Guidebook for Princes Hill
Parks & Nature
The perimeter of Princes Park is a 3.2km running track, known as "The Prinny". It's a spft gravel track that's reasonably flat, so it's not hard on the knees, and takes in the beautiful surrounds of the Melbourne Cemetery, Optus Oval and the Carlton Bowls Club.
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Princes Park station
The perimeter of Princes Park is a 3.2km running track, known as "The Prinny". It's a spft gravel track that's reasonably flat, so it's not hard on the knees, and takes in the beautiful surrounds of the Melbourne Cemetery, Optus Oval and the Carlton Bowls Club.
Melbourne Zoo is regularly listed among the worlds best, set in beautiful surrounds and animals treated with care and respect, the zoo is a lovely day out. If you're visiting over summer, the Zoo Twilights is a fantastic series of evening concerts!
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Melbourne Zoo
Elliott AvenueMelbourne Zoo is regularly listed among the worlds best, set in beautiful surrounds and animals treated with care and respect, the zoo is a lovely day out. If you're visiting over summer, the Zoo Twilights is a fantastic series of evening concerts!
Carlton Football Club
400 Royal ParadeWhere the Carlton boys train!
A lawn bowling club founded in 1889 on the edge of Princes Park. Head down for some bare foot bowling and afternoon beers.
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Princes Park Carlton Bowls Club
109 Bowen CresA lawn bowling club founded in 1889 on the edge of Princes Park. Head down for some bare foot bowling and afternoon beers.
North Carlton's much loved Curtain Square is good for exercising yourself, little humans or dogs, and even better to eat some high grade take away in the sun.
Curtain Square station
North Carlton's much loved Curtain Square is good for exercising yourself, little humans or dogs, and even better to eat some high grade take away in the sun.
Getting Around
The Capital City Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians, which circles the Melbourne city centre and some inner eastern and northern suburbs of Melbourne. From Keeley Lane you can join the trail at Princes Park and travel to the Zoo and the Docklands, or in the other direction wind your way through Fitzroy North, Clifton Hill, Burnley, Cremone and into the city - all with barely crossing a road! Keeley Lane comes with two bicycles and helmets so guests can enjoy the trail.
Capital City Trail
The Capital City Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians, which circles the Melbourne city centre and some inner eastern and northern suburbs of Melbourne. From Keeley Lane you can join the trail at Princes Park and travel to the Zoo and the Docklands, or in the other direction wind your way through Fitzroy North, Clifton Hill, Burnley, Cremone and into the city - all with barely crossing a road! Keeley Lane comes with two bicycles and helmets so guests can enjoy the trail.
The local tram stop - 40m from the door!
Two tram lines run this section: the number 8 from
Moreland Station to Toorak, and the number 1 from East Coburg to South Melbourne.
Richardson St station
The local tram stop - 40m from the door!
Two tram lines run this section: the number 8 from
Moreland Station to Toorak, and the number 1 from East Coburg to South Melbourne.
Essentials
Just prepare yourself as you will lose your mind - Enoteca is an Italian food and wine emporium a mere 50m from our door. The pasta, the wine, the cheese, and they make a perfect espresso! They also have a cooking school, run wine appreciation classes and can be hired for special functions.
Enoteca Sileno
920 Lygon StJust prepare yourself as you will lose your mind - Enoteca is an Italian food and wine emporium a mere 50m from our door. The pasta, the wine, the cheese, and they make a perfect espresso! They also have a cooking school, run wine appreciation classes and can be hired for special functions.
Superior Cellars
575 Lygon StThe local bottle shop, old school service.
Filou's Artisan Pâtissier is a much loved and iconic local bakery - the go to for bread, sweets and savoury treats. They also have a few seats for those who cannot wait.
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Filous Patisserie
187 Fenwick StFilou's Artisan Pâtissier is a much loved and iconic local bakery - the go to for bread, sweets and savoury treats. They also have a few seats for those who cannot wait.
Food Scene
Breakfast and lunch, a small take away menu and a dedicated queue on weekends. Naughty Boy is vibrant, delicious and just across the road for all your coffee and breakfast needs. The Mr Benedict and a perfect flat white sure is a good way to start a long day! Oh, and their licensed too, if you're a bloody mary with my breakfast kinda person!
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Naughty Boy Cafe
499-501 Lygon StBreakfast and lunch, a small take away menu and a dedicated queue on weekends. Naughty Boy is vibrant, delicious and just across the road for all your coffee and breakfast needs. The Mr Benedict and a perfect flat white sure is a good way to start a long day! Oh, and their licensed too, if you're a bloody mary with my breakfast kinda person!
NCC, as it's also known, is a slightly more relaxed, more low key place to enjoy your morning coffee and CNN signature toastie - but you still might find the odd queue on the weekend. If you feel like enjoying the wares but want to enjoy the park, you can order one of the delectable take away picnic boxes for two!
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North Carlton Canteen
1008 Lygon StNCC, as it's also known, is a slightly more relaxed, more low key place to enjoy your morning coffee and CNN signature toastie - but you still might find the odd queue on the weekend. If you feel like enjoying the wares but want to enjoy the park, you can order one of the delectable take away picnic boxes for two!
Chef Johnny Di Francesco opened his first pizza shop at 18! This is his second venture, after a stint studying all things pizza in Naples, and his dedication shows. Simple, beautiful, proper pizza, open for lunch and dinner.
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400 Gradi - Brunswick
99 Lygon StChef Johnny Di Francesco opened his first pizza shop at 18! This is his second venture, after a stint studying all things pizza in Naples, and his dedication shows. Simple, beautiful, proper pizza, open for lunch and dinner.
Run by chef and restaurateur George Calombaris, Hellenic Republic is Melbourne's premier Greek dining experience - traditional dishes with a twist and wide ouzo selection in a nautical-themed taverna with communal tables, what's not to love! The trapezi menu at $49 a head is incredibly good (stomach busting) value. Reservations recommended at this one.
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Hellenic Republic Brunswick
434 Lygon StRun by chef and restaurateur George Calombaris, Hellenic Republic is Melbourne's premier Greek dining experience - traditional dishes with a twist and wide ouzo selection in a nautical-themed taverna with communal tables, what's not to love! The trapezi menu at $49 a head is incredibly good (stomach busting) value. Reservations recommended at this one.
I just can't even explain how good the pizzas are, just get on the tram for three minutes, queue for ten, and thank me later.
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DOC Pizza & Mozzarella Bar
295 Drummond StI just can't even explain how good the pizzas are, just get on the tram for three minutes, queue for ten, and thank me later.
Currently listed as Australia's number 14 restaurant in the Good Food list, Town Mouse is modern, exciting, surprising and always engaging. Definitely book ahead and eat everything!
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The Town Mouse
Currently listed as Australia's number 14 restaurant in the Good Food list, Town Mouse is modern, exciting, surprising and always engaging. Definitely book ahead and eat everything!
28,000 coffees are sold here every week.... every week! They're also pretty famous for their cakes and are currently expanding to include a 160 seat Italian restaurant. So aiming for 29,120 coffees per week!
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Brunetti Carlton
380 Lygon St28,000 coffees are sold here every week.... every week! They're also pretty famous for their cakes and are currently expanding to include a 160 seat Italian restaurant. So aiming for 29,120 coffees per week!
The Rathdowne Village Delicatessen is your go to for Movida Bakery bread, charcuterie boards goodies and amazing coffee. A carefully and considered selection of hand picked goodness to have in, or take away. If you can't bear to leave, pull up at the long communal table to enjoy the inhouse meals.
378 Rathdowne St
378 Rathdowne StreetThe Rathdowne Village Delicatessen is your go to for Movida Bakery bread, charcuterie boards goodies and amazing coffee. A carefully and considered selection of hand picked goodness to have in, or take away. If you can't bear to leave, pull up at the long communal table to enjoy the inhouse meals.
Inspired by South American food, wine and lifestyle, the Piqueos' kitchen team creates regional and street dishes designed to share and excite. Definitely book ahead, and start with a Pisco Sour!
Piqueos
298 Rathdowne StreetInspired by South American food, wine and lifestyle, the Piqueos' kitchen team creates regional and street dishes designed to share and excite. Definitely book ahead, and start with a Pisco Sour!
Their motto is "Life is a combination of magic and pasta" (but they also make amazing pizza). Relaxed, uncomplicated, delicious and if you're lucky, you may catch an impromptu family sing along from the staff! Perfect for a long leisurely lunch or dinner.
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The Last Jar
616 Elizabeth StreetTheir motto is "Life is a combination of magic and pasta" (but they also make amazing pizza). Relaxed, uncomplicated, delicious and if you're lucky, you may catch an impromptu family sing along from the staff! Perfect for a long leisurely lunch or dinner.
Translating to Bread Depot, the Depot De Pain is named after a wonderful French phenomenon whereby is it law that each town must have a bakery. If a town is too remote, then they can have a Depot De Pain - allowing bread baked off site to sold. Our Depot De Pain has bread delivered twice daily, plus a beautiful selection of pastries, sweets, treats and ready to roll baguettes. Pick up a quiche and let everyone think you made it yourself!
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Depot De Pain
693 Rathdowne StreetTranslating to Bread Depot, the Depot De Pain is named after a wonderful French phenomenon whereby is it law that each town must have a bakery. If a town is too remote, then they can have a Depot De Pain - allowing bread baked off site to sold. Our Depot De Pain has bread delivered twice daily, plus a beautiful selection of pastries, sweets, treats and ready to roll baguettes. Pick up a quiche and let everyone think you made it yourself!
Eight burgers, four sides, home made lemonade and milkshakes. Do one thing, and do it properly. The Local Burger Co is not trying to be everything to everyone, they just want to make perfect, epic burgers - and they do it bloody well. Eat in, or take it over the road to enjoy in Curtain Park.
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The Local Burger Co
114 Bayswater RdEight burgers, four sides, home made lemonade and milkshakes. Do one thing, and do it properly. The Local Burger Co is not trying to be everything to everyone, they just want to make perfect, epic burgers - and they do it bloody well. Eat in, or take it over the road to enjoy in Curtain Park.
Also known as The East Brunswick Project, this is the headquarters of Padre Coffee, the top-level boutique roaster, sourcing green coffee from up to 30 different estates all over the coffee-growing world. On any given day the cafe typically has at least one single origin on offer, as well as the house blend. Take your morning coffee, with a little bit of education on the side.
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Padre Coffee
438 Lygon StAlso known as The East Brunswick Project, this is the headquarters of Padre Coffee, the top-level boutique roaster, sourcing green coffee from up to 30 different estates all over the coffee-growing world. On any given day the cafe typically has at least one single origin on offer, as well as the house blend. Take your morning coffee, with a little bit of education on the side.
Rumi is middle eastern, but not how you know it. Exotic, modern and elegant updates to middle eastern classics has created a loyal following to this beautiful restaurant. Dishes are made for sharing, except the Sigara Boregi - you'll want that all to yourself. If no tables are available, a spot at the bar with an aniseed arak drink is a lovely spot to watch the magic unfold.
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Rumi Restaurant
2 Lygon StRumi is middle eastern, but not how you know it. Exotic, modern and elegant updates to middle eastern classics has created a loyal following to this beautiful restaurant. Dishes are made for sharing, except the Sigara Boregi - you'll want that all to yourself. If no tables are available, a spot at the bar with an aniseed arak drink is a lovely spot to watch the magic unfold.
Open from 12pm Wednesday to Friday, and from 8am for breakfast Saturday and Sunday, Mankoushe creates seasonal, hand made middle eastern cuisine with influences from Iran to Morocco. A cafe on one side, a pizza joint on the other, there is something for everyone in this warm, colourful and playful cafe.
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Mankoushe
323 Lygon StOpen from 12pm Wednesday to Friday, and from 8am for breakfast Saturday and Sunday, Mankoushe creates seasonal, hand made middle eastern cuisine with influences from Iran to Morocco. A cafe on one side, a pizza joint on the other, there is something for everyone in this warm, colourful and playful cafe.
Kumo means cloud, and this unpretentious izakaya will have make you feel as though you are floating on one. A sake list with 80 options (consulted with Tod Eng, a San Franciscan sake master) and a fresh and modern Japanese menu, Kumo will have you at konichiwa.
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Kumo Izakaya & Sake Bar
152 Lygon StKumo means cloud, and this unpretentious izakaya will have make you feel as though you are floating on one. A sake list with 80 options (consulted with Tod Eng, a San Franciscan sake master) and a fresh and modern Japanese menu, Kumo will have you at konichiwa.
Everything Else
University of Melbourne
Tin AlleyRMIT University
124 La Trobe StThe Royal Melbourne Hospital
300 Grattan StThe Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
50 Flemington RdArts & Culture
Melbourne's iconic and premiere museum, and the local tram stops at the front door. The water wall and building design are enough reason to visit alone, but the exhibitions are also of a world class nature.
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National Gallery of Victoria
180 St Kilda RdMelbourne's iconic and premiere museum, and the local tram stops at the front door. The water wall and building design are enough reason to visit alone, but the exhibitions are also of a world class nature.
Melbourne Museum showcases Australian social history, Indigenous cultures, science and the environment. Located adjacent to the World Heritage listed Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens, and home to IMAX Theatre Melbourne. It was the winner of the Australian Tourism Awards for Best Major Tourist Attraction in Australia for 2011.
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Melbourne Museum
11 Nicholson StMelbourne Museum showcases Australian social history, Indigenous cultures, science and the environment. Located adjacent to the World Heritage listed Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens, and home to IMAX Theatre Melbourne. It was the winner of the Australian Tourism Awards for Best Major Tourist Attraction in Australia for 2011.
Sightseeing
Again, the number 8 tram stops directly here! Fed Square is the new heart, the meeting place, the center of the city. There are museums, a big screen, constant pop ups, beer halls and wine bars.
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Federation Square
Again, the number 8 tram stops directly here! Fed Square is the new heart, the meeting place, the center of the city. There are museums, a big screen, constant pop ups, beer halls and wine bars.