Mumbai Travel Facts
The Basics
City Name: Mumbai
Where is it located?: Mumbai is in western India on Arabian Sea. It’s an island connected with bridge to the mainland.
Why do people go there?: Mumbai is the industrial city of India, exporting more goods than anywhere else in the country. With an English feel, it’s also home to Bollywood, India’s and the world’s biggest market of cinema.
How do travelers get there?: Mumbai has more domestic flights than anywhere else in India. There is a great train network to get you elsewhere in the country.
Currency: Rupee
City Code: 22
Population: 18 million
Languages: Hindi & English, there are 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu
Travel Information
Neighborhoods: Breach Candy, Navy Nagar, Kamathpura
Attractions: Crawford Market, Colaba, Marine Drive
Accommodations: New Delhi Hostels
Tourist Office: India Tourism Office
Off-the-beaten-path: Elephanta Island
Health Issues: Cholera, Dengue Fever, Hepatitis, Malaria, Meningococcal Meningitis, Typhoid
Tips for Visiting
When to go: India is vast – with various mountain ranges, ecosystems and climate factors that make it impossible to say the best time to visit India. In one part of the country it will be cool, and in the other part it will be humid, hot and raining. Generally speaki
Common Phrases: Hello=Namaste/Namaskar; How are you?=Kaise hain?; I am fine=Main theek hoon; Can you please help me?=Kya aap meri madad karenge?; What is your name?=Apka naam Kya hai?; Yes=Haan; No=Nahi; Thank you=Shukriya/ Dhanyavaad
City Specific Events: Elephanta Festival: February. Ganesh Chaturthi: August/September
How to get around?: Local transport runs the gamet of the experience. It all depends upon how much money you want to pay an how much of the experience you want controlled, although it seems like nothing works in Inida.
Good to know: There are good cheap domestic flights from Mumbai to elsewhere in India.
Cheapest airport to fly into: The cheapest airport to fly into Mumbai is the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport.
Need more information?: Check out the Mumbai travel guide for more on what to see, where to stay, and how to get there.
Did you like this article?
Share it
Place a comment| Now you can also comment with your Facebook Account |
Rate this story
Follow Us
Subscribe to the BootsnAll articles RSS feed
Related articles found in:
Asia, Asia Nutz and Bolts, India, India Nutz and Bolts, Indian Subcontinent, Indian Subcontinent Nutz and Bolts, Mumbai, Mumbai Nutz and BoltsRead similar items found across the BootsnAll Travel Network:
What do canned peas have to do with travel? Jon Wick explains how a dinner conversation about peas reminded him about one of the most important lessons of traveling.
[Read more]
If you haven’t yet been to a proper German Christmas market, you are missing out. Fortunately you don’t even have to go to Germany, so Andy Hayes lists 7 of the best choices that might be easier to reach.
[Read more]
Travel always has the potential to get expensive, but it’s also true that many of the world’s best attractions are free. Cherrye Moore chooses 5 unique and free attractions here in the USA.
[Read more]
Art museums are fine for some people, but how much can they tell us about weird food items? Deanna Hyland takes us on a tour of 9 museums dedicated specifically to unusual eats.
[Read more]
Not everyone realizes that Italy has several strings of islands, and each can be quite different for the visitor. Christine Cantera gives us the highlights of the best ones that you should consider for yourself.
[Read more]
