Mumbai Trip Overview
This tour is specially designed for you if you are looking forward to witness the life of a local person and are also willing to become one with the crowd of 25 million. This tour includes following public transports trains, taxis and buses. Following is itinerary and mode of communications to those places in the tour.
1. Dhobi Ghat: Taxi or Rickshaw from Hotel to Dhobi Ghat.
2. Bombay High Court: Train from Mahalaxmi Station to Churchgate and walk till Bombay High Court
3. Mumbai University: Walk from High Court to University.
4. Watson Hotel: Walk from University.
5. Gateway of India: Walk from Watson Hotel
6. Taj Mahal Palace Mumbai: Walk from Gateway of India.
7. Victoria Terminus Station: Bus from Gateway of India.
8. Hanging Garden: Taxi from Victoria Terminus.
9. Mani Bhavan (Gandhi Museum): Walk from Hanging Garden.
10. END: Taxi back to Hotel.
Additional Info
Duration: 4 to 6 minutes
Starts: Mumbai, India
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Rail Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
This tour is specially designed for you if you are looking forward to witness the life of a local person and are also willing to become one with the crowd of 25 million. This tour includes following public transports trains, taxis and buses. Following is itinerary and mode of communications to those places in the tour.
1. Dhobi Ghat: Taxi or Rickshaw from Hotel to Dhobi Ghat.
2. Bombay High Court: Train from Mahalaxmi Station to Churchgate and walk till Bombay High Court
3. Mumbai University: Walk from High Court to University.
4. Watson Hotel: Walk from University.
5. Gateway of India: Walk from Watson Hotel
6. Taj Mahal Palace Mumbai: Walk from Gateway of India.
7. Victoria Terminus Station: Bus from Gateway of India.
8. Hanging Garden: Taxi from Victoria Terminus.
9. Mani Bhavan (Gandhi Museum): Walk from Hanging Garden.
10. END: Taxi back to Hotel.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Dhobi Ghat, Dr. E. Moses Rd. near Mahalakshmi Station, Mumbai India
Dhobi Ghat (Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat) was an open air laundromat (lavoir) in Mumbai, India. The washers, known as dhobis, work in the open to clean clothes and linens from Mumbai’s hotels and hospitals. It was constructed in 1890.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Hanging Gardens (Ferozeshah Mehta), Malabar Hill, Mumbai 400075 India
The Hanging Gardens, in Mumbai, also known as Pherozeshah Mehta Gardens, are terraced gardens perched at the top of Malabar Hill, on its western side, just opposite the Kamala Nehru Park. They provide sunset views over the Arabian Sea and feature numerous hedges carved into the shapes of animals. The park was laid out in 1881 by Ulhas Ghapokar over Bombay’s main reservoir, some say to cover the water from the potentially contaminating activity of the nearby Towers of Silence. When seen from the air, the walkway inside the park (Hanging Gardens Path), spell out the letters PMG (Pherozeshah Mehta Gardens) in cursive.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Mani Bhavan Gandhi Museum, 19 Laburnum Road Gamdevi, Mumbai 400007 India
Mani Bhavan is a museum and historical building dedicated to Gandhi, situated at Laburnum Road in the Gamdevi precinct of Mumbai. Mani Bhavan was the focal point of Gandhi’s political activities in Mumbai between 1917 and 1934.
Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: Marine Drive, Marine Drive, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Marine Drive is a 3.6-kilometre-long Promenade along the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Road in South Mumbai in the city of Mumbai, India. Often, the names Marine Drive and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Road are used interchangeably to refer to this 3.9km stretch.
Stop At: Gateway of India, Apollo Bandar, Colaba, Mumbai 400001 India
The Gateway of India is an arch-monument built in the early twentieth century in the city of Mumbai, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It was erected to commemorate the landing in December 1911 at Apollo Bunder, Mumbai (then Bombay) of King-Emperor George V and Queen-Empress Mary, the first British monarch to visit India. At the time of the royal visit, the gateway was not yet built, and a cardboard structure greeted the monarch. The foundation stone was laid in March 1913 for a monument built in the Indo-Saracenic style, incorporating elements of 16th-century Marathi architecture. The final design of the monument by architect George Wittet was sanctioned only in 1914, and construction was completed in 1924. The structure is a triumphal arch made of basalt, which is 26 metres (85 feet) high.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: University of Mumbai Library, M.G. Road Fort, Mumbai 400032 India
The University of Mumbai (also known by its former name University of Bombay, the official name until 1997, or Bombay University), informally known as (MU), is one of the earliest state universities in India and the oldest in Maharashtra. It offers bachelors, masters and Doctoral courses, as well as diplomas and certificates in many disciplines like the Arts, commerce, Science, Medical and Engineering. The language of instruction for most courses is English.
Duration: 10 minutes
Pass By: Bombay High Court, Fort Dr Kane Rd High Court Building, Mumbai 400032 India
The Bombay High Court is one of the oldest High Courts of India. It is located in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Its jurisdiction covers the states of Maharashtra and Goa, and the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
Stop At: Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, DN Road Mumbai CST Area, Mumbai 400001 India
The railway station was built to replace the Bori Bunder railway station, in the Bori Bunder area of Bombay, a prominent port and warehouse area known for its imports and exports. Since Bombay became a major port city at the time, a bigger station was built to meet its demands, and was named Victoria Terminus, after the then reigning Empress of India, Queen Victoria. The station was designed by the consulting British architect Frederick William Stevens. Work began in 1878. He received ₹1,614,000 (US$23,000) as the payment for his services.[1] Stevens earned the commission to construct the station after a masterpiece watercolour sketch by draughtsman Axel Haig.
Duration: 15 minutes
