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Spring is an exciting time for the City of Melbourne, with retailers showing off gorgeous spring dresses in spring-themed window displays, top restaurants unveiling fresh, spring menus featuring delicious seasonal ingredients, and cafes and bars serving zingy spring mocktails filled with fresh fruit juices. Spring is also the time when the city buzzes with the anticipation of the Spring Racing Carnival. A popular event in Melbourne’s events calendar, the carnival is a great time to spot elegant ladies and suave men, dressed to the nines in suits, frocks, hats and fascinators. For the latest news on the City of Melbourne’s spring fashion looks, spring window displays, best spring dishes and fabulous mocktails visit www.thatsmelbourne.com.au

To discover Melbourne in spring, the City is celebrating the launch of ‘Spring en Ville – Melbourne’ – a vibrant new spring walking tour of the city. The cosmopolitan tour will take in some of Melbourne’s newest retail shops, hidden treasures, and creative laneways and precincts, with stops at some of the city’s much-loved foodie hideaways.

“Spring is such an amazing time in the city,” Fiona Sweetman, Director of Hidden Secrets Tours said. “There are so many fabulous new stores and talented Australian designers, and I love the people watching when the Spring Racing Carnival starts! To celebrate Spring, we have developed a spring shopping tour, which will take Melburnians and visitors to many of the fabulous newer stores in the city and some great Australian designer favourites. The tour is also a great way to travel locally with a Parisian flair, as we visit milliners brimming with hat boxes and silks, indulge in amazingly cute cakes and perhaps some charming accoutrements!”

Spring en Ville by Fiona Sweetman

Spend the morning exploring Melbourne’s newest retailers and tasting some of the city’s best spring treats. Spring en Ville will run to 6 November every Monday to Friday from 9:15am – 11:30am, and will cost $150 per person* with a maximum of four people per tour.^

• Crêpes and coffee at French Crêperie, Roule Galette (Scott Alley, off Flinders Lane)

• A visit to Kimono House and a milliner’s workshop in the historic Nicholas Building (corner of Flinders Lane and Swanston Street)

• A visit to Incu, the city’s newest designer menswear store (Flinders Lane)

• A visit to Lisa Barron’s latest boutique in 234 Collins Street (Collins Street)

• A visit to Melbourne couture designer, Jason Grech’s boutique (Howey Place)

• A visit to Melbourne based menswear label, Leopold’s Empire (City Square)

• A visit to quirky design and homewares store, Wilkins and Kent (Little Bourke Street)

• A visit to Comeback Kid, a new and edgy streetware store (Rankins Lane, off Little Bourke Street)

• A refreshing spring drink at new French & Spanish café, Hardware Societe (Hardware Street)

*Package price includes a goodie bag with spring hamper recipes, assisted shopping ideas, a ten percent off voucher for a blow dry at one of Melbourne’s leading hair salons, a spring racing ‘get ready’ check list, a delectable spring cupcake and a small posy of spring flowers.

^This tour is subject to change and can be tailored to individual preferences.

To book Spring en Ville with Fiona Sweetman, contact Fiona

at (03) 9663 3358

or tours@hiddensecretstours.com