Travel Stories

• art

• art and culture

4 min read • Sep 30, 2019

Visiting Mumbai during festival time means seeing the city at its most vibrant. Join the fun at one of these eight spectacular celebrations.

• wildlife and nature

• activities

5 min read • Sep 27, 2019

From celeb spotting in Juhu to scuba diving at Tarkarli, here is our pick of the seven best beach escapes near Mumbai.

• art

• art and culture

8 min read • Apr 24, 2019

In India, the lavish decoration of everyday objects is a national obsession. Making the mundane magnificent is an expression of joy and an antidote to…

• food

• food and drink

6 min read • Nov 22, 2018

Fondly referred to as the city of dreams, India’s financial centre is a buzzing metropolis, a place of night-time illuminations, towering skyscrapers,…

• art

• art and culture

6 min read • Nov 16, 2018

Often called mayanagari (city of dreams), Mumbai is synonymous with Bollywood, India’s largest film industry and one of the biggest movie machines on…

• food

• food and drink

5 min read • Apr 13, 2018

Mumbai is a dizzying, dazzling metropolis, a city that never tires and never sleeps. If you’ve ever wondered what keeps this Indian megacity going, you’ll…

• art

• art and culture

10 min read • Mar 6, 2018

Picture the scene: tropical sunshine, swaying palm trees, lapping waves. And row after row of elegantly geometric Art Deco apartments. It would be easy to…

• food

• food and drink

3 min read • Dec 6, 2017

Lonely Planet Local Deepika Gumaste was born in Mumbai and has lived in the city for nearly 30 years. Deepika’s work as a travel writer has taken her far…

• budget travel

• connections

5 min read • Jul 6, 2017

Amidst the swirl and chaos of Mumbai’s slums, high rise towers and buzzing bazaars, it is easy to feel overwhelmed. But as you delve deeper into Mumbai,…

• art

• art and culture

9 min read • Jan 9, 2017

Holy is not a word usually used to describe Mumbai. With its slums, Bollywood divas, millionaires and mafia, and its extremes of poverty and decadence,…

• art

• art and culture

5 min read • Sep 29, 2015

A gargantuan, pulsating metropolis that reinvents itself every time you blink, Mumbai is India’s most modern and most happening city. The best…

• food

• food and drink

7 min read • Sep 29, 2015

Visitors to Mumbai think it’s all about the spices, and when it comes to the city's delicious cuisine, they might be right. India's economic capital draws…

• food

• food and drink

7 min read • Sep 25, 2013

Be prepared to be jostled, hurried and incessantly chatted to as you soak in the trendy yet traditional vibe of Mumbai.

• food

• food and drink

5 min read • Aug 23, 2012

Unknown to many travellers, South Asia has a whole genre – a large one – of food known as mithai, which literally translates as 'sweets'. Some of them…

5 min read • Nov 4, 2011

At rush hour in Mumbai, the ladies’ car of the city’s Western Line train is stuffed with working ladies in smart salwar kameez sets, tribal women with…

• food

• food and drink

2 min read • Aug 19, 2010

When in India during monsoon season, there’s almost nothing to beat a hot rum toddy to warm the very depths of your body and spirit when it’s pouring…

• festivals and events

• art and culture

3 min read • Jul 13, 2010

Mumbai is big. It’s full of dreamers and hard-labourers, actors and gangsters, stray dogs and exotic birds, artists and servants and fisherfolk and…