Hotels near Southbank, Australia

A little about Southbank...

Southbank is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Australia in the state of Victoria. It is in the Local Government Area of the City of Melbourne. It is bordered to the north by the Yarra River, to the south by Park Street, Kingsway to the west, and to the east by St Kilda Road.

The central feature of Southbank is Southgate Arts and Leisure Precinct, a retail, eating, and entertainment precinct on the southern bank of the Yarra River. Southgate features the iconic sculpture Ophelia by Deborah Halpern, which is the big Y symbol (representing Melbourne) that stands at Bear Brass cafe. Southbank is also home to the arts precinct, which includes the Victorian Arts Centre at the eastern end, an entertainment precinct which includes Crown Casino and an office precinct and a hi-density residential precinct which includes some skyscrapers, the tallest of which is the Eureka Tower. The Queensbridge Precinct includes Queensbridge Square, a pedestrian plaza and meeting place. Another riverside precinct to the west takes in the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre and Polly Woodside National Trust museum.

Promenade: The Southbank promenade, designed by architects Denton Corker Marshall, runs from Princes Bridge along to Queens Bridge street and Queens Bridge which also incorporates Queensbridge Square and continuing to the west of the Bridge is "Yarra Promenade", which runs underneath Kings Way and Kings Bridge to Clarendon Street, Spencer Street Bridge including Crown Entertainment Complex and promenade restaurants.

The Southbank art and craft market occurs on the promenade near the Arts Centre every Sunday. The promenade is also home to several buskers and a pavement chalk artists.

Trasport: A number of tram lines run through Southbank. Although Southbank promenade forms part of the Capital City Bicycle Trail, the large number of pedestrians in the area means bicycle riding at high speed is hazardous; advisory signs have been posted to try to keep cyclists at speeds of 10 km/h or less.