An ultra-modern global city in south eastern Australia, Melbourne lures thousands of tourists with its pulsating energy, amazing array of restaurants, café-filled laneways, snazzy boutiques, relaxing bars, beautiful parks and village-like suburbs, each sporting a unique character. One of the most interesting sightseeing places in Melbourne is the Chapel Street, Melbourne - arguably, the most vibrant shopping, dining and entertainment strip in the city.
Named after the first church in Prahran, built between 1850 and 1852, to the north of Malvern Road - Chapel Street, Melbourne was a thriving trading and shopping street, abounding in flour mills, butchers, bakers, drapers, boot makers, carpenters, bricklayers general stores, blacksmiths and chemists.
Running for over 4 km from river Yarra River in the north to Brighton Road in the south,
Chapel Street in Melbourne traverses through the suburbs of South Yarra, Prahran, Windsor, St Kilda and St Kilda East. The major street crossings that you'll come across while passing through Chapel Street include Alexandra Avenue, Toorak Road, Commercial Road, High Street, Dandenong Road, Alma Road, Inkerman Street and Carlisle Street. The precincts of the street houses more than a thousand shops, street cafes, restaurants, bars, pubs and nightclubs, making Chapel street one of the most happening places for the upwardly mobile young folk in Melbourne.
The deluge of shops in Chapel Street, Melbourne ranges from exclusive high-end fashion stores at the South Yarra end to old fashion houses towards Windsor. Designer labels compete with fancy bistros here; earning the place the title of 'Melbourne's fashion and style capital'.
Some of the must visit places while on trip to Chapel Street in Melbourne Australia include:
- The Como Centre - a multi-storey office, retail cinema and hotel complex
- The Jam Factory - a modern shopping complex, offering options galore for cinema and entertainment
- Prahran Market - a 120 year old fresh food market
- Commercial Road shopping
- The Chapel
- Pran Central - residential and commercial strip
- Greville Street - small shopping strip
- Prahran Town Hall
- The Melbourne Bowling Club - Australia's first bowling club
- The Astor Theatre
- St Michael's Grammar School
Flightshotelstours.com gives detailed information on Chapel Street in Melbourne, Australia and on other places of Sightseeing in Melbourne, Australia.
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