Melbourne Accommodation
Victoria

MELBOURNE is the capital of Victoria and the state's largest city. Melbourne is a vibrant cosmopolitan city, famous for its elegant architecture, great food, magnificent gardens and world-class sporting events. Situated on the Yarra River at Port Phillip Bay, the city boasts wide tree-lined boulevards, inviting sandy beaches and lush bush and mountain ranges in the outer eastern suburbs. Melbourne is the only Australian city to have retained its network of electric trams, which provides public transport to regions up to 20 kilometres from the Melbourne city centre.

Melbourne's central business district is located on the northern bank of the Yarra River, opposite the popular Southbank precinct on the Yarra's southern bank, and surrounded by the suburbs of West Melbourne, North Melbourne, Carlton, East Melbourne and the Docklands precinct. One of Port Phillip Bay's most popular seaside resorts, St Kilda Beach, is located just a few kilometres south of Melbourne CBD. Stay in a Melbourne hotel or Melbourne Apartment Hotel and experience Victoria's colourful capital, renowned for its culture diversity, award winning restaurants and great shopping.

Some of the most popular meeting spots in Melbourne are at the steps of the historic Flinders Street Station, the City Square and Federation Square. Now one of Melbourne's most popular landmarks, Federation Square, situated across the road from Flinders Street Station and opening out onto the Yarra River and adjacent parkland, features cafes, restaurants and a hotel.

Across the Yarra River is Melbourne Park and Olympic Park, featuring international standard sporting and entertainment arenas. South Melbourne lies between the riverfront Southbank precinct to the north and the bay side suburbs of Port Melbourne and Albert Park to the south. Accommodation on St Kilda Road is handy to Albert Park and Southbank. South Yarra is one of Melbourne's most affluent inner-city suburbs, bordered by the Yarra River in the north, Prahran in the south and Toorak to the east. Shopping, fashion and entertainment are features of South Yarra, with busy Chapel Street lined with exclusive retail outlets, cafes, and the popular Jam Factory shopping and entertainment complex. Stay in a South Yarra hotel or a South Yarra Apartment and explore Melbourne CBD.

East Melbourne lies just to the east of the Melbourne CBD, bordered in the north by the wide boulevard of Victoria Parade and to the east by Hoddle Street and the suburb of Richmond. Around half of the area covered by East Melbourne is actually devoted to parkland or sporting grounds including the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground. Stay in East Melbourne accommodation eg: City Edge Motel, Knightsbridge Apartments, Quest Jolimont.

You'll be spoilt for choice when it comes to accommodation in Melbourne. The city's wide range of accommodation has something to suit every conceivable budget, taste, holiday plan or requirement. You'll find elegant boutique hotels, lively backpacker hostels and luxurious 5 star establishments and Melbourne self-contained apartments, ideal for longer stays. There are friendly bed and breakfasts tucked away in Melbourne leafy streets and 2 or 3 star hotels in the heart of the city that will be kind to your budget. Convenient self-contained apartments complete with parking and a large number of 4 star international hotels are at all the key locations in Melbourne.


THE MORNINGTON PENINSULA is wedged between Port Phillip Bay and Western Port Bay and lies just south of Melbourne, making it a popular destination for a day trip or a longer stay. Beaches range from the safe and calm waters stretching all the way around the bay to the exhilarating surf beaches of the Rye and Sorrento back beaches, which face Bass Strait. A passenger and car ferry service, operating from Sorrento to Queenscliff, links the Mornington Peninsula with the Bellarine Peninsula, providing an alternative to the road route via Melbourne and Geelong. Attractions in the southern part of the Mornington Peninsula include the scenic peak of Arthurs Seat and the many wineries and fruit farms, which dot the landscape in the areas around Red Hill.

Seaford is located on Port Phillip Bay, 5km north of the city of Frankston, which is the gateway to the Mornington Peninsula and surrounding beaches. Frankston is a bustling and modern city, situated on Port Phillip Bay, and located between Seaford and Mount Eliza. Mornington Peninsula accommodation includes cosy bed and breakfasts, affordable Mornington Peninsula hotel and motel accommodation and apartment accommodation, ideal accommodation for families or longer stays in the Mornington Peninsula.

Mornington is popular seaside holiday destination with a number of attractive beaches, some of which are located at the base of rocky cliffs, which dominate part of the coastline in this area. Safety Beach takes its name from the calm and shallow waters of Dromana Bay, which makes it an ideal spot for children. There is a small jetty on the coast, while the coastal road of Marina Drive separates housing and commercial areas from the foreshore and the beach. Safety Beach is a particularly scenic spot, with views to the peak of Mount Martha in the north and to Arthurs Seat in the south.

Situated just inland from the beachside resorts of Dromana and Rosebud on the Mornington Peninsula, the small town of Arthurs Seat is renowned for its many natural attractions. Accommodation in Arthurs Seat mainly consists of bed and breakfast accomodation. Rosebud is one of the largest beachside commercial centres on the Mornington Peninsula. Situated on the popular holiday destination of Melbourne's Mornington Peninsula and nestled between Tootgarook and Blairgowrie, Rye is a very popular holiday destination with apartment accommodation, self-contained cottages and quaint BnB's. Rye is home to the famous Moonah Links golf course.

Portsea and Sorrento are both ideal holiday destinations. You can catch the ferry from Sorrento to Queenscliff on the Bellarine Peninsula to start your Great Ocean Road journey.

Red Hill is located inland and has a variety of vineyards, fruit farms and berry farms. The town of Hastings fronts the western shore of Western Port Bay.

If beautiful coastlines are your idea of perfect holiday, stay in Mornington Peninsula accommodation and enjoy the area's historic seaside villages, vineyards and orchards.