Hotels in Melbourne

Hotels in Melbourne

Hotels in Melbourne are often needed to provide accommodation for people who want to visit the city. Many want to visit the city to have a vacation and also some to go the city for a study visit or a work visit that may involve finance, culture, the arts. Some people who go to the city might being a theatre show and need somewhere to stay. Many need hotel accommodation that offers luxury or cheap accommodation. They may need a hotel with good views or good access to the what they want to see. Some may want to use a hotel in the area as they need to visit the city because they want to see the sports or entertainment venues.

Australian rules football and cricket are the most popular sports in Melbourne and also the spiritual home of these two sports in Australia and both are mostly played in the same stadia in the city and its suburbs. The first ever official cricket Test match in Australia was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in March 1877 and the Melbourne Cricket Ground is one of the the largest cricket stadiums in the world. The first Australian rules football matches were played in Melbourne in 1858 and the Australian Football League is headquartered at the Telstra Dome. Many of its teams are based in the Melbourne metropolitan. Additionally, the city has annually hosted the AFL Grand Final.

The city is also home to several professional franchises in national competitions including the Melbourne Storm (rugby league), Melbourne Victory (Association football) netball team Melbourne Vixens, and basketball team Melbourne Tigers.

Melbourne's two largest universities are the University of Melbourne (also called Melbourne University) and Monash University, the largest university in Australia. Melbourne is home to some of the nation's oldest educational institutions, including the oldest Law (1857), Engineering (1860), Medical (1862), Dental (1897) and Music (1891) schools, all at the University of Melbourne. The University of Melbourne is also the oldest university in Victoria and the second oldest university in Australia. Other universities located in Melbourne include La Trobe University, RMIT University, Swinburne University of Technology, Victoria University and the St Patrick's campus of the Australian Catholic University. Deakin University maintains two major campuses in Melbourne and Geelong, and is the third largest university in Victoria.

Melbourne Airport, also known as Tullamarine Airport, is the busiest of the four airports in Melbourne, and the second busiest in Australia.

Melbourne Docklands is a coastal area within Melbourne, Australia. Recently, much of this area has been reconstructed to become a new inner city suburb and urban renewal project in Melbourne.

The Bolte Bridge is a large twin Cantilever bridge in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It spans the Yarra River and Victoria Harbour in the Docklands precinct to the west of the Melbourne CBD.

Port Phillip, also commonly Port Phillip Bay or (locally) just the Bay, is a large bay in southern Victoria, Australia. Geographically, Port Phillip is a large marine bay.

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