Apartment Alkira – Boutique Melbourne Short Stay Accommodation

Aren’t these fluorescent green gnomes just something else? You gotta have them, right?   Well everything in this wee little boutique of curios is just the same. Delightful, whimsical and quite often just gorgeous. The gnomes are at the zanier end of the collection – the small porcelain butterflies would suit a brader range of [...]

The food at this place won’t put you into a gastronomic coma and the coffee’s a bit ho-hum, but with her sweeping city views across the river, there are few better places to drink up Melbourne at her sparkly best. Location, location, location. Darling. On a sultry summer’s evening the city lights dazzle while you [...]

Very cute name, huh?   Ok, well maybe it’s just my childhood associations with the word ‘dispensary’ that’s got me addicted to this place (lolly dispensary, chocolate dispensary, shall I go on?), but this place gets into your veins.  Sure it’s full of gorgeousness of the mostly ‘non-critical’ variety, but really, who could walk out [...]

So, it’s just you, your map of Melbourne and the sparrows.  In need of a kick-start breaky before you hit the streets? Not sure where to head? Well, if your CBD accommodation of choice is Apartment Alkira, you simply saunter half a block up the road, to a quaint wee place at 95 Queen Street. [...]

If you’re looking for accommodation in the city of Melbourne (CBD) we’d love you to stay with us. The central city serviced apartment is close to everything – museums, galleries, public transport, the major stadiums, theatres, the aquarium, cafes and restaurants – and of course the best of Melbourne’s shopping. The short-stay apartment is modern, [...]

This bright shiny bauble is the newest kid at the groovy end of Hardware Street.  Where Hardware Lane ‘Proper’ has become a crass strip of overpriced sidewalk restaurants, the rawer, slightly edgy end of Hardware Street on the north side of Lonsdale Street offers delights from a sensational music shop to this little gem of [...]

e.g.etal deals in seriously groovy designer jewellery.   I fell upon it a few years ago when it was located in Little Collins Street and neither my wallet nor my neckline have been the same since. You know it’s going to be a few notches above what you’ll find on rotating department store racks when their [...]

A rare find in the heart of Melbourne, Apartment Alkira is a spacious, light- filled one bedroom apartment available for short-stay accommodation in Melbourne’s CBD. The recently renovated self-contained apartment is located in one of the city’s most striking Art Deco buildings. The second floor apartment accommodation is one of only two apartments on the [...]

Vue de Monde is undeniably one of Melbourne’s *starlet* eateries, but if you can’t get in, or don’t want to part with the requisite *starlet* pennies, Café Vue will give you an inexpensive way to hover in the glow of the Vue de Monde halo.  Open for brekky and lunch Monday to Friday, it’s worth [...]

If you’re heading to the Arts Precinct across Princes Bridge, (National Gallery, Arts Centre, Hamer Hall) you’ll probably need to augment your gallery/music/theatre experience with a glass of bubbles or a bite at one of several eateries in the area. The ‘coolest’ by far is ‘Curve’ tucked away to one side of the Arts Centre [...]