MAIN HIGHLIGHTS:
Kala Ghoda – This crescent-shaped stretch is home to Mumbai’s best art galleries and museums; and cultural spaces, including some wonderful pavement galleries. Every year in February, the Kala Ghoda Association hosts a nine day Kala Ghoda Arts Festival
Marine Drive – This is a 4.3 km-long boulevard in South Mumbai. It is a ‘C’-shaped six-lane concrete road along the coast, which is a natural bay.
‘Dhobi Ghat’ – This is where Mumbai’s laundry is scrubbed, bashed, dyed and hung out to dry.
Drive past the Parsi Towers of Silence; the Jain temple on Malabar Hill which has frescoes inside that depict various events in the lives of the 24 Jain apostles; and the Haji Ali Mosque, which is the shrine of a Muslim Saint on an island 500 metres out at sea and is linked by a causeway to the mainland.
Prince of Wales Museum – A Heritage Museum representative of the rich and diverse history of India, with a collection of rare Indian, Tibetan, Nepalese, Japanese and Chinese Miniature Paintings, Decorative Arts and Archaeology.