Mumbai travel guides & articles
All 7 in-depth pieces we’ve published on Mumbai — newest first.
How Mumbai Eats When the Monsoon Floods the Streets
When the rains close half the city, thirteen kitchens under tarpaulin and tin roofs keep Mumbai fed — from a 1904 Irani café to a pani puri counter with actual seats.
Mumbai's Art Deco Mile: Bombay's Jazz-Age Architecture Walk
A walking route through the Fort-to-Marine-Drive ensemble that makes Mumbai the world's second-largest home of Art Deco architecture, from working cinemas to sea-facing apartment blocks.
The Parsi Cafés of Mumbai: Bentwood Chairs, Berry Pulav and a Fading World
A working itinerary through Mumbai's last Irani cafés and Parsi kitchens — bentwood chairs, checkered oilcloth, berry pulav and bun maska, from Ballard Estate to Dadar Parsi Colony, with the door policies, hours and cash rules that actually matter.
Marine Drive After Dark: The Queen's Necklace and the City That Refuses to Sleep
How to spend a night on Mumbai's 3.6-kilometre seafront curve, from chai stalls and cricket floodlights to the one terrace built for a crowd.
The Men in White Caps: Inside Mumbai's 130-Year-Old Lunchbox Delivery Machine
How to actually watch — and understand — the dabbawalas who move 200,000 home-cooked lunches across Mumbai every working day, without an app or a single spreadsheet.
Chowpatty and Beyond: A Local's Guide to Mumbai's Street Food
A dish-by-dish, stall-by-stall crawl through Mumbai's street food — from a 5am dosa counter to a 3am kebab stall — with exact prices, who cooked it, and where to stand.
The Best Mumbai Slum Tours With Local Guides
Nine Dharavi tours run by people who actually live there — ranked honestly by ethics, price, group size and which one suits a couple, a family or a curious solo traveller.