Mumbai Trip Overview
Mumbai, formerly Bombay, is one of India’s most intriguing cities and its largest. It has Colonial and Art Deco buildings, tall skyscrapers, wild traffic and a frenetic pace of life. It is also famous as the heart of the Bollywood film industry. This half day city tour will give you the opportunity to sift through Mumbai’s layers of history and its ancient makeup contrasted by it’s hyper modernity.
Highlights
• Gateway of India
• Prince of Wales Museum
• Dhobi Ghat
• Gandhi Memorial Museum
• Marine Drive
Additional Info
Duration: 4 hours
Starts: Mumbai, India
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Mumbai, formerly Bombay, is one of India’s most intriguing cities and its largest. It has Colonial and Art Deco buildings, tall skyscrapers, wild traffic and a frenetic pace of life. It is also famous as the heart of the Bollywood film industry. This half day city tour will give you the opportunity to sift through Mumbai’s layers of history and its ancient makeup contrasted by it’s hyper modernity.
Highlights
• Gateway of India
• Prince of Wales Museum
• Dhobi Ghat
• Gandhi Memorial Museum
• Marine Drive
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Gateway of India, Apollo Bandar, Colaba, Mumbai 400001 India
You will be picked up from your hotel in Mumbai in an air conditioned vehicle for your guided tour of this cosmopolitan city. You will see the iconic Gateway of India stone arch, built by the British Raj in 1924 on the Mumbai Harbor waterfront.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Hanging Gardens (Ferozeshah Mehta), Malabar Hill, Mumbai 400075 India
In the Malabar Hills where Mumbai’s rich and famous live, you will see the the Hanging Gardens.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, 159 – 161 Mahatma Gandhi Road, Mumbai 400032 India
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, formerly known as the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, is one of the premier art and history museums in India.The museum is in a Heritage building that is a fine example of the Indo-Saracenic style of architecture and houses a world-class collection of over 60,000 art objects.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Dhobi Ghat, Dr. E. Moses Rd. near Mahalakshmi Station, Mumbai India
Next, you will see the Dhobi Ghat, a well known open air laundromat in Mumbai. The washers, locally known as Dhobis, work in the open to wash the clothes from Mumbai’s hotels and hospitals.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Mani Bhavan Gandhi Museum, 19 Laburnum Road Gamdevi, Mumbai 400007 India
You will also see the Gandhi Memorial Museum. In 1955, this building was dedicated as a memorial to Gandhi and to the activities of great significance he initiated from here.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Marine Drive, Marine Drive, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Finally take the Churchgate Street down to Marine Drive to enjoy a fantastic view of the Art Deco Skyline that has become an identity of Mumbai. At the end of the tour, you will be brought back to your hotel in Mumbai.
Duration: 30 minutes
