Mumbai guide

Planning a trip and not sure where to begin? Here are the places our guests ask about most, grouped by area so you can build a day around each one.

Start from Jogeshwari

Mumbai has something for everyone: beaches and water parks, pilgrim sites, colonial architecture, street food and film sets. Couples, college groups, families with children and solo business travellers all find a version of the city that suits them.

The hotel is a practical base for all of it. We are about 7 km from the airport, close to the highway and the suburban railway, and our travel desk can help with tickets, taxis and tour bookings.

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Near the hotel

Mumbai airport (CSMIA)

Mumbai airport (CSMIA)

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport is about 7 km from the hotel, roughly 20 minutes by road outside rush hour. We can arrange a paid airport transfer if you tell us your flight time.

Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon

Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon

The city's biggest trade-fair venue, at NESCO on the Western Express Highway, is 2 km away. Exhibitors and visitors stay with us to skip the cross-town commute.

Andheri Lokhandwala

Andheri Lokhandwala

A 2 km hop to one of the suburbs' best-known shopping streets: clothes, shoes, street food, cafes, and the odd film or television face in the crowd.

Versova Beach

Versova Beach

A quieter stretch of sand 3 km from the hotel, edged by a Koli fishing village. Come for sunset, fresh seafood nearby, or the short ferry across to Madh Island.

Juhu Beach

Juhu Beach

Mumbai's most famous beach, 6.5 km away. Evenings are the time to go, for the sunset, the pav bhaji and bhel puri stalls, and the crowd.

Oberoi Mall

Oberoi Mall

Big-brand shopping, a food court and a multiplex in Goregaon East, about 5 km from the hotel.

Mumbai Film City

Mumbai Film City

Dadasaheb Phalke Chitranagari in Goregaon East is where much of Bollywood and Indian television is shot. Guided bus tours take you past standing sets and, with luck, a live shoot.

Chota Kashmir

Chota Kashmir

A landscaped garden and boating lake in the green belt of Aarey Colony. Good for an unhurried hour in a rowboat or pedal boat.

Sanjay Gandhi National Park

Sanjay Gandhi National Park

A protected forest inside the city limits at Borivali, with a lion and tiger safari, a toy train, boating and plenty of walking trails.

Kanheri Caves

Kanheri Caves

More than a hundred Buddhist caves cut into a basalt hillside inside the national park, with prayer halls, monks' cells and stupas, some of them around two thousand years old.

Bandra and central Mumbai

Bandra-Worli Sea Link

Bandra-Worli Sea Link

An eight-lane cable-stayed bridge that carries traffic 5.6 km across Mahim Bay. Drive it once for the view, then see it lit up at night from Worli Sea Face.

Bandstand, Bandra

Bandstand, Bandra

A sea-facing promenade lined with film stars' homes. Walk on to Bandra Fort, built by the Portuguese in 1640, and up the hill to Mount Mary Basilica.

Shri Siddhivinayak Temple

Shri Siddhivinayak Temple

The city's best-loved Ganesh temple, in Prabhadevi. Tuesdays draw the longest queues, so go early or pick another day.

Shri Mahalakshmi Temple

Shri Mahalakshmi Temple

A seaside temple to the goddess of wealth, built in 1831 and busiest during Navratri and Diwali.

Haji Ali Dargah

Haji Ali Dargah

A white-domed shrine on an islet off Worli, reached by a causeway at low tide. People of every faith come to pay respects and take in the sea view.

Nehru Science Centre

Nehru Science Centre

A large hands-on science museum in Worli where children can touch, push and switch on nearly everything.

Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Zoo

Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Zoo

The Byculla zoo, known locally as Rani Baug, with a popular penguin enclosure. The Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum, the city's oldest, stands in the same grounds.

South Mumbai

Gateway of India

Gateway of India

The basalt arch on the Colaba waterfront, completed in 1924, faces the Taj Mahal Palace hotel. Go early in the morning or around sunset, and take a short harbour boat ride.

Elephanta Caves

Elephanta Caves

A UNESCO World Heritage Site an hour by ferry from the Gateway of India. The rock-cut temples are dedicated mainly to Shiva and include the famous three-faced Trimurti.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus

A working railway station and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Victorian Gothic building opened in 1888 and is at its best floodlit after dark.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya

Formerly the Prince of Wales Museum. Around 50,000 objects cover Indian art, archaeology and natural history, housed in a domed Indo-Saracenic building.

National Gallery of Modern Art

National Gallery of Modern Art

Changing exhibitions of modern and contemporary Indian art in a circular hall in the Kala Ghoda art district.

Jehangir Art Gallery

Jehangir Art Gallery

Open since 1952 and still the city's busiest gallery, with new shows by painters, sculptors and photographers almost every week. Entry is free.

Marine Drive

Marine Drive

The curving seafront boulevard known as the Queen's Necklace for its string of street lights. Sit on the sea wall at dusk and watch the bay light up.

Girgaon Chowpatty

Girgaon Chowpatty

The beach at the top of Marine Drive, famous for chaat stalls, kulfi and the huge Ganesh immersion processions each year.

Hanging Gardens

Hanging Gardens

Terraced gardens on Malabar Hill with animal-shaped hedges. Kamala Nehru Park next door has the Old Woman's Shoe and a classic view over Marine Drive.

Taraporewala Aquarium

Taraporewala Aquarium

India's oldest aquarium, on Marine Drive. It has been closed for redevelopment in recent years, so check that it is open before you set out.

Family days out

Snow World

Snow World

An indoor snow park at Phoenix Marketcity in Kurla, kept well below freezing, with slides, snowball fights and ice skating. Warm jackets are provided.

KidZania

KidZania

An indoor city for children aged 4 to 16 at R City Mall, Ghatkopar, where they try out jobs such as firefighter, dentist or chef and earn play money.

EsselWorld

EsselWorld

A long-running amusement park on Gorai island with roller coasters and family rides. Check whether it is operating before you plan a visit.

Water Kingdom

Water Kingdom

A water park next to EsselWorld with slides, a large wave pool and plenty of places to eat. Best on a weekday.

Global Vipassana Pagoda

Global Vipassana Pagoda

A golden meditation hall at Gorai with one of the world's largest stone domes built without supporting pillars. It seats about 8,000 people.

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