Mumbai, the city of dreams is one of the beautiful and well-known cities in India and the beauty of Mumbai lies in its tourist places which one side shows the calmness of sea and on other side shows us the loudness of crowded trains.
Being a tourist, you should first understand which are the best places to visit or hang out in Mumbai one by one to cover maximum part of Mumbai with a very limited time.
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Gateway of India
Tourists usually start their Mumbai trip with one of the old monuments named Gateway of India built at the time of Britishers. This place gives livelihood to many old photographers and vendors like chai tapri wala, vada pav sellers, ballon sellers and horse riders etc in this modern era. You can also find a water ride from here for exploring the caves of Elephanta.
Taj Mahal Palace Hotel
This hotel stands just across gateway of India and usually remembered with terror attacks happened in 2008. It has many luxurious rooms, best of dining with swimming pool and facilities of spa also. It has best of décor with lot of collections of well-known artists. This hotel has world class architecture which adds to the heritage of Mumbai city and that’s the reason People wait here for hours spending their time in shopping of luxury brands and to get the beautiful view of Gateway of India and Arabian sea with number of boats and ferries on its shore.
Colaba Causeway
A shopping lover person cannot miss this place which adds to the shopping culture of this city. Best place for ladies and girls to negotiate with shop vendors sitting on two corners of roadside and offering clothing, antiques and accessories at its best price. Understanding how tired people gets with shopping this place offers you food and drinks with the oldest café of the era Mondegar which is liked from generations of Millennials to Genz and food spots like Bade Miyan for non-vegetarian’s crowd.
Marine Drive
This is One of the best places to hangout in Mumbai which people of Mumbai call it as Queens necklace as the lighting along the streets at night looks like diamonds all over the place and making it a beautiful place of Mumbai. You can experience here the cool breeze of sun rise and the calm peace sunset also. Experience of watching sunset with the waves of sea and sitting on a bench with spicy bhel and sour mangoes gives you an immense feeling of hope that sun will rise again with new hopes and new dreams.
Nariman Point
This place ends with southern end of Mumbai named Nariman point where you should not miss to take best of photographs with sea views and Mumbai skyline. Your search for five-star hotels also ends here with hotels like Oberoi and Trident which gives you amazing food, best sea view rooms and is near to all major attractions of Mumbai.
Chowpatty Beach
Next place you can visit is the northern end of Marine drive called Chowpatty beach. This place is famous for the Mumbai Street food like Wada pav, bhel, pav bhaji, ice candy and Pani puri etc. People usually come here on weekends with their family to spend full evening lying down on sand and enjoying cool breezes of sea nearby. Children enjoy the most here making sandcastles with their tiny little toys and enjoying playing ballons and games with their friends around.
Hanging Garden
In a such a city of crowd and noises, there are only few places where you can find greener places with a peaceful environment to enjoy the view of sunset with voice of flowing fountains. People usually come here with families and friends with food and drinks along and enjoy their weekend picnic from mornings to evenings.
Antilla
With Mumbai comes the name of the wealthy industrialist Ambani and their unique made residence Antilla which is very famous for its interiors as no floor seems alike and it has many swimming pools, gardens, spa, private theatre, gym, helipads and many more. As a tourist you cannot enter the place, but its uniqueness itself speaks from outside also.
Mahalaxmi Temple
It is one of the oldest temples in Mumbai where tourist visit for success and prosperity. This temple holds idols of Maha Saraswati, Mahakali and Mahalaxmi and asks for success, knowledge and power. It is best decorated with lights and flowers during Navratri.
Hajji Ali Dargah
It is the Muslims religious site and visitors from various places come and visit this place as pilgrimage. Locals of Mumbai visit this place sometimes to eat the delicious sandwich and juice from oldest food spot nearby.
Siddhi Vinayak Temple
It is a famous Hindu lord Ganesha temple where everyone’s wishes are believed to be fulfilled. Siddhi means accomplishment or fulfilment of desires and Vinayak means Lord Ganesha. So, this place is meant to fulfil wishes from all grounds of people. Locals to celebrities everyone takes the blessings of lord Ganesha before starting with any new ventures. Being a tourist you should avoid visiting this place on Tuesday as it is most crowded on that day.
Bandra Worli Sea link
Have you ever seen a bridge with decorations and lights? Yes, you can experience the brightened lights that changes every festive season which is designed across the Arabian sea connecting Mumbai suburbs with south city and obviously it comes with the cost of crossing the toll. This bridge has been designed in such a way to reduce the traffic time to its minimum. Beauty of this bridge is seen with the views of skyline along. With this it is the starting of development in the field of best infrastructure in Mumbai.
Jio Garden
It is a very famous place in BKC owned by Jio brand by reliance industries and surrounding by branded restaurants, Five-star hotels and corporate offices. This place is meant to organise various premium events like Coldplay, fashion shows, exhibitions, concerts. These are beautiful gardens with newly and differently made architecture. Casual visits are not allowed on this place but is opened only on scheduled events.
Juhu Beach
It is one of the most popular attractions of Mumbai located in western suburb of Juhu. Tourists visiting from north India enjoys this place the most with horse rides, camel rides and various activities for tourists. This beach looks very beautiful with lively atmosphere and views of sun sets. Many celebrities like Bollywood stars have their residencies in the areas of nearby. It is one of the most famous spots for influencers, struggling artists and choreographers.
Iskcon Temple
Iskcon temple is one of the famous Hindu Radhe Krishna temples. This place has its own importance with meditations and peace within the temple. This place offers vegetarian food in restaurants and a guesthouse also inside the temple. Prasad of this temple is so delicious that crowd wait in lines to take the blessing of Krishna with prasad.
Powai Lake
It is one of the artificial lakes situated near IIT Mumbai. People from northeastern subub comes here for walking and spending evenings with friends. This place was famous for boating for tourists but now the same is closed as it has become home for crocodiles. This place is very crowded during the time of Ganesh Chaturthi.
Carter Road
This place is considered to covered with homes of Celebrities. It is possible that you will see lot of film stars walking and jogging around you. With the presence of film stars this place have best of restaurants, Cafes and residential buildings.
Bandstand
It comes under tourist attraction as the homes of famous film stars like Shahrukh khan’s Mannat is situated here. You will notice lot of crowds gathered near Mannat on weekends just to see a glance of Sharukh khan. You will see lot of families and couples enjoying the sea breeze with performance of struggling dancers and actors performing at central place to attract fame and livelihood.
Elephanta Caves
You can take a water ride to the island Elephanta from gateway of India and climb up to visit the famous caves. Sculptures of this island is made in such a way that it looks like the figure of Elephanta. Caves of this place represent the sculpture of Shiva in different forms like shiva with 3 faces which is known to be called as Creator, preserver and destroyer and Shiva as Natraj etc.
Crawford Market
It is one of the crowded markets in Mumbai because you will get everything cheaper here whether it be fruits, veggies, spices or household products. Basically, all kitchen products are available at cheaper rates here. You cannot pass this place without hearing the voices of vendors with the price tags of their products and negotiating themselves to sell the same products. It is decorated beautifully with flowers and lights on Ganesh Chaturthi and Diwali and most crowded during that time.
