With its picture-perfect terrace houses enviable cache of cultural hotspots and more sleek
coffee shops than you can shake a bag of finely ground beans at it's little wonder that
Melburnians regularly claim their bayside city to be the most liveable in the world. Add to the
mix a first-rate food scene and an abounding wine region on its doorstep and you may just find
yourself agreeing with the Melburnians loving their city. The Monocle Travel Guide to Melbourne
will lead you down our favourite laneways drop by the cutting-edge galleries shaking up the
city's art scene and show you where to marvel at modernist architecture. We've also rounded up
the independent retailers stocking the most covetable Aussie-made take-homes and sifted through
the city's cafés restaurants and bars to find the finest establishments in which to order a
perfectly poured flat white top-notch tucker and a light and peppery glass of pinot noir.
Melbourne's weather may be erratic at best - the old adage of the city cycling through four
seasons in one day is one to be heeded - but we'll give you plenty of reasons to hit the
streets come rain shine or hammering hail. The magazine Monocle covers the world with its
network of bureaus in New York Toronto Zurich Hong Kong Istanbul Tokyo and Singapore. It
also employs more than 30 dedicated correspondents-in cities from Bangkok to Bogotá São Paolo
to Stockholm-as well as a team of on-the-road reporters based out of its headquarters in
London. This team's deep understanding of cities and all they have to offer has now been
compiled in The Monocle Travel Guide Series.
