All roads lead to the CBD. Flinders Street Station is a good starting point to wander on foot, or a train to Melbourne Central will drop you right in the middle of the action. Trams are free in the CBD but remember to touch on when on the 57 to North Melbourne or the 109 to Port Melbourne Beach.

Despite what you may have heard, print isn’t dead — and we’ve got the bookshops to prove it. Get lost in the shelves of The Paperback or Metropolis, before walking up to Carlton Gardens to find a spot to read under a shady tree next to the Royal Exhibition Building.

If the street name has ‘Little’ or ‘Lane’ in it, it’s a goer. From Flinders Lane to Little Collins and Little Bourke streets, the CBD is waiting to be explored. Otherwise, stroll down Coventry Street to the South Melbourne Market, or choose from the many family-run restaurants on Lygon Street.

Melbourne’s Chinatown is the oldest Chinatown in the Southern Hemisphere. Running along Little Bourke Street, between Swanston and Spring, the area dates back to the gold rush days of the 1850s and is home to institutions like Supper Inn.