Magnificent Seven City Arcades

The city's network of shop-encrusted arcades is Australia's most extensive with the Block Arcade (between Collins and Elizabeth streets, built in 1891) its undeniable crowning glory boasting imported Italian mosaic floors, glazed ceilings supported by elaborate iron-lace columns, and octagonal glass domes. Royal Arcade (between Bourke Street Mall and Little Collins Street, built in 1869), is Melbourne's oldest and features two wonderful folklore giants of the ancient Britons, who strike the hour.

Other arcades such as Collins two3four, Australia on Collins, The Walk, the Galleria Shopping Plaza and Centrepoint Mall offer an impressive mix of large flagship stores, unique owner-operated shops and quality cafes and foodcourts and all the arcades sit within a block of each other off Little Collins Street.

The Block Arcade
282 Collins Street, CBD
Ph +61 3 9654 5244

Royal Arcade
308 Little Collins Street

Australia on Collins
260 Collins Street, CBD
Ph +61 3 9650 4355

Collins two3four
234 Collins Street, CBD
Ph +61 3 9650 4373

The Walk Arcade
317 Bourke Street, CBD
Ph +61 3 9654 6744

Galleria Shopping Plaza
Corner Bourke and Elizabeth Streets, CBD
Ph +61 3 9604 5800

Centrepoint Mall
283 Bourke Street, CBD
Ph +61 3 9654 1722