Travel Notes About The Commercial City Of India

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Mumbai is a commercial city in India. It is the busiest city in India surrounds by much religion, different culture of people, load of traffic, poverty, bollywood and BSE (Stock Market) even more uncountable things. Mumbai is a gateway and the commercial capital of India. Even though it has got many hurts on its chest, its keep growing with blessing of God. It has faced many bomb blasts, religious disputes, Maoist attacks etc, and it is still leading its unique place in the country. It is also called as country financial power house. It is a hub of fashion and fantasy. On the other hand we see half of the population lives in Poverty and we find many slum areas in Mumbai. In this article, the famous tourist spots have been highlighted.

Prince of Wales Museum:

This is also called as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya and it is the biggest museum in Mumbai. Many historical things have been exhibited. This museum had opened in 1923. It has filled with Hindu and Buddhist sculptures, mini paintings done by the expertise and some specifically vicious weaponry. It is equipped with a natural history section ...
... with different kind of stuffed animals.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus:

It is also called as Victoria terminus which is located in the heart of the city. It is the profligate building in the city. It is a historical railway station and designed with domes, turrets, and spires especially you will be amazed to see the reservation office. It is adorned with peacocks, gargoyles monkeys and lions. This has been added under the UNESCO heritage list in the year 2004.

Chowpatty beach:

It is a favorite spot for many travelers. People should never forget to visit Chowpatty beach, if they in Mumbai. You can enjoy spending your time on the beach side inhaling fresh air that is very difficult to receive in the city side. The beach is cool and calm and you will get delicious beach side Bhelpuri. Everyone will be tempted to have it again, if they taste it once. You can see people crowded around the Chat shop.

Elephanta Island:

You have tourist boats heads to this splendid island from the gate way of India on every day except Monday. It is the home to the popular cave temples in Maharashtra. The boarding time and leaving time of Boats in Elephanta are 9:00 and 14:30 on a regular basis. The charges are affordable. You need to pay
around 90 bucks for economical boat and around 110 bucks on a deluxe boat. On the way, you can check out the giant freighters standing in Mumbai Harbour.

Gateway of India:

This is another historical monument in the city of Mumbai. It was built to honor the coming of King George V. It was completed in the year 1924. These days, it has been used as a commercial place. Many businesses such as balloon selling, photography and beggars will be trading their functions. Indian Shoulders will be protecting the Gateway for all over the day and night. The small business vendors have changed that spot into the hub of bazaar.

These are the important destination in Mumbai. Besides this, you can enjoy shopping at Crawford market, Cooperage Football ground, Jehangir art Gallery, Manibhavan Museum and Marine drive is just amazing to see. You can visit Mumbai Zoo, Monetary Museum and much more tourist spot. Mumbai makes us happy with its wonderful tourism management and got many popular tourist spots. It would be a real pleasure to travel to Mumbai and spend your vacation there.

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