点评:The Block Arcade is another of Melbourne’s posher arcades. Opened in 1892, it is a beautifully restored Victorian-era shopping arcade.
Like the nearby Royal Arcade, it oozes old-world charm. There’s the intricately tiled floors with mosaic floral and geometric patterns, the high, vaulted ceilings and ornamental metalwork, a glass domed roof, and the historic Hopetoun Tea Rooms.
It doesn’t take much to imagine a thriving 19th century Melbourne where men in suits and straw boaters and women in bustles and elaborate hats arrived in carriages to shop in this elegant arcade.
The shops here are mostly small, upmarket shops. You wont find chain stores or outlets here. Much as I enjoy walking through the arcade, I don’t really do any real shopping here. The one exception is Haigh’s Chocolates but it’s impossible to resist their hand-made chocolates.
翻译:布洛克拱廊是墨尔本另一处高档拱廊。它于1892年开业,是一座经过精心修复的维多利亚时代购物拱廊。
与附近的皇家拱廊一样,它散发着浓郁的旧世界魅力。这里有铺着精美瓷砖的地板,上面镶嵌着花卉和几何图案的马赛克;高耸的拱形天花板和装饰性的金属制品;玻璃穹顶;以及历史悠久的霍普顿茶室。
不难想象,在19世纪繁荣的墨尔本,身着西装、头戴草帽的男士和穿着裙撑、头戴精致帽子的女士们乘坐马车来到这座优雅的拱廊购物。
这里的商店大多是小型的高档店铺。你在这里找不到连锁店或折扣店。虽然我很喜欢在拱廊里漫步,但我并不真的在这里购物。唯一的例外是海格巧克力店,因为他们的手工巧克力实在令人难以抗拒。