How many days do you need in Melbourne?
Three days. That is the length of the itinerary we built for Melbourne.
Here is what each day holds. Every stop below carries its time, and every gap says how to get to the next stop, with the walk or drive time wherever both stops are mapped.
Melbourne · 3 days Australia
Best time: March to May (autumn) and September to November (spring) are the most reliable.
The Laneways & the MarketDay 1
🍽️9:00 AMQueen Victoria Market
A sprawling 19th-century market of produce, deli halls, and street food that has fed the city for over 140 years.
🚶 ~25 min · 🚗 ~3 min · 0.9 mi
📍12:30 PMHosier Lane
The most famous of the CBD's street-art laneways, its bluestone walls repainted constantly with new murals.
🚶 ~2 min · 🚗 ~1 min · 475 ft
🌆6:00 PMFederation Square
The city's angular public heart beside the Yarra, a gathering point that spills into the surrounding bars and Flinders Lane.
Southbank & the GardensDay 2
🌳9:00 AMRoyal Botanic Gardens Victoria
Lakes, lawns, and rare plantings across the river from the centre, a quiet green start to the day.
🚶 ~22 min · 🚗 ~3 min · 0.8 mi
📍12:30 PMNGV International
Australia's oldest and most-visited art museum, entered through a wall of water on St Kilda Road.
🚶 ~7 min · 🚗 ~1 min · 0.3 mi
📍6:00 PMSouthbank Promenade
A riverside walk of restaurants and buskers that glows as the arts-precinct towers reflect in the Yarra.
St Kilda & the BayDay 3
🌳9:00 AMSt Kilda Beach
A wide bayside beach a short tram ride from the centre, backed by palm-lined Esplanade.
🚶 ~3 min · 🚗 ~1 min · 0.1 mi
🌳12:30 PMLuna Park St Kilda
The grinning Mr Moon face has fronted this heritage amusement park since 1912; nearby Acland Street is lined with cake shops.
🚶 ~13 min · 🚗 ~2 min · 0.5 mi
📍6:00 PMSt Kilda Pier
Walk out for sunset over the bay and, at dusk, the little penguins that shelter in the breakwater rocks.
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