Experts' Choice Award Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)
What the experts agree on
The MCG is Melbourne's spiritual home for Aussie Rules football—a 100,000-capacity temple where locals worship their sport. Tours explore the venue's role in inventing the game, essential for understanding the city's sports obsession.
“This 100,024-seater is to Melbourne what St Peter's Basilica is to Rome. It's here that the faithful flock to worship their guernsey-clad football deities.”
– The Telegraph
Fodor's "A tour of this complex is essential for an understanding of Melbourne's sporting obsession." Full review
Concierge "A temple in this sports-mad city, the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) is also the birthplace of Australia's homegrown football game, Aussie Rules."
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"With a capacity of 100,000 people, the 'G' is one of the world’s great sporting venues... for many Australians it's considered hallowed ground." Full review
Travel + Leisure "There are often other sporting events on, especially during the football season (from April to September), but outside of match days there are behind-the-scenes tours." Full review
