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Mumbai — 5-day itinerary

Mumbai in five days

A day-by-day plan for Mumbai, Maharashtra, 20 stops in all. Every stop that matches a place we cover links straight to it.

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5 days in Mumbai

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Gateway of IndiaDay 1

Day 1

Gateway of India

Basalt, twenty-six metres, finished in 1924 to mark a royal visit that had happened thirteen years earlier. The last British troops in India left through it in 1948. Ferries to Elephanta go from the jetty alongside.

Day 1

Colaba Causeway shopping

Colaba Causeway shopping

Day 1

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus & the Fort district

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus & the Fort district

Day 1

Kala Ghoda art precinct

Kala Ghoda art precinct

Marine Drive

Day 1

Marine Drive

Three and a half kilometres of seafront reclaimed in the 1920s, with a row of Art Deco flats behind it that is UNESCO-listed. Walk it after six, when the rest of the city is doing the same. The concrete blocks on the sea side are tetrapods, and people sit on them despite the risk.

Day 2

Day 2

Elephanta Caves by ferry

Elephanta Caves by ferry

Day 2

Haji Ali Dargah

Haji Ali Dargah

Day 2

Dhobi Ghat from the Mahalaxmi bridge

Dhobi Ghat from the Mahalaxmi bridge

Day 2

Bandra-Worli Sea Link

Bandra-Worli Sea Link

Day 2

Bandstand & Bandra cafes in the evening

Bandstand & Bandra cafes in the evening

Day 3

Day 3

Siddhivinayak Temple

Siddhivinayak Temple

Day 3

Dharavi guided walk or Sanjay Gandhi National Park & Kanheri Caves

Dharavi guided walk or Sanjay Gandhi National Park & Kanheri Caves

Crawford Market

Day 3

Crawford Market

A colonial-era wholesale market housed in a Norman Gothic building, selling fruit, spices and clothing.

Day 3

Mohammed Ali Road food crawl

Mohammed Ali Road food crawl

Day 4

Day 4

Film City tour in Goregaon

Film City tour in Goregaon

Day 4

Juhu Beach

Juhu Beach

Day 4

Street food at Juhu chowpatty

Street food at Juhu chowpatty

Day 5

Day 5

CSMVS Museum or a Kala Ghoda art walk

CSMVS Museum or a Kala Ghoda art walk

Day 5

Coffee in Fort district

Coffee in Fort district

Day 5

Last shopping at Colaba Causeway

Last shopping at Colaba Causeway

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