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  • Three people on a walking tour with a tour guide in a laneway, looking up.
  • Three people walking through a Melbourne laneway with red-brick buildings on either side, seen from behind.
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  • Three people on a walking tour with a Fit City tour guide, all looking up, the peach-coloured Mitre Tavern behind them.
Until 31 Dec

Icons of Melbourne Walking Tour

  • Walking tour
  • Events

Step beyond the surface and explore Melbourne like never before on this Icons of Melbourne Walking Tour. This two-hour journey takes you from the historic State Library Victoria to Federation Square, uncovering the stories, people, and places that made Melbourne iconic. Along the way, explore lesser-known gems and locals treasure, far beyond the obvious attractions.

As you wander Melbourne’s streets and laneways, you’ll discover historic churches, hear about influential Melburnians, and visit cafés and bars that capture Melbourne’s coffee and dining culture. From hidden artwork to architectural marvels, this tour celebrates the city’s creativity and innovation.

Whether it’s street art or stories of historic figures, you’ll leave with a new appreciation for Melbourne. Perfect for locals and visitors alike, this tour highlights the iconic and the unexpected, offering a deeper connection to the city.

Hours

Date Times
Sat 7 Jun
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Sun 8 Jun
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Mon 9 Jun
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Tue 10 Jun
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Wed 11 Jun
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Thu 12 Jun
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Fri 13 Jun
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Sat 14 Jun
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Sun 15 Jun
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Mon 16 Jun
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Tue 17 Jun
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Wed 18 Jun
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Thu 19 Jun
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Fri 20 Jun
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Sat 21 Jun
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Sun 22 Jun
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Mon 23 Jun
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Tue 24 Jun
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Wed 25 Jun
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Thu 26 Jun
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Fri 27 Jun
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Sat 28 Jun
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Sun 29 Jun
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Mon 30 Jun
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Tue 1 Jul
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Wed 2 Jul
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Thu 3 Jul
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Fri 4 Jul
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Sat 5 Jul
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Sun 6 Jul
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Mon 7 Jul
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Tue 8 Jul
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Wed 9 Jul
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Thu 10 Jul
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Fri 11 Jul
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Sat 12 Jul
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Sun 13 Jul
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Mon 14 Jul
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Tue 15 Jul
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Wed 16 Jul
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Thu 17 Jul
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Fri 18 Jul
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Sat 19 Jul
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Sun 20 Jul
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Mon 21 Jul
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Tue 22 Jul
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Wed 23 Jul
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Thu 24 Jul
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Fri 25 Jul
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Sat 26 Jul
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Sun 27 Jul
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Mon 28 Jul
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Tue 29 Jul
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Wed 30 Jul
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Thu 31 Jul
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Fri 1 Aug
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Sat 2 Aug
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Sun 3 Aug
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Mon 4 Aug
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Wed 6 Aug
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Thu 7 Aug
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Fri 8 Aug
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Sat 9 Aug
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Sun 10 Aug
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Mon 11 Aug
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Tue 12 Aug
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Wed 13 Aug
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Thu 14 Aug
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Fri 15 Aug
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Sat 16 Aug
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Sun 17 Aug
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Mon 18 Aug
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Tue 19 Aug
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Wed 20 Aug
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Thu 21 Aug
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Fri 22 Aug
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Wed 27 Aug
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Thu 28 Aug
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Fri 29 Aug
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Sat 30 Aug
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Sun 31 Aug
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Mon 1 Sep
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Wed 3 Sep
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Mon 8 Sep
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Wed 10 Sep
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Thu 11 Sep
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Fri 12 Sep
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Mon 15 Sep
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Wed 17 Sep
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Thu 18 Sep
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Fri 19 Sep
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Sat 20 Sep
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Sun 21 Sep
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Mon 22 Sep
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Tue 23 Sep
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Wed 24 Sep
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Thu 25 Sep
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Fri 26 Sep
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Sat 27 Sep
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Sun 28 Sep
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Mon 29 Sep
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Tue 30 Sep
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Wed 1 Oct
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Thu 2 Oct
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Fri 3 Oct
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Sat 4 Oct
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Sun 5 Oct
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Mon 6 Oct
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Tue 7 Oct
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Wed 8 Oct
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Thu 9 Oct
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Fri 10 Oct
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Sat 11 Oct
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Sun 12 Oct
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Mon 13 Oct
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Tue 14 Oct
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Wed 15 Oct
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Thu 16 Oct
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Fri 17 Oct
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Sat 18 Oct
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Sun 19 Oct
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Mon 20 Oct
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Tue 21 Oct
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Wed 22 Oct
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Thu 23 Oct
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Fri 24 Oct
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Sat 25 Oct
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Sun 26 Oct
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Mon 27 Oct
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Tue 28 Oct
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Wed 29 Oct
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Thu 30 Oct
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Fri 31 Oct
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Sun 2 Nov
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Mon 3 Nov
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Tue 4 Nov
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Wed 5 Nov
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Thu 6 Nov
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Fri 7 Nov
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Sat 8 Nov
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Sun 9 Nov
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Mon 10 Nov
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Tue 11 Nov
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Wed 12 Nov
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Thu 13 Nov
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Fri 14 Nov
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Sat 15 Nov
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Sun 16 Nov
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Mon 17 Nov
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Tue 18 Nov
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Wed 19 Nov
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Thu 20 Nov
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Fri 21 Nov
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Sat 22 Nov
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Sun 23 Nov
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Mon 24 Nov
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Tue 25 Nov
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Wed 26 Nov
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Thu 27 Nov
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Fri 28 Nov
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Sat 29 Nov
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Sun 30 Nov
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Mon 1 Dec
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Tue 2 Dec
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Wed 3 Dec
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Thu 4 Dec
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Fri 5 Dec
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Sat 6 Dec
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Sun 7 Dec
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Mon 8 Dec
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Tue 9 Dec
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Wed 10 Dec
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Thu 11 Dec
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Fri 12 Dec
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Sat 13 Dec
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Sun 14 Dec
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Mon 15 Dec
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Tue 16 Dec
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Wed 17 Dec
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Thu 18 Dec
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Fri 19 Dec
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Sat 20 Dec
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Sun 21 Dec
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Mon 22 Dec
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Tue 23 Dec
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Wed 24 Dec
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Thu 25 Dec
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Fri 26 Dec
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Sat 27 Dec
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Sun 28 Dec
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Mon 29 Dec
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Tue 30 Dec
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Wed 31 Dec
  • 1.30pm - 3.30pm 1:30pm - 3:30pm

Location

Meet on the steps
State Library Victoria
328 Swanston St
Melbourne 3000

Open in maps location for State Library Victoria

Price and bookings

Adult / general $97

Booking not required

Book online for Icons of Melbourne Walking Tour

Contact details

  • telephone number: 0430 472 975
  • email address: bookings@fitcitytours.com.au
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