It’s no secret – Melbourne is a sports mad city. Named by SportAccord in 2010 as the “Ultimate World Sports City”, Australians uphold Melbourne as the nation’s sporting capital, with more annual sports events than anywhere else in the country. Visitors to Melbourne can catch an AFL match, join the excitement of a game of summer cricket, or enjoy a punt at the races.
 
 Major sporting events in Melbourne include the Spring Racing Carnival, the Formula One Grand Prix, the Australian Open Tennis Championship, the AFL Grand final and the Boxing Day Cricket Test Match. 
 
Melbourne was the first city in the southern hemisphere to host the Olympic Games, back in 1956. Sports buffs can visit the National Sports Museum, the 2006 Commonwealth Games Village, the F1 racetrack at Albert Park, the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Rod Laver Arena and Etihad Stadium. And of course, on the first Tuesday of November every year, Flemington Racecourse is transformed by the ‘Race That Stops the Nation’ – the Melbourne Cup. 
 
The Great Games
 
AFL this week in Melbourne
 

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Melbournians enjoy a thriving arts scene, diverse nightlife and entertainment to compare with almost any cosmopolitan city in the world. From galleries and museums through to intimate laneway bars, nightclubs and famous live music venues, Melbourne is home to a myriad of cultural experiences to tantalise you day and night. 

 
Galleries such as the Heide Musuem of Modern Art and the National Victoria Gallery showcase breathtaking collections from around the globe. Dozens of theatrical productions are staged in Melbourne every week, in magnificent venues like the Malthouse and the National Theatre. 
 
Widely regarded as the live music capital of Australia, Melbourne is the city where scores of renowned Australian bands first cut their teeth.  Pop, rock, jazz, funk and dance beats pump from bars and stream from stadiums, from the biggest names in the business to yet-to-be-discovered acts waiting to be stumbled upon in captivating venues across the city. There are bars, clubs and performance venues catering to every taste, with the Melbourne Town Hall staging classical recitals and operas, the Palais Theatre attracting international acts, the Esplanade Hotel hosting rock bands, hip hop acts and comedians, and Bennetts Lane serving up sultry soul and jazz. 
 
Musicals
 
 
 
 
Gallery Exhibits
 
 
 
 
Theatre
 

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As one of the most culturally diverse cities on earth, Melbourne’s food scene draws from a fascinating melange of local and global influences . From fine dining restaurants to compete with the world’s best, to exotic eateries, cheap eats and chic cafés, Melbourne has everything for the discerning and adventurous gourmet. 
 
Eat tapas in a hole-in-the-wall bar, fill up on delicious pub grub in an old-school bistro, snack on Shanghai dumplings in Chinatown, or challenge your senses sampling creations from some of the most innovative and acclaimed chefs in the country. 
 
Melbourne is renowned for its buzzing café culture – in this town, a great coffee is never hard to come by.  The Adelphi Hotel is perfectly placed among some of the best restaurants, cafés and international eateries in the city. 
On the basement level of the Adelphi Hotel you’ll find one of Melbourne’s leading restaurants, Ezards, offering Asian influenced modern Australian cuisine in a moody modern dining room with a relaxed and intimate vibe.  
 

Melbourne Must Eats
 
Need to have Breakfast
 
The European – Spring Street
Cummulus  Inc – Flinders Lane
Deadman Expresso – South Melbourne
Mart130 – Middle Park
 
Must do Lunch
 
Movida – Flinders Lane
Red Spice Road – Melbourne
Stokehouse – St Kilda
Republica  - St Kilda
 
 
Got to have dinner
 
Circa – St Kilda
Noir – Swan Street, Richmond
Cutler & Co – Gertrude Steet, Fitzroy
 
Midnight munchies
 
Supper Inn – Little Bourke Street
Bar Lourinha – Little Collins Street
Izakaya Den – Russell Street
 

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Named by Nylon magazine New York as one of the seven most fashion-forward cities in the world, Melbourne is without a doubt Australia’s fashion capital. Home to many of the nation’s most internationally renowned designers, Melbourne possesses a worldly confidence and a vibrant and eclectic street style all of its own.  
The Adelphi Hotel is located in the heart of Melbourne’s fashion district, a lively locale sprinkled with designer boutiques and quirky stores hidden in laneways and arcades. A short stroll from the Adelphi Hotel is Bourke Street Mall, a retail hub bustling with shoppers, buskers and city workers, and home to the country’s pre-eminent designer outlets and premier department stores. Nearby is the heritage-listed, 19th century Block Arcade, named after the popular pastime of “doing the block”, or parading around Melbourne’s fashionable shopping streets. A short tram ride away, Chapel Street is the city’s most colourful shopping precinct, with over 1,000 retail stores stretching 2 kilometres from South Yarra to Prahran.
 
Best Shopping Precincts
 
Melbourne City
Chapel Street – South Yarra and Prahran
Fitzroy Street, Brunswick
 
Every week in March, the city of Melbourne hosts the L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival, a week of fashion shows, exhibitions, famous faces, conferences and parties, showcasing the latest in creative arts and innovation from the international fashion community.  

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