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Romance & Glamour: Discover Melbourne's true Italian food history

By Timbro Tondo Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is S$112 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h
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Overview

Have you ever wondered why Melbourne is obsessed with coffee and in love with pasta?

Then join Australia's leading Italian food historian as she answers this question (and more!) while guiding cultural explorers on a walk from the Royal Exhibition Building into the heart of Carlton.

Drawing on her original research, Tania tells the largely unknown storey of how ideas of Italy influenced the acceptance of Italian food. Myths will be busted and mysteries uncovered as you meet some of the migrant visionaries and mavericks who paved the way for Italians and their food to become the mainstream mainstays of multiculturalism.

The walk includes:

  • Expert commentary from Australia's leading Italian food historian
  • Coffee and a sweet treat from Australia's first Italian cookbook
  • Entry into the Museo Italiano
  • A glass of wine and a generous antipasto at one of Carlton's historic cafes

Activity location

  • Royal Exhibition Building
    • Carlton Gardens, 11 Nicholson Street, Carlton
    • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Hochgurtel Fountain
    • 9 Nicholson Street
    • 3053, Carlton, Victoria, Australia

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Romance & Glamour: Discover Melbourne's true Italian food history
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 14:00
Price details
S$111.79 x 1 AdultS$111.79
Total
Price is S$111.79
Until Fri, 27 Mar

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    A glass of prosecco or house wine
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Coffee and/or Tea
  • What's includedWhat's included
    A generous antipasto of cheese, charcuterie, foccacia, olives and various pickles plus a sweet treat from Australia's first Italian cookbook

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
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Royal Exhibition Building

  • 45m
Meet food historian Dr Tania Cammarano and find out why the Royal Exhibition Building has a starring role in Melbourne's Italian food history.

Little Lonsdale Street

  • 45m
Visit the site where Australia's first Italian cookbook was published back in 1937.

Lygon Street

  • 30m
Relax with a coffee stop on Lygon Street and find out about some of the city's earliest Italian food entrepreneurs.

Museo Italiano

  • 30m
Check out one of Melbourne's earliest espresso machines as well as plates, menus and other ephemera from the city's Italian restaurants of the 1920s.

University Cafe

  • 30m
Debrief with the group and share a generous antipasto and glass of wine at one of Carlton's historic cafes.

Location

Activity location

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    Royal Exhibition Building
    • Carlton Gardens, 11 Nicholson Street, Carlton
    • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Hochgurtel Fountain
    • 9 Nicholson Street
    • 3053, Carlton, Victoria, Australia

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