Mumbai

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About Mumbai

India's financial capital is built on what were once seven islands, joined over centuries by land reclamation into a long peninsula pointing into the Arabian Sea. Mumbai, known as Bombay until 1995, is home to the country's main stock exchange, the Bollywood film industry and some of the densest neighbourhoods on earth, all moving to the rhythm of packed suburban trains.

South Mumbai holds the grandest architecture. The Gateway of India faces the harbour, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus is a Victorian Gothic railway palace, and the Art Deco blocks along Marine Drive are part of a UNESCO-listed ensemble with the Victorian buildings around the Oval Maidan. Crawford Market and the stalls of Colaba Causeway show the city's trading side.

A ferry across the harbour reaches the rock-cut Shiva temples of Elephanta Island, while Sanjay Gandhi National Park keeps forest and ancient Buddhist caves inside the northern suburbs. Street food is a highlight, from vada pav to bhel puri on Girgaum Chowpatty at sunset. The monsoon, roughly June to September, brings very heavy rain.

Best seasonNovember to February, dry and less humid

Ideal stay3-4 days, including a half day for Elephanta

ArrivingChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in the northern suburbs, or by long-distance train

What to See in Mumbai: 12 Favorites

Landmarks 2

Gateway of India

Facing the harbour at Apollo Bunder, this basalt arch was built to commemorate the 1911 visit of King George V and Queen Mary and...

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus

Formerly Victoria Terminus, this railway station designed by Frederick William Stevens was completed in 1888 and is a UNESCO World...

History 1

Elephanta Caves

About an hour's ferry ride from the Gateway of India, Elephanta Island holds a group of rock-cut cave temples dedicated to Shiva,...

Viewpoints 1

Marine Drive

Curving for about three and a half kilometres along Back Bay, this seafront promenade is nicknamed the Queen's Necklace for the st...

Museums 1

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya

Formerly the Prince of Wales Museum, this domed Indo-Saracenic building near Kala Ghoda opened in 1922 and is one of India's leadi...

Temples and Shrines 2

Haji Ali Dargah

Set on a small islet off the Worli coast, this white mosque and tomb of the Sufi saint Pir Haji Ali Shah Bukhari is reached by a n...

Shree Siddhivinayak Temple

In Prabhadevi, this temple to Ganesh dates from 1801 and is one of the most visited shrines in Mumbai, drawing film stars, busines...

Nature 1

Sanjay Gandhi National Park

Covering a large area of forested hills in the northern suburbs, this national park inside city limits is home to leopards, deer a...

Neighborhoods 1

Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat

Next to Mahalaxmi railway station, this vast open-air laundry is a grid of concrete wash pens where washermen, known as dhobis, be...

Shopping 2

Crawford Market

Officially Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Mandai, this market hall completed in 1869 has a clock tower and stone friezes designed by John L...

Colaba Causeway

The main road through Colaba is lined with pavement stalls selling clothes, jewellery, bags and souvenirs beneath the arcades of o...

Beaches 1

Girgaum Chowpatty

At the northern end of Marine Drive, this city beach is less about swimming than strolling, people-watching and eating. Stalls sel...

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