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Melbourne Coffee and Café Culture Walk
Activity Schedule
Key Highlights
- Discover the best cafés in Melbourne
- A tour full of fun and quirkiness
- Perfect for coffee connoisseurs and food buffs
- Great insider tips on where to go in Melbourne
- Complimentary coffee and light lunch included
- Small group tour ensures more personal attention
Overview
Melbourne is known as “Australia’s Coffee Capital” with good reason. Share the city’s passion for coffee and explore its famous foodie scene on this taste-bud tantalizing tour.
Follow your expert local guide through the city’s labyrinth of cobbled lanes and sniff the rich aromas on the air. Jump on a tram and escape the crowds as you travel to some of the city’s best cafés. Enjoy tastings of scrumptious sweet and savory morsels while your guide tells all kinds of fascinating anecdotes and information about the city.
Learn about Melbourne’s long love affair with the coffee bean. How it was encouraged by the Temperance movement in the 19th century, boosted by the arrival of the first expresso machines in the mid-20th century and nurtured by a large Italian immigrant population.
See how café culture has matured over the years so that now the city boasts an eclectic mix of traditional cafés with period charm as well as hip modern joints.
The tour ends with a light lunch during which your guide will share helpful tips about other places to explore.Itinerary
The popular Melbourne Coffee and Café Culture Walk combines great coffee with delicious food tastings and useful insider tips. To join the tour, meet your guide outside the Hill of Content book shop, 89 Burke Street.
Wander through picturesque lanes discovering Melbourne’s rich and diverse café culture. Travel by tram to find cafés that other visitors, and even locals, may not know about.
During the tour you’ll find discover the history of Melbourne’s obsession for coffee which dates back to the 1830s when the first coffee houses appeared in the city. The drinking of coffee was actively promoted by the Temperance movement which aimed to wean Melbourne’s citizens off alcohol.
In the 1950s coffee drinking and café culture received another boost with the arrival of Expresso machines and an influx of European immigrants who appreciated good coffee. Today the eclectic café scene is catering to an increasingly sophisticated and varied clientele.
During the tour you will enjoy a range of tasty food samples, both sweet and savory. You can talk to the café owners and find out more about the thriving coffee culture of the city.
The tour ends at a local café after you have enjoyed a light lunch and perfectly brewed coffee.Inclusions
- Tram ticket
- English-speaking guide
- Light café-style lunch
- Coffee and food tastings
- Information pack with city maps
- Reusable coffee cup
Exclusions
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off
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