Top Laneways To Visit For Free In Melbourne

With many shopping places, destinations, attractions and culture, Melbourne has endless options for tourists. And you can do that without breaking the bank. Melbourne's lively laneways are hidden between the wide, ordered streets where bullock carts hauled goods in the 19th century.

Wondering why you might be interested in visiting Melbourne's Laneways? Food, fashion and art are some of the reasons you might want to visit the many laneways in Melbourne. That's not enough, you can sample boutiques too. The wide, ordered streets always attract a lot of traffic but you can escape Melbourne's modern-day traffic in these charming backstreets. They have numerous places to relax from a busy day.

Laneways are also interesting places for those doing cultural, art and historic tours.

1. Center Place: This is one of the popular places for those planning for Melbourne Laneway tours. It place has many tiny eateries lined along the laneway where tourists go to taste different cuisines. You will love the beauty and even want to take photographs.

2. Hosier Lane: Being the center of Melbourne street art, it should be a popular destination for people planning Melbourne Laneway tours with a preference for arts such as wall to wall murals, stencils and posters. It also connects to Rutledge, another destination for tourists.

3. AC/DC Lane: It was named to honor the iconic Australian heavy rock band and still comprise of famed venues. It is also decorated with street art.

4. Attersalls Lane: This laneway in Chinatown hosts restaurants such as the Shanghai Dumpling House where you can go to taste noodles or rice.

5. Meyers Place: A popular destination for those who love nightlife. You can have an valuable experience at Yarra Valley wine tasting tours.

6. Hardware Lane: It provides dwellers and tourists a Southern European feel and is popular as a Melbourne dining destination where people get a wide range of cuisines.

7. Degraves Street: This is a tiny laneway that hosts restaurants and it attracts hordes of people also looking for lunch.

8. Blender Lane: If you love Melbourne’s famous street art, this is a great place to go enjoy splendid colours, with stencils, murals, tags and paste-ups filling the surface of the laneway.

9. Block Place and Block Arcade: It hosts several hole-in-the-wall coffee shops and eateries. There are also grand architecture, tea rooms and bespoke boutiques of famous Block Arcade. Besides perusing the racks, you can visit in-store performance at Basement Discs record stores.

10. Cocker Alley: It is also an alley famous for street art and you can also find artwork of Banksy.

Apart from the above options, Degraves Street and Centre Place are the places to be if you love the aroma of good coffee and gourmet outlets. You can also shop for home ware in home ware stores along these lanes. These laneways also have stylish boutiques and small, popular lunch places.