Swanston St
    • 2 Swanston Street
    • 3000, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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History & Donuts Walking Tour

  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes2h 30m
    2h 30m
  • English

10:30am Tour

Language options: English
Starting time: 10:30
Price details
S$122.25 x 1 AdultS$122.25
Total
Price is S$122.25
Until Fri, 29 May

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    We stop for donuts - twice - on this tour.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    We stop for coffee on this tour.

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Federation Square

  • 5m
We begin at Federation Square, Melbourne’s cultural hub, where your guide sets the scene for the city’s history, landmarks, and morning energy.

Hosier Lane

  • 5m
In Hosier Lane, we explore Melbourne’s iconic street art scene and how it reflects the city’s evolving identity.

Flinders Street Station

  • 5m
Learn about the birth of rail travel in Australia, rumoured blueprint mix ups, and odd jobs

Degraves Street

  • 5m
At Degraves Street, we take in the iconic café culture and celebrate the entrepreneurs who transformed this laneway into one of Melbourne’s most vibrant spots.

Centre Place

  • 5m
At Centre Place, we soak in the laneway café culture that helped define Melbourne’s modern-day personality.

The Mitre Tavern

  • 5m
Learn about the oldest building in Melbourne, it's intriguing facade, and the spooky resident residing within

Hardware Lane

  • 5m
Wandering through Hardware Lane, we uncover stories of European influence, hidden speakeasies, and Melbourne’s layered past.

Queen Victoria Market

  • 15m
At Queen Vic Market, we highlight its role in Melbourne’s multicultural food storey — and grab a legendary donut, of course. (Closed Monday & Wednesday: an alternative donut stop is used)

Old Melbourne Gaol

  • 10m
Uncover the stories of the Old Melbourne Gaol's inmates, including Frederick Deeming and Ned Kelly- two of Australia's most chilling criminals.

State Library Victoria

  • 2m
We finish at the State Library, where stunning architecture and public history come together in one of Melbourne’s most treasured institutions.

Location

Activity location

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    Federation Square
    • Corner Swanston and Flinders Streets,
    • 3000, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    2 Swanston St
    • 2 Swanston Street
    • 3000, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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