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Car Rental Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Melbourne, with a population approaching 3 million, is Australia's second largest city and a major financial center. The city was founded in 1835, Melbourne offers an international atmosphere, fine restaurants, cosmopolitan shopping arcades, bustling markets, premier sporting events and vibrant evening entertainment. Many places for you to discover in Melbourne, car rental is the best option.
With expensive taxis, car rental in Melbourne has become popular. Pick your car rental up at the airport and drop off your car at the office in the center of Melbourne. While you have the car rental, you can visit some extra-ordinary places :
You would start with a visit to the center : Swanston Street. Then drive direction Saint Kilda Road all the way to the beach of Melbourne. This route passes the National Gallery and Shrine, before going on through the shopping areas of South Yarra and Toorak.
- Melbourne's gardens : The Fitzroy Gardens feature Captain Cook's cottage, which was transported from England in 1933. Other gardens include the Flagstaff Gardens, the Carlton Gardens, the Treasury Gardens.
- One of Melbourne's oldest buildings is Latrobe Cottage, located on the corner of Birdwood Avenue and Dallas Brooke Drive. Classified by the National Trus, the cottage is the restored residence of Victoria's first lieutenant-governor.
- Another beautiful old building is St. Paul's Cathedral on the corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets.
- Parliament House, Located on Spring Street, was erected in 1856 and houses the Victorian Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly.
- Emerald Hill Walk is a unique South Melbourne attraction of historical significance. Properties on the hill which have been recently restored include the town hall, the police station, the post office, etc.
- The Victorian Arts Centre is one of Melbourne's most celebrated attractions; this spectacular complex of buldings incorporates many facets of the arts. The National Gallery of Victoria contains a wide collection of paintings and works of decorative art from Europe, Asia and Australia.
- The Shrine of Remembrance is another popular attraction in Melbourne. The shrine was erected to honour of Australia's dead.
- Other attracttons include : the Royal Melbourne Zoo and Polly Woodside, a restored ship of the 1880's now used as a maritime museum of Melbourne.
- China Town is also a popular Melbourne attraction. Located in Little Bourke Street, it has many Chinese eating houses and merchant stores.
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