7 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 03 9654 5244	Royal Arcade 308 Little Collins Street
Australia on Collins 260 Collins Street, CBD Ph 03 9650 4355	Collins two3four 234 Collins Street, CBD Ph 03 9650 4373
The Walk Arcade 317 Bourke Street, CBD Ph 03 9654 6744	Centrepoint Mall 283 Bourke Street, CBD Ph 03 9654 1722
Galleria Shopping Plaza Corner Bourke and Elizabeth Streets, CBD Ph 03 9604 5800

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