A wonderful hotel in old European style organically inscribes its Venetian façade into the architectural beauty of famous Collins Street. The building is rightfully a monument of the old times, and the hotel greatly combines a hospitality of five-star hotel, European style and Australian past times successfully. Even today the guests admire the mosaic of stained-glass windows, intricate pattern of metallic balustrade and picturesque transitions.

Infrastructure: baggage room, bar, swimming pool, business center, Jacuzzi, nanny service, health center, laundry, restaurant, salon of beauty, sauna, dry-cleaning.

In a room: bathroom, conditioner, coffeepot, mini-bar, radio, TV-set, telephone, hair-dryer, fridge.

2. Sheraton Towers Southgate Melbourne 5*, Melbourne, Australia.

An elegant five-star hotel near the river Yarra. It is situated next to business, commercial and culture centers of Melbourne. While enjoying the refined dishes of French kitchen on the highest floor, it is possible to admire the panorama of amazing and beautiful city.

Infrastructure: bar, swimming pool, business center, Jacuzzi, café, massage, night club, nanny service, health center, laundry, restaurant, sauna, dry-cleaning.

In a room:  bathroom, conditioner, coffeepot, mini-bar, radio, TV-set, telephone, hair-dryer, fridge.

3. Windsor 3*, Melbourne, Australia.

A classic hotel in old Victorian style. The palace luxury of internal maid in combination with the most modern service attracts the crowned guests and famous stars. Located in the prestige district of Melbourne, the hotel of Windsor is standing next to the theater of Princes, Parliament and old Treasury building. The business quarters, old cathedrals, parks and entertainment places are close to this hotel.

Infrastructure: baggage room, bar, the excursion bureau, nanny service, laundry, restaurant, doctor services, dry-cleaning.

In a room: bathroom, conditioner, coffeepot, mini-bar, radio, TV-set, telephone, hair-dryer, fridge.

4. Savoy Park Plaza International Melbourne 4*, Melbourne, Australia.

The splendidly restored hotel has saved all the old charm, which greatly combines with modern services. It is situated in the center of commercial part of Melbourne, in the coziest street with many shops. At your service there are such things like: 162 rooms, restaurant, bar, business center, round-the-clock facsimile connection, courier's service, setting of computer and modem in a number, photocopy, seal etc.

Infrastructure: bar, business center, nanny and doctor services, restaurant.

In a room: bathroom, conditioner, coffeepot, mini-bar, radio, TV-set, telephone, fridge.

5. Batmans Hill Hotel 3*, Melbourne, Australia.

A cozy hotel in the center of Melbourne, situated next to Crown Casino. A friendly charm of the hotel and warm attitude to the guests is a visiting card of Batmans Hill Hotel.

Infrastructure: bar, business center, café, restaurant, dry-cleaning.

Melbourne is the second biggest Australian city with population more than 3.7 million people. It is the capital of Victoria state.

“The Economist” magazine twice acknowledged Melbourne “the best city for living” because of its climate, prices, culture, high-qualified medicine and other.

There are three offices of Australian corporations in Melbourne: Elstra, BHP Billiton and National Australia Bank, and also offices of many companies, whose stocks are available at the Australian Stock Exchange.

Many worldwide sports championships are held in Melbourne, including Australian motor races Formula – 1, tennis tournament Australian Open, equestrian gallops Melbourne Cup and final championship of Australian football AFL Grand Final. The Olympic Games were held in Melbourne in 1956 and also Commonwealth Games in 2006.

Melbourne is a fast-growing city. In the last few years a lot of sights appeared here, for example:

1)      Federation Square

2)      New buildings on the South bank

3)      Docklands

4)      South Cross Station

5)      QV quarter

Melbourne isn’t alike European cities, for example, Paris, London, Moscow or Peter. It is an amazing city. A small in sizes business center consists completely of sky-scrapers, where the monuments of architecture huddle between. The most beautiful district, Southgate, which  adjoins directly to City, is the visiting-card of Melbourne.

Another part of Melbourne – it is called Greater Melbourne – consists of 1 or 2-floored private houses. You can go there by car and you will not see any buildings higher than two floors! Due to that Melbourne, and also Sydney, sometimes are called “two big villages”.

Melbourne sightseeing.  In Melbourne you can:

1)      Go to South bank, watch the biggest casino in Australia and fire flames, which light up every night;

2)      Drill the streets and also have dinner and fun on:

a)      Lygon

b)     Brunswick

c)      Victoria road

d)     Chapel street

e)      Auckland street

3)      Go shopping in the center of Burke street and in Chadstone, Queen Victoria Market.

4)      Climb the Rialto Towers and watch the Melbournovka village

5)      Visit the Old Melbourne Prison.

    At the first acquaintance with Melbourne it is impossible not to notice another feature - nasty weather, which is cause for the great number of jokes and causticities.

A climate here indeed destroys myths about warm and sunny Australia - the sky is often tightened with clouds,  temperature in winter does not go down below zero, but due to piercing wind and bad warmth isolation of apartments even the habitants of Siberia say that they froze more strongly in Melbourne, than at home.

But if you don’t like the weather there – wait , and you’ll certainly like it, because it’s changeable!