A Travel Blog entry by jsiess from Melbourne, Australia
... ; They moved me downtown (which is where Sue said I should have been in the first place) to a very nice hotel, the MercureGrand on Swanston Street. My room was huge. A lovely queen-sized bed, easy chair with ottoman, large desk, good sized closet, big ...
A Travel Blog entry by lionelandsue from Cairns, Australia
... Bus rip at the time) - we checked in and dropped our bags and then went out for lunch. We shared a Pizza just down Swanston Street - it was sooo tasty! Yum! Afterwards we took the free Tram that goes round Melbourne, but halfway round we both nearly ...
A Travel Blog entry by amandaseims from Melbourne, Australia
... feeling. Had a few drinks but no big night out. Had a night out with my housemates, another great bar in Richmond, The Grand Hotel (Burnley St near the train station) and on the Sunday Gernot took me out on a bike tour of the city - ...
A Travel Blog entry by 9lives from Melbourne, Australia
Left Sydney on 9AM Qantas flight 419 and arrived to a sunny day in Melbourne at 10:30. Our shuttle, a Holden Statesman, kept us waiting, but checked in quickly and easily walked to Federation Square for lunch. Toured downtown for an hour on a ...
... , in all cases the staff perform their jobs well, except they rarely smile and always seem to be under great pressure. The MercureGrand on Swanston is the exception, on our one visit (to date) on the 15/7/2004 the staff actually appeared happy to see us ...