{"id":64179,"date":"2021-06-28T12:28:37","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T12:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.headout.com\/blog\/?p=64179"},"modified":"2024-01-18T08:35:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T04:35:52","slug":"melbourne-travel-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.headout.com\/blog\/melbourne-travel-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting Melbourne? Explore with this handy Melbourne travel guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Melbourne Travel Guide?<\/h2>\n<p>Melbourne is the capital of the Australian state of Victoria.  Golden beaches, art-infused streets, botanical gardens, and an ultra-liberal city life transpires Melbourne. There are plenty of things to do from skydiving, visiting the various attractions, to taking an epic road trip along the great ocean road. Your visit to the garden city will be made easy-peasy with this latest Melbourne Travel Guide. It sums up the top things to do, tips about the culture, journey and stays in Melbourne. <\/p>\n<h2>Why Melbourne?<\/h2>\n<p>Melbourne was ranked as the world\u2019s most livable city in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Global_Liveability_Ranking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global Liveability Ranking<\/a> by the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economist_Intelligence_Unit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Economist Intelligence Unit<\/a> for 7 years. Wonder why? The city is packed with year-round sports events, art galleries, music festivals, food carnivals, fascinating attractions, sandy beaches and a zillion more things to explore. This has put the city on top of the list for not only Australian settlers but also travelers from across the globe. <\/p>\n<h2>Top 10 Things To Do in Melbourne<\/h2>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.headout.com\/blog\/sea-life-melbourne-aquarium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-imgix.headout.com\/tour\/19553\/TOUR-IMAGE\/543a84da-7aa5-40ac-a514-d45f02eb79d3-10510-melbourne-sea-life-melbourne-01.jpg?fm=pjpg&amp;auto=compress&amp;w=400&amp;h=325&amp;crop=faces&amp;fit=min\" data-sizes=\"auto\" alt=\"Melbourne travel guide\" sizes=\"261px\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-imgix.headout.com\/tour\/19553\/TOUR-IMAGE\/543a84da-7aa5-40ac-a514-d45f02eb79d3-10510-melbourne-sea-life-melbourne-01.jpg?fm=pjpg&amp;auto=compress&amp;w=400&amp;h=325&amp;crop=faces&amp;fit=min\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"3561624381\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\">                                1 <span><\/span> <span>SEA Life Melbourne Aquarium<\/span>                    <\/a>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.headout.com\/blog\/tandem-skydive-melbourne\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-imgix.headout.com\/tour\/19209\/TOUR-IMAGE\/a66c0f7d-920f-4c56-8be9-2b826fd10ff5-10353-sydney-skydive-great-ocean-road-01.jpg?fm=pjpg&amp;auto=compress&amp;w=400&amp;h=325&amp;crop=faces&amp;fit=min\" data-sizes=\"auto\" alt=\"Melbourne travel guide\" sizes=\"261px\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-imgix.headout.com\/tour\/19209\/TOUR-IMAGE\/a66c0f7d-920f-4c56-8be9-2b826fd10ff5-10353-sydney-skydive-great-ocean-road-01.jpg?fm=pjpg&amp;auto=compress&amp;w=400&amp;h=325&amp;crop=faces&amp;fit=min\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"2802323124\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\">                                2 <span><\/span> <span>Skydive Melbourne<\/span>                    <\/a>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.headout.com\/blog\/eureka-skydeck-melbourne\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-imgix.headout.com\/tour\/19560\/TOUR-IMAGE\/c9ecb74d-b4c0-44d4-a6aa-779ad61c42d0-10516-melbourne-eureka-skydeck-03.jpg?fm=pjpg&amp;auto=compress&amp;w=400&amp;h=325&amp;crop=faces&amp;fit=min\" data-sizes=\"auto\" alt=\"Melbourne travel guide\" sizes=\"261px\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-imgix.headout.com\/tour\/19560\/TOUR-IMAGE\/c9ecb74d-b4c0-44d4-a6aa-779ad61c42d0-10516-melbourne-eureka-skydeck-03.jpg?fm=pjpg&amp;auto=compress&amp;w=400&amp;h=325&amp;crop=faces&amp;fit=min\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"2834370942\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\">                                3 <span><\/span> <span>Eureka Skydeck<\/span>                    <\/a>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.headout.com\/blog\/werribee-open-range-zoo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-imgix.headout.com\/tour\/19556\/TOUR-IMAGE\/ac06a0b3-6079-4e7f-b588-2b2260615db7-10513-melbourne-werribee-open-range-zoo-entry-ticket-03.jpg?fm=pjpg&amp;auto=compress&amp;w=400&amp;h=325&amp;crop=faces&amp;fit=min\" data-sizes=\"auto\" alt=\"Melbourne travel guide\" sizes=\"261px\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-imgix.headout.com\/tour\/19556\/TOUR-IMAGE\/ac06a0b3-6079-4e7f-b588-2b2260615db7-10513-melbourne-werribee-open-range-zoo-entry-ticket-03.jpg?fm=pjpg&amp;auto=compress&amp;w=400&amp;h=325&amp;crop=faces&amp;fit=min\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"1984447312\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\">                                4 <span><\/span> <span>Werribee Open Range Zoo<\/span>                    <\/a>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.headout.com\/blog\/melbourne-zoo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-imgix.headout.com\/tour\/19554\/TOUR-IMAGE\/e09342b5-4b3e-4d1f-8933-0d1577d2e6ea-10511-melbourne-melbourne-zoo-entry-ticket-05.jpg?fm=pjpg&amp;auto=compress&amp;w=400&amp;h=325&amp;crop=faces&amp;fit=min\" data-sizes=\"auto\" alt=\"Melbourne travel guide\" sizes=\"261px\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-imgix.headout.com\/tour\/19554\/TOUR-IMAGE\/e09342b5-4b3e-4d1f-8933-0d1577d2e6ea-10511-melbourne-melbourne-zoo-entry-ticket-05.jpg?fm=pjpg&amp;auto=compress&amp;w=400&amp;h=325&amp;crop=faces&amp;fit=min\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"3083403574\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\">                                5 <span><\/span> <span>Melbourne Zoo<\/span>                    <\/a>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.headout.com\/blog\/legoland-melbourne\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-imgix.headout.com\/tour\/19555\/TOUR-IMAGE\/5552322c-b3e1-497c-9cd9-17b5a369b4a9-10512-melbourne-legoland-discovery-centre-03.jpg?fm=pjpg&amp;auto=compress&amp;w=400&amp;h=325&amp;crop=faces&amp;fit=min\" data-sizes=\"auto\" alt=\"Melbourne travel guide\" sizes=\"261px\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-imgix.headout.com\/tour\/19555\/TOUR-IMAGE\/5552322c-b3e1-497c-9cd9-17b5a369b4a9-10512-melbourne-legoland-discovery-centre-03.jpg?fm=pjpg&amp;auto=compress&amp;w=400&amp;h=325&amp;crop=faces&amp;fit=min\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"3360751808\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\">                                6 <span><\/span> <span>Legoland Melbourne <\/span>                    <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.headout.com\/blog\/phillip-island-penguin-parade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-imgix.headout.com\/tour\/27399\/TOUR-IMAGE\/ddaa0491-5311-48b2-8665-4d84acdf3bdc-14496-melbourne-phillip-island-nature-parks---4-parks-pass-10.jpg?auto=compress&amp;fm=pjpg&amp;w=1000&amp;h=700&amp;q=20&amp;crop=faces&amp;fit=min?fm=pjpg&amp;auto=compress&amp;w=400&amp;h=325&amp;crop=faces&amp;fit=min\" data-sizes=\"auto\" alt=\"Melbourne travel guide\" sizes=\"261px\" loading=\"lazy\" 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Melbourne is the capital of the Australian state of Victoria. Golden beaches, art-infused streets, botanical gardens, and an ultra-liberal city life transpires Melbourne. There are plenty of things to do from skydiving, visiting the various attractions, to taking an epic road trip along the great ocean road. Your visit to the garden [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":65810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[891,1139],"tags":[6343,6273,6430,6342,6463],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Melbourne Travel Guide | What To Do \u2022 Budget Tips \u2022 Itineraries + More<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Visiting Melbourne? 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