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Mumbai (Bombay) and Maharashtra Features
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Song & Dance, Bollywood Style
Nicknamed after its Hollywood exemplar, Bollywood, the famously spirited and wildly popular Indian film industry headquartered in Bombay, is one... read more
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After-Hours Traditional Dance Bars
Mumbai once had a category of rough-and-ready nightspots called dance bars. These were licensed bars that offered "cultural programs" and were... read more
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Where Is It Served?
The Canteena Juice Center on Shahid Bhagat Singh Road, next to Delhi Durbar and Titan Watch in Colaba, has excellent fresh juices. Their strawberry... read more
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Kashid
Four hours (about 134 km) out of Mumbai is one of the prettier beaches along the Maharashtra coast—Kashid, a shining strip of sand and... read more
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Matheran
The main attraction of this tiny town is the fact that it is car-free. Motorized vehicles of any variety are not allowed to enter Matheran: the... read more
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Top Reasons to Go to Mumbai (Bombay) and Maharashtra
All of India in One City: Mumbai is both modern and old-fashioned, rich and poor, beautiful and ugly—all of India concentrated in one metropolis... read more
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Mumbai's Greatest Seafood Hits
Clams, squid, prawns, lobsters, crabs, and fish, rubbed with a spicy red masala or spiked with a green masala or simmered in a thick fragrant... read more
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Bombay's Lunchmen
If you stand at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (Victoria Terminus) or at south Mumbai's second station, Churchgate, close to the start of Marine... read more
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The Deccan Odyssey
Following the success of Rajasthan's luxury Palace on Wheels train, India introduced a Maharashtra counterpart, the Deccan Odyssey. Traveling... read more
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Dawn at the Docks in Colaba
Mumbai's budget-tourist district is often packed with vacationing Arabs in the rainy season and Western backpackers in the winter. Cheap boardinghouses... read more
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Indian Jews & Their Synagogues
Jews were once a prominent stream in Mumbai's population. There might have been three strains of Indian Jews—Maharashtrian (Bene Israel)... read more
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Bombay Ice Cream
Give the predictable Kwality Walls and Baskin Robbins a miss and sample some traditional ice cream, made daily with fresh fruit. Delicious flavors... read more
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The Great Irani Café
Mumbai has a special breed of teahouse that's on the way out. Called "Irani joints" in local parlance, these corner shops were begun by the first... read more
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Custom Tailors & Fine Fabrics
Mumbai's bazaars boom with some of the richest and widest varieties of cloth. The Mangaldas Cloth Market has enough bales of material to carpet... read more
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Street Food Favorites
Here's a list of some of Mumbai's street-food classics:... read more
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Two Top Mumbai Getaways
Four hours (about 134 km) out of Mumbai is one of the prettier beaches along the Maharashtra coast—Kashid, a shining strip of sand and... read more