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Best Places to Eat

¨ Peshawri (p67)

¨ Revival (p64)

¨ Dakshinayan (p66)

¨ Koh (p65)

¨ La Folie (p64)

Best Places to Stay

¨ Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai (p60)

¨ Residency Hotel (p61)

¨ Abode Bombay (p60)

¨ Sea Shore Hotel (p59)

¨ Juhu Residency (p62)

When to Go

Dec & Jan The very best, least sticky weather.

Aug & Sep Mum-bai goes crazy for Ganesh during its most exciting festival, Ganesh Chaturthi.

Oct–Apr There’s very little rain, post-monsoon; the best time of year for festivals.

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Mumbai (Bombay)Why Go?Mumbai is big. It’s full of dreamers and hard-labourers, star-lets and gangsters, stray dogs and exotic birds, artists and servants, fisherfolk and crorepatis (millionaires) – and lots of people. It has India’s most prolific film industry, some of Asia’s biggest slums (as well as the world’s most expensive home) and the largest tropical forest in an urban zone. Mum-bai is India’s financial powerhouse, fashion epicentre and a pulse point of religious tension. It’s even evolved its own lan-guage, Bambaiyya Hindi, which is a mix of…everything.

If Mumbai is your introduction to India, prepare your-self. The city isn’t a threatening place but its furious energy, limited public transport and punishing pollution makes it challenging for visitors. The heart of the city contains some of the grandest colonial-era architecture on the planet but explore a little more and you’ll uncover unique bazaars, hid-den temples, hipster enclaves and India’s premier restau-rants and nightlife.

Includes ¨History . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Sights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Activities . . . . . . . . . . . .56Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Tours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Sleeping . . . . . . . . . . . . .59Eating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63Drinking & Nightlife . . . .67Entertainment. . . . . . . .70Shopping . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

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Highlights1 Marvelling at the magnificence of Mumbai’s colonial-era architecture: Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (p43), High Court (p47) and Gateway of India (p42)

2 investigating the labyrinthine lanes and stalls in Mumbai’s ancient bazaar district (p73)

3 Dining like a maharaja at one of india’s best restaurants such as Indigo (p63)

4 Feeling the love with the Krishna crowd at the unique Iskcon Temple (p53)

5 Exploring the self-sufficient world of Asia’s largest shantytown, Dharavi Slum (p59)

6 Sleeping at the Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai (p60), one of the world’s iconic hotels, or having a drink at its bar, Mumbai’s first

7 Ogling the gorgeous Renaissance revival interiors of the Dr Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai City Museum (p49)

8 Beholding the commanding triple-headed Shiva at Elephanta Island (p55)

9 Catching the city’s sea breeze among playing kids, big balloons and a hot-pink sunset at Girgaum Chowpatty (p49)