Apartment Alkira – Boutique Melbourne Short Stay Accommodation

Coming to Melbourne? Want accommodation right in the thick of things? Our Apartments spacious, light- filled one bedroom accommodation available for short or longer stays  in Melbourne’s CBD. Close to the hub of the action for foodies, art lovers, theatre goers and shoppers, yet set back a bit for a quiet night’s sleep in a [...]

Apartment Alkira was recently featured in an episode of Melbourne’s Travel program “Postcards.

Various Venues Lots at the Melbourne Town Hall Melbourne is a city of many things.  Coffee.  Excellent Food.  Prized Grafitti.  Sport (yawn).  Trams.  The ‘Yellow Peril’ (don’t ask, it’s a long story).  Shopping.  Daggy cruises down the Yarra.  Arty precincts.  Laneways. And Laughs. Well at least in April.  For almost the whole month, very funny [...]

(Ed note: June 2010, sadly this great space has recently been taken over by a very popular, but only moderately good Mexican restaurant.  *Sigh*) Bar/Cafe Upstairs, 11 Collins Street I love a set of stairs.  Oh, not for the workout for the gluts (pleeese!).  But for the fabulous sense of anticipation you feel at the bottom [...]

Level 2 161 Spring Street Thank God for smokers. No, seriously. If it weren’t for smokers and the new(ish) Australian ‘you can’t smoke inside’ laws, we might never have been graced with the stunning rooftop bar we find at Siglo in Spring Street. No longer allowed to smoke indoors, smokers have gone out or up. [...]

For those days when the ‘buzz’ of the city becomes less of a thrill and more of an irritation, you’ll need a few ‘green’ spots to help recharge. Luckily Melbourne has quite a selection. Albert Park Lake is probably most famous for being the site of the contentious Grand Prix.  Opponents believe that the vast [...]

Melbourne’s CBD is full of fabulous sneaky little laneways and Hosier Lane is one of the best. A magnificent ‘gallery’ of some of the city’s best grafitti and home to Movida, providing the CBD’s best Spanish fare.

The Manchester Unity Building Crn Swanston St & Collins St This is the sort of building you look up and expect to see Clark Kent paragliding down in his Superman tights. Not so much strictly art deco as neo-gothic, the building has a myriad of vertical, terracotta clad ‘fins’ streching upwards towards the bell tower. [...]

Collins Street to Little Collins For a chocoholic like me, the highlight of the 19th century Block Arcade is not the intricate etched glass roof.  Nor is it the magnificent decorative wrought iron and timber supports cupping the glass.  Or, in fact the elaborate mosaic floors - apparently the largest in Australia.  For me – and many a chocoholic, the thrill [...]

Ezard Flinders Lane Gingerboy Crossley Street I couldn’t decide which Teage Ezard restaurant to add to my ‘favourites’ list, so, well, you choose. Ezard is a ‘proper’ restaurant. A fine – rather very fine – dining experience. A slick and intimate dining room of plush carpets, shiny, shiny glassware and highly starched linen. You certainly [...]