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Elephanta Island

Mumbai (Bombay)

Northeast of the Gateway of India in Mumbai Harbour, the rock-cut temples on Gharapuri, better known as Elephanta Island, are a Unesco World Heritage Site…

Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai

Mumbai (Bombay)

Mumbai’s most famous landmark, this stunning hotel is a fairy-tale blend of Islamic and Renaissance styles, and India’s second-most-photographed monument…

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya

Mumbai (Bombay)

Mumbai’s biggest and best museum displays a mix of India-wide exhibits. The domed behemoth, an intriguing hodgepodge of Islamic, Hindu and British…

Dr Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai City Museum

Mumbai (Bombay)

This gorgeous museum, built in Renaissance revival style in 1872 as the Victoria & Albert Museum, contains 3500-plus objects centring on Mumbai’s history …

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus

Mumbai (Bombay)

Imposing, exuberant and overflowing with people, this monumental train station is the city’s most extravagant Gothic building and an aphorism of colonial…

Iskcon Temple

Mumbai (Bombay)

Iskcon Juhu plays a key part in the Hare Krishna story, as founder AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada spent extended periods here (you can visit his modest…

Sassoon Docks

Mumbai (Bombay)

No sense is left unaffected at Mumbai's incredibly atmospheric fishing docks, dating to 1875, the oldest and largest wholesale fish market in Mumbai. A…

Sanjay Gandhi National Park

Mumbai (Bombay)

It’s hard to believe that within 1½ hours of the teeming metropolis you can be surrounded by this 104-sq-km protected tropical forest. Here, bright flora,…