Collins Street Melbourne

Collins Street, Melbourne is especially synonymous with two things: Designer clothing retailed in high-end exclusive boutiques and Architectural Splendor of the street. Collins Street, running through the heart of the CBD, is widely hailed as Melbourne’s most illustrious shopping strip, home to high-end jewellery, fashion and luxury goods.

Princely and lined with stately trees everything about Collins Street is loaded with élan, style and glamour. Walking through the Collins Street is like taking a walk through a majestic avenue enriched by grand heritage buildings, chic designer shops and boutiques, Luxury five-star hotels, exclusive jewelers and exclusive membership private clubs. Not only is it home to some of the most awe-inspiring buildings and structures of Melbourne, it is also the city’s premier commercial streetscape and has big corporations and the stock exchange situated on it.

Shopping in the leafy green corridors of Collins Street usually means one thing: shopping for high-end jewellery, fashion and luxury goods at flagship stores including Chanel, Tiffany & Co., and Louis Vuitton, frequented by mostly the elite. For those who enjoy a more relaxed shopping style can move further west, in the middle section of Collins Street between Swanston and Elizabeth streets, bustling with more affordable retail centres of two3four and Australia on Collins house and many chain and concept stores.

The entire length of Collins Street is predominated with striking architecture, ranging from historic Gothic-style churches to Art Deco delights, grandiose theatres, and a Galleria Vittoria inspired arcade. In the north end of the street once popularly known as the 'Paris End' hosts Scots Church, built in 1873, and St. Michael's Church, built in 1866. Visitors can enjoy a unique perspective of the city skyline from the Melbourne Observation Deck that offers 360-degree views of the city.

Popular Tourist Sites in Collins Street

- Athenaeum Theatre, built in 1886
- Regent Theatre
- Block Arcade, a 19th century shopping arcade
- The Bank of Australasia
- The Commonwealth Bank of Australia
- The Gothic Bank
- The National Mutual Life
- The Three Olderfleet Buildings
- Rialto Towers Observation deck
- The Derwent Banking Company, Melbourne’s first bank
- The Melbourne Club
- The Imperial Hotel
- The Eastern Market
- The T & G Building, opened with the first high-speed lift in Melbourne
- Scots Church

Hotels in Melbourne
Crown Towers Hotel	Holiday Inn On Flinders Hotel
Albany Hotel	Causeway Inn On The Mall hotel
California Hotel	Quality Batmans Hill on Collins Hotel