Explore Melbourne
Opening hours, prices and tickets for places worth your time.
observation tower · Melbourne Closed now
Melbourne Skydeck is the observation deck on level 88 of Eureka Tower, a 297-metre residential skyscraper in Southbank completed in 2006. Its glass-walled floor looks out over the city, the Yarra River and Port Phillip Bay, and The Edge, a glass cube, extends three metres out from the building with visitors inside.
Official siteTickets available
Closed now
St Patrick's Cathedral is the Roman Catholic cathedral of Melbourne, in East Melbourne. Designed by William Wardell in Gothic Revival style and built of bluestone from 1858, it was consecrated in 1897 and its spires were completed in 1939. Pope Paul VI made it a minor basilica in 1974; inside are chapels around the sanctuary and stained-glass windows.
Free entryNo ticket needed
botanical garden · Melbourne Closed now
Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne cover 38 hectares on the south bank of the Yarra River, on land reserved for a botanic garden in 1846. Lawns, lakes and garden beds hold about 50,000 plants of 8,500 species in themed living collections, among them a fern gully, a herb garden and a children's garden.
Free entryNo ticket needed
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