Across the Yarra River from the Melbourne City Centre lies Crown Casino with its gaming halls, hotel rooms and shops.
Melbourne's Southbank stretching from the Melbourne Exhibition Centre, then past the casino, to the Southgate Complex is dotted with boutiques and restaurants and is a good place to stop, on your Melbourne sightseeing tour, for a leisurely lunch and a glass or two of Australian wine.
From there you can stop by the Melbourne Concert Hall and the Performing Arts Museum, before proceeding to the National Gallery of Victoria where you come face to face with the art treasures in its keeping.
Gardens galore
The nearby Queen Victoria Gardens and the Alexandra Gardens across Alexandra Ave should be good spots for resting weary feet, before proceeding on your Melbourne sightseeing tour to the Sydney Myer Music Bowl, famous for its open air concerts, and Government House in the Kings Domain.
The Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne and the Shrine of Remembrance are close by and worth a visit as well.
Food's a matter of taste
Come dinner time and you have a choice of Melbourne’s many fine restaurants. For Italian food, you won't go wrong going to Lygon St in Carlton which is Melbourne’s Little Italy. (Yes, one of the more recent Popes did eat there on a visit to Australia.)
Food is pretty much a matter of taste and what one may rave about may not get the same reaction from another. Check out the menus for what may intrest you.
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