St Kilda

Best food: The Windsor (modern Australian cuisine), Bluestone Restaurant (more modern Australian cuisine), Red Orange Bistro & Bar (European cuisine), The Vineyard (Backpackers, but you can’t eat them ... well, maybe if you ask nicely)

Best live music: The Esplanade, The Palace, The Palais Theatre

Best pubs: The Esplanade, The George, Joeys Underbelly, Area 61, Saint, Cushion Lounge, The Duke, Mink, Muse, The Local, Snake Pit

Something for everyone: The St Kilda Baths and Luna Park are worth a look, and if you dig arty stuff the St Kilda Film Festival and the St Kilda Writers’ Festivals run annually. Fans of the TV show The Secret Life of Us may be interested to know that it is filmed largely in St Kilda (but you probably already knew that).