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Gangsters to Glamour Bar Tour in Fitzroy

By Drinking History Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$65 per adult
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Overview

Fitzroy: Slumtown to Hipsterville Tour showcases the best of Melbourne’s oldest and coolest suburb in just three hours: fascinating history, cool bars and historic laneways.

While now the capital of cool, Fitzroy has a dark, criminal past, and a history of prejudice and violence. This rollicking adventure is guaranteed to be more fun than a walking tour, classier than a bar crawl.

Explore the hidden side of Melbourne’s coolest suburb, it’s narrow laneways and hidden corners.

Learn about Fitzroy’s wealthy origins and slide into crime and extreme poverty, the rise of criminal gangs in the 1920s, indigenous history, Spanish roots and much more.

Discover three of Fitzroy’s coolest bars.

You'll also get access to our exclusive online maps of Melbourne's best bars and photos of your tour upon request. AND receive your mystery gift to celebrate your time with us!

Activity location
  • Saint Patrick's Cathedral
    • 1 Cathedral Place
    • 3002, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • 1 Cathedral Pl
    • 1 Cathedral Place
    • 3002, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Fitzroy: Gangsters to Glamour Bar Tour
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 3:30 PM
Price details
AU$64.99 x 1 AdultAU$64.99
Total
Price is AU$64.99
Until Fri, 20 Feb

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Photos of your tour (upon request)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Professional guide
  • What's includedWhat's included
    GST (Goods and Services Tax)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Mystery Gift
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Melbourne Bar Map (upon request)
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Service charge

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • Minimum age is 18 years
  • Due to uneven surfaces, this tour is not recommended for those with walking disabilities
  • Dress code is casual!

Activity itinerary

Saint Patrick's Cathedral
  • 10m
The largest and tallest church in Australia, this is where we start our tour with a background on Fitzroy's foundation
Bionic Ear Lane
  • 5m
Australia may not have invented the bionic ear, but pioneering research done in Fitzroy have brought hearing to people around the world
Australian Catholic University Melbourne Campus
  • 5m
Fitzroy was the birth place to one of the Australia's holiest people, and our only saint. Let's find out more about this fascinating person.
Charcoal Lane
  • 5m
Named after the famous Archie Rose song, we stop here to view some important street art and talk about Fitzroy important connection to the indigenous people of the region
Marion Lane
  • 5m
Aka "Dead Man's Lane". Many a gangster's rival has ended up here...
Fitzroy Town Hall
  • 5m
In the shadow of the Fitzroy Town Hall, we talk about the man known locally as Australia's Willy Wonka, and the joy he brought building a sweets empire in the slums of Fitzroy.
Johnston Street
  • 5m
Home to the area's Spanish population, we'll show a bunch of fantastic local bars.
Napier Street
  • 5m
Now let's talk about one of the area's most famous gangsters, and how he built an empire of illegal booze and prostitution from his home in Fitzroy in the 1920s.

Location

Activity location
  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIES
    Saint Patrick's Cathedral
    • 1 Cathedral Place
    • 3002, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    1 Cathedral Pl
    • 1 Cathedral Place
    • 3002, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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