Colaba :
Colaba Causeway Location Map
It is the place where the Heart of Mumbai rests. Colaba Causeway is a witness to the changing times in Mumbai.It rests among the magnificent facade of The Gateway Of India and the erstwhile Taj. It is the place where Gregory David Roberts fell in love with Mumbai. Other than having historical and architectural significance, Colaba is one of the most famous places to shop from in Mumbai.
Causeway footpath has lots of deals for shopping as shopping at colaba causeway is cheap and great.You get trinkets, fashion accessories, colorful stones in varieties and styles. For college crowd it is a trendy
shopping footpath place as they enjoy wearing jewelery made up of semi precious stones, woods and other arts.
One can also get varieties of fancy bags made of jute, cane and wood purse too, and they not very costly, just Rs.100 to 300 is all done for such fancy stuff to carry with. What else, the footpath is filled with some antiques, pictures and shoes (typical mojris and chappels) selling at about 300 bucks.
One of the specialities why people enjoy shopping in colaba streets is because of Antique artifact shops spread around where people of different nationalities shop for souvenir with woodwork inlaid with ivory, miniture taj mahals, south indian temples paintings, Kashmiri shawls and carpets from Manali and shimla. Other things one can find at colaba is old antique like Gramophones, Porcelain, doorknobs, budles, colored glass lanterns, nautical sextants, telescopes, compass and traditional hookahs. A great place to get pirated cds, dvds and vcds at Rs.50 around foothpath.
PS: Note it also has the best places to eat and drink.
Must visit- Bade Miya's ( Behind Old Taj)
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| Leopold Cafe |
- Leopold Cafe
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| Bade Miya's - famous eatery |
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