HOLIDAY IN VICTORIA   >   AUSTRALIA 



As smallest mainland state, Victoria is also known as "The Garden State".

With mountainous areas to the north east, a rugged southern coastline and semi-desert areas in the north west, Victoria has it all.

Regions in Victoria : Gippsland, Goldfields, Goulburn / Murray Waters, Grampians, Great Ocean Road, Lakes and Wilderness, Legends, Wine & High Country, Melbourne Area 

Capital City Victoria :  Melbourne


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Car Rentals Victoria

  Holiday Autos   -    
Holiday Autos offers the best fully inclusive car hire prices. Get cheap car hire quickly and securely online with holidayautos.co.uk, the experts in online car rental.
  Sixt   -    
   
From Enhanced Hertz Driving Directions to Emergency Roadside Assistance, check out the many reasons why Hertz is #1 in Car Rental.

Holiday Homes

  Holiday-rentals.com

Hotels & Motels in Victoria / Hostels, Guest house

  Booking  -  Hotels in Victoria   -   Melbourne

  The Somerset Gordon Heights ****, 19 Little Bourke Street, 3000 Melbourne City
Situated in the heart of Melbourne CBD, surrounded by a myriad of theatres, excellent restaurants, cafes,
sporting venues, galleries, department stores & glorious parks.

   

 

  
Hostelbookers.com is one of the worlds largest online booking services for hostels. All hostels you see here are offering realtime prices and availability.

 
Centrally located hotels ranging from small family run budget accommodation to world-class five star hotels.

National Parks

  Australian Alps National Parks
Stretching from Canberra through Brindabella Range and the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales and along the Great Dividing. Range through Victoria, the Alps form a 1.6 million hectare chain of protected areas crossing State and Territory borders on the roof of southern Australia.
The Alps are a unique part of Australia, a mountainous region in a predominantly dry and flat continent.

  Australia National Parks

Travel Agents / Tour Operators

  Responsibletravel.com

Kuoni Holidays -   Victoria highlights
**  Cosmopolitan Melbourne, undoubtedly amongst the best places in the Southern Hemisphere to eat, shop and stay.
**  Wilson's Promontory, with more than 80km of hiking trails meandering from secluded beaches to marshes and mountain forests.
**  Phillip Island, venue for one of nature's most charming and memorable spectacles: the 'penguin parade'.
**  The Yarra Valley, Victoria's premier wine region, offering cellar tastings of world famous wines in breathtaking surroundings.
**  The Great Ocean Road, one of the world's most spectacular coastal drives, winding through 300km of rugged scenery past the imposing Twelve Apostles rock columns, and the rainforests, waterfalls and walking trails of the Otway range.

  British Airways   -   Holidays in Victoria [ Melbourne ]

Thomas Cook

 
Create your perfect trip to Victoria   -   Flight, Hotel and Car



Travel Guides Victoria / Related books

Travel Guides Victoira 

Melbourne and Victoria: City Guide (Lonely Planet City Guide)
Donna Wheeler (Author)
Paperback: 328 pages; Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; 7th Revised edition edition (1 Oct 2008); ISBN-10: 1741048621; ISBN-13: 978-1741048629. 

Transport / How do I travel to Victoria

  Melbourne Airport  - Melbourne Airport is located appr. 25 kms from the Melbourne's CBD
Melbourne Airport is a major passenger and freight gateway into Australia.
Flight Information | Getting There & Away | Passengers | Shopping & Eating | Melbourne & Region | Paking | Interactive Map
  Geelong's Avalon Airport   -   22 kilometres (25 mins approx.) from Geelong
A shuttle bus [ Avalon Airport Shuttle ] is available, providing connections with Geelong, the Bellarine Peninsula and the Great Ocean Road. Geelong is home to Australia's cheapest flights to and from Sydney and Brisbane with Jetstar Airways.

  British Airways   -   Flight tickets Melbourne

  Ebookers   -   
Book cheap flights to Melbourne at ebookers and benefit from discounted airfares.

  Airline Tickets /  Bargain Flights   -   Price comparison possible

  V/line
V/Line train services operate to and from Melbourne on the Geelong line in the south-west, Ballarat in western Victoria, Bendigo, Swan Hill and Echuca in the north, Seymour and Wodonga in the north-east, and Traralgon and Sale in the state's east.
They cover the rest of Victoria with their extensive road coach network which links most cities and towns in regional Victoria.er
  Australia's Great Train Journeys
  CountryLink
CountryLink's rail and coach network reaches 334 destinations in New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Queensland and Victoria.

  Firefly Express
  Greyhound 
  Premier Motor Coaches
  McCafferty's Coaches   -   interstate coach services
McCaffertys network now spans the entire Australian continent
  Gull   -   scheduled services between Geelong and Tullamarine Airport

  Metlink Melbourne   -   public transport in metropolitan Melbourne and in regional Victoria

  Weather Office Australia   -  weather in the Northern Territory


Links 

  Visit Victoria   -   Tourist Board   -   Experience Victoria
Food & Wine | Arts & Culture | Theatre | Hallmark Events | Entertainment | Shopping | Parks & Gardens | Health & Spa | Nature & Wildlife | Skiing & Alpine | Aboriginal Victoria | About Victoria | Travel Planner | Backpackers | Disabled Travellers | Gay & Lesbian | Students | Maps of Victoria [ Melbourne, Victoria's Regions and Route Planner ].

  Government Victoria   -   Victoria Online

  City of Melbourne  -  Capital City Victoria and second City of Australia
Located at the Yarra Rivier and looking over the Phillip Bay. Major entertainment venues, fashion, sport and good food characterise this busy cosmopolitan city. Vanuit Melbourne zijn alle delen van Victoria makkelijk te bereiken.

  Gippsland   -   Gippsland Tourism   -   to the east, known for its forest wilderness lakes
Explore the Gippsland Lakes and soak up the sun on the beautiful Ninety Mile Beach. Visit the largest concentration of Open Cut Mining & Power Generation activity in Australia. Or Journey to Phillip Island and catch a glimpse of the unique penguin parade.
  Goldfields of Victoria   -   Goldfields   -   to the north west of Melbourne
The Goldfields region is Australia's premier gold heritage region offering spectacular historic cities and towns. Easily accessible from Melbourne, the region entices the visitor with its grand streetscapes, historic architecture, gardens, art galleries, provincial food and wine, festivals and world-class attractions.
The Goldfields region includes the cities and towns of Ballarat, Bendigo, Avoca, Castlemaine, Maldon, Clunes, Maryborough, Dunolly and Creswick.
  Goulburn / Murray Waters   -   Goulburn Mulwaary Council
The Murray River in the north has fertile land along its banks with vines and citrus fruits the main produce, together with magnificent eucalypt forests.
  Grampians   -   to the west   -   Visit Grampians   -   spectacular mountain scenery
Surrounding the Grampians national Park is a land rich in attractions. Throughout the Grampians region you'll find heritage towns and villages, award-winning wineries, rivers just right for fishing and boating, ancient volcanoes, contemporary cafes and restaurants, splendid art galleries, superb state and national parks, enthralling wildlife, graceful botanic gardens and timeworn goldmining towns.
  Great Ocean Road   -   Great Ocean Road
Regio's: Geelong, Bellarine Peninsula, Surf Coast, Otways, Shipwreck Coast, Discovery Coast, Hinterland
  Lakes and Wilderness   -   Tourism East Gippsland
Tourism: Great Alpine Road, Gippsland Lakes and Rivers, Snowy River Country, Croajingolong Wilderness
Major towns: Bairnsdale, Dinner Plain, Omeo, Lakes Entrance, Metung, Paynesville, Buchan, Orbost, Mallacoota Inlet.
  Legends, Wine & High Country   -   Visit the Legends, Wine & High Country   -  NO Victoria
Within an hour of Melbourne are the Yarra Valley, the Dandenongs and the Mornington Peninsula, known for their excellent wines and food.
Fishing & Boating | Skiing & Snow Play | Bushwalking & Nature |Food & Wine | Adventure | History & Legends

  Northwest Victoria
The north west is characterised by semi arid country, suitable for wheat growing and sheep and cattle grazing.
  The Victoria Alps  -  in the north east  -  offer spectacular mountain scenery
  Universiteit van Melbourne
Over the years, the University of Melbourne has established itself as one of the finest in Australia.
  Victoria's regions
Compared to the rest of Australia, Victoria is only a small state, but it sure packs a powerful punch. And it's precisely this intimate scale that makes each of Victoria's 13 regions so accessible – ocean beaches, seaside villages, mountain ranges, ski fields and national parks are all at your fingertips.


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