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Places of Interest in Mumbai
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Mumbai, a major cosmopolitan city
and the hometown of bollywood is a city that attracts
the young and the old. The beach and the Victorian landscape
combined with the nightlife offers an irresistible package.
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| Gateway Of India
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The Gateway of India is an exaggerated
colonial marker conceived following the visit of King George V in
1911.
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| Colaba |
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This place is highly fashionable
downtown.Situated in the southern corner of peninsula.A must visit
for all the travellers as it boasts of excellent shops,cafes and
stalls provided one knows how to bargain.
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| Fort Area |
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Fort Area, also known as the commercial
centre of the wonder city Mumbai, represents the Victorian Gothic
style of the Northern England.
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| Marine Drive |
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One of the most popular attractions
of Mumbai - Marine Drive shares the shoreline of the Arabian Sea,
stretching from the Nariman Point till the Malabar Hills. It was
built in 1920.
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| Chowpatty Beach
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Chowpatty is the most famous beach
in Mumbai. Though the beach remains almost solitary during the day,
it comes alive life in the evening.
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| Juhu Beach |
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30 km from the city, Juhu is a crowded
beach surrounded by residential appartments and bungalows.
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| Malabar Hill |
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Malabar Hills is one of the best
suburbs of Mumbai. The residents in the area are favoured with paronomic
views of the Back Bay.
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| Haji Ali's Mosque
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At the very tip of Arabian sea is
this old mosque situated, which can only be reachable when ever
there is low tide.
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| Prince of Wales
Museum |
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Situated near the Gateway of India,
it was designed in the Indo-Saracenic style to commemorate the king's
first visit to India in 1905.
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| Victoria Gardens
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The beautifully laid out gardens
are a nature lover's delight, with a vast collection of rare species
of flora and fauna.
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| Hanging Gardens
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Situated on Malabar hill, these
gardens were laid out in the year 1881 on the top of a reservoir.
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| Esselworld |
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India's largest amusement park,
Esselworld, situated on the Gorari island is the first of it's kind.
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| Elephanta Caves
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The rock-cut temples on Elephanta
island, 9 km north-east of the gateway of India, are Mumbai's major
tourist attraction.
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| Walkeshwar Temple
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Dedicated to Lord Shiva, Walkeshwar
Temple is the most important temple in the Banganga Tank. The original
, dedicated to Lord Rama.
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| Bombay Stock Exchange |
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Bombay Stock Exchange (Mumbai) is
India's largest stock exchange. Around 8000 companies are listed
on the Brouse, and daily trading volumes are counted in the billions
of rupees, making it the largest stock exchange after Tokyo. It
is the financial exchange nerve centre of Mumbai, and the security
here is tight.
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| Bandra |
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Bandra, the new face of Mumbai,
known as the 'queen of suburbs', is the first of the city's outlying
areas to offer a credible lifestyle alternative to south Mumbai.
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| Mumbai Zoo |
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Mumbai Zoo occupies the area of
the Veermata Jijabai Bhonsle Udyan Botanical Garden. It contains
tigers, lions, elephants, bears and monkeys. There is a bronze statue
of king Edward VII astride a black horse. There is also a delightful
plant house with a skeletal iron framework and a wooden lattice
skin.
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