Mumbai Trip Overview
When your cruise ship docks in Mumbai, see the city’s most popular attractions on a comprehensive 8-9 hour shore excursion. Highlights include the Gateway of India, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus — a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Mandai market, Marine Drive, the Hanging Gardens, Haji Ali Dargah, the Gandhi Museum, Dhobi Ghat, and the Prince of Wales Museum. Includes guide, transportation, and port pickup and drop-off.
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Duration: 8 to 9 hours
Starts: Mumbai, India
Trip Category: Shore Excursions >> Ports of Call Tours
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When your cruise ship docks in Mumbai, see the city’s most popular attractions on a comprehensive 8-9 hour shore excursion. Highlights include the Gateway of India, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus — a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Mandai market, Marine Drive, the Hanging Gardens, Haji Ali Dargah, the Gandhi Museum, Dhobi Ghat, and the Prince of Wales Museum. Includes guide, transportation, and port pickup and drop-off.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Gateway of India, Apollo Bandar, Colaba, Mumbai 400001 India
After pickup at the cruise port in Mumbai, ride in your air-conditioned private vehicle to the Gateway of India, constructed in 1924 and overlooking Mumbai Harbour.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, DN Road Mumbai CST Area, Mumbai 400001 India
See the World Heritage-listed Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (Victoria Terminus), The historic railway station serves as the headquarters of the Central Railways.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Market, D. Naoroji Road at L. Tilak Road, Mumbai India
Make your way to Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Mandai (formerly Crawford Market). The popular wholesale market is a preferred location to purchase festive decorations, dried fruits, fresh produce, and more.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Marine Drive, Chaupati, Mumbai 400021 India
Moving onward you’ll discover Marine Drive, built on reclaimed land in 1920. It arcs along the shore of the Arabian Sea from Nariman Point past Girgaum Chowpatty and continues to the foot of Malabar Hill. Its twinkling nighttime lights earned it the nickname Queen’s Necklace.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Hanging Gardens (Ferozeshah Mehta), Malabar Hill, Mumbai 400075 India
Around noon, visit the Hanging Gardens (Ferozeshah Mehta), located at Malabar Hill. Admire panoramic views of South Mumbai
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Mani Bhavan Gandhi Museum, 19 Laburnum Road Gamdevi, Mumbai 400007 India
Delight in a visit to Mani Bhavan Gandhi Museum. It is here that Gandhi laid the foundation for many independence movements. The three-story building now honors the man who put the interests of the nation above all.
Later a 1-hour stop is made at one of the best local restaurants in the area (own expense).
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Dhobi Ghat, Dr. E. Moses Rd. near Mahalakshmi Station, Mumbai India
Post lunch you’re taken to Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat to see the 140-year-old un-mechanized laundry facility, which houses more than 1,000 open-air troughs for beating the dirt out of thousands of pounds of soiled clothes and linens.
Duration: 15 minutes
Pass By: University of Mumbai Library, M.G. Road Fort, Mumbai 400032 India
Drive past the University of Mumbai informally known as (MU), is one of the earliest state universities in India and the oldest in Maharashtra.
Pass By: Bombay High Court, Fort Dr Kane Rd High Court Building, Mumbai 400032 India
Drive past the colonial building of the Mumbai High Court, one of the oldest High Courts of India.
Pass By: Haji Ali Mosque, Lala Lajpatrai Marg Mahalaxmi Race Course, Mumbai India
Drive past Haji Ali Dargah — the tomb of the Muslim saint that sits on an offshore inlet like a mirage.
Stop At: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, 159-161, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Lion Gate, Fort, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400023, India
For your final stop of the day, browse exhibits from all over India at the Prince of Wales Museum, located in a handsome Gothic-style building.
Your full-day tour ends with port drop-off in the late afternoon. Alternatively, you can choose a drop-off location anywhere in Mumbai.
Duration: 1 hour
