Travel to Mumbai

Places to see on your tour:

Gateway of India: Visit the Gateway of India; one of the famous monuments in Mumbai on your journey to Mumbai.The massive structure was built in 1911 as a triumphal arch to commemorate the visit of King George V and Queen Mary. The foundation stone of the Gateway of India was laid down by the then Governor of Mumbai on March 31st 1913.The cost of construction of this monument was about 21 Lakhs. This place is a starting point for many tourists who want to explore the city. Ironically, when the Raj ended in 1947,this colonial symbol also became a sort of epitaph. Behind the arch, there are steps leading down to the water. The archway is 26 meters high. The structure of the monument itself is quite majestic and an unlikely hybrid of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris and a Moorish palace.

Film Industry: On your travel to Mumbai one of the must visits is the most popular Film industry of Mumbai. The city boasts of the largest movie industry in the world. Well-known as Bollywood, it churns out nine hundred films every year, mostly racy potboilers or mushy romances filled with song, dance, violence and melodrama. But India has a serious parallel cinema that has never quite wooed the box office. Made for the country's cognoscenti, so-called "art films" regularly win awards at Cannes and other international festivals, and their actors are universally acclaimed.

Mani Bhawan: Mani Bhawan is one of the important places to visit on your travel to Mumbai.The Bhawan used to be the Mumbai residence of Mahatma Gandhi and is currently functioning as a Gandhi memorial. This is the place from where Gandhiji was arrested in 1932. The main feature of this two storied building is that it houses a reference library with over 2000 books, a photo feature on the Mahatma's life, some memorabilia, an old Gandhiji's charkha and a film and recording archive.

Prince of Wales Museum: Like the Gateway of India, the Prince of Wales Museum was also built to venerate King George's visit to Mumbai.On your travel to Mumbai you can visit the Prince of Wales Museum. The museum was constructed on the basis of the Indo -Saracenic style of architecture and was successfully completed in 1923. The Prince of Wales Museum boasts of exhibits in various areas like the art and paintings, archeology and natural history.

Marine Drive: To add more fun to your travel to Mumbai you can visit the Marine Drive, also called Chowpatty Beach, which is the most popular beach of Mumbai. The best way to discover Mumbai is to stroll down the Marine Drive. Presently this is the spot where Lord Ganesha's images are immersed after the conclusion of the Ganesha Chaturthi festival. Due to its curved shape and many streetlights, it was once called the Queen's Necklace. Marine Drive is a popular sea front; it is also the main thoroughfare linking Malabar Hills to the southernmost points of Colaba, Cuffe Parade, Nariman Point, and Fort.

Hanging Gardens: The city of Mumbai offers many places to visit, one of the famous sites are the Hanging Gardens which is a must see site in Mumbai.On your travel to Mumbai you can visit the Hanging Gardens. The park was built during the early 1880s over Mumbai's main reservoir at the top of the Malabar Hills. The reason of its location being to cover the water from the potentially contaminating activity of the nearby Towers of Silence. Located just opposite the Kamala Nehru Park, this terraced garden, also known as Ferozeshah Mehta Garden, is famous among the locals as well as tourists. The garden provides lovely sunset views over the Arabian Sea.

Kamla Nehru Park: Visit the Kamla Nehru Park on your travel to Mumbai.The Park forms a popular place of visit in Mumbai. The Park is located at the top of Malabar Hills. Kamla Nehru Park overlooks the Marine Drive, the park houses "Old Woman's Shoe", wonderfully cut hazes and roomy walkways. Moreover, the park also provides you a spectacular view of the city and the sunset. The Kamla Nehru Park also makes a favorite gateway for the locals here.

Jain Temple: The city of Mumbai offers many popular places of visit like the Jain temple, which is located on the Malabar Hill. You can visit Jain temple on your journey to Mumbai. The temple houses frescoes depicting various events in the lives of the 24 Jain Tirthankaras. It also has a black marble shrine decorated with celestial personifications of the planets painted onto the ceiling. A large number of devotees as well as tourists come here every day.

Some of the nearby tours:

Elephanta Caves: You can take nearby tour to Elephanta Caves, which forms one of the main tourist attractions situated in the close vicinity of the large meteropolis of Mumbai. The Elephanta Island is located 10 km away from the Gateway of India at Mumbai. These caves house rock cut temples dating back to the 5th century. The Elephanta Island was so named by the Portuguese, after the statue of an elephant near the landing area of the island. These rock cut temples dedicated to Shiva Mahadeva are rich in sculptural content. Visit this cave temple complex covering an area of about 60000 square feet on your tour to Mumbai. The complex consists of a main chamber and two lateral ones, courtyards and several subsidary shrines. Above the temple is the mass of natural rock. There are three entrances to this temple. The ones on the east and the west marking the axis of the temple. A 20 pillared hall lines the axis, and on its western end is the cella in which is enshrined a Shivalingam. The pillars consist of fluted columns standing on square bases, and are crowned with fluted cushion capitals.

Colaba: On travel to Mumbai you can visit the southernmost peninsula, known as Colaba. The place has a good range of hotels and restaurants and city's best landmarks, the Gateway of India and the Taj Mahal Hotel. In the year 1902, J.N. Tata built the neighboring Taj Mahal Hotel, after he was allegedly refused entry to one of the city's European hotels on account of being a native. It has since turned into a bit of an institution, and the streets behind it have become a Mecca for travelers, the Colaba Causeway is the main street with a melee of street vendors, shops, stalls and cafes. To the north, set in beautiful lush gardens, is the fascinating Prince of Wales Museum displaying a collection of ancient and medieval sculpture and Indian decorative arts, nearby the new National Gallery of Modern Art showcases Indian modern art. To the south is the Sassoon Dock, which at dawn becomes an area of intense and pungent activity as fishing boats arrive to unload their catch.

Shirdi: While on travel to Mumbai you can also visit Shirdi, 260 kms from Mumbai, 130 kms from Aurangabad is holy city of Sai Baba. The saga of Sai Baba of Shirdi started in the middle of last century when as a boy of about 16 years of age, he first appeared here under a neem tree absorbed in a hard penance.

Travel Tips: Mumbai, being India's international gateway has the busiest domestic air network in the country. The international terminal is at Sahar, which is 30 km north of the city center. The domestic terminal at Santa Cruz is just 4 km away. 40 percent of the air traffic to India is handled by Mumbai airport. Mumbai is a prominent railway hub of the country. It is the headquarters to two railway zones, Central and Western. The main railway station is Victoria Terminal, now renamed Chattrapati Shivaji Terminal. Other railway stations are Dadar, Churchgate, and Kurla. Express and super-fast trains are available for most of the Indian cities from Mumbai. On your tour to Mumbai you can enjoy the pleasant climate in the months of October to March. Throughout the year the maximum temperature lies at about 29oC to 33oC. The minimum temperature will be between 16oC and 26oC.

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