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Mumbai: Marine Drive, Shivaji Terminus, Gateway
Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN · 6 stops · 76 km (47.3 mi) · about 3 h driving · 16 spoken stories · driven 1×
For colonial architecture lovers and art deco fans, this 3-hour drive connects Mumbai's airport to its iconic harbour. You'll pass Bandra's Portuguese fort, cross the Sea Link, sweep along the Queen's Necklace, and end at the Gateway of India after a stop at the Victorian Gothic terminus.
Photo: A.Savin, FAL, via Wikimedia Commons
From Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM) to Gateway of India, Mumbai
The stops
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1
Elco Market / Pali Village Cafe, Bandra
lunchHill Road, Chimbai Village, Khar
“Welcome to Bandra, and to lunch.”
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Bandra Fort (Castella de Aguada)
Castella de Aguada, also known as the Bandra Fort, is a fort located in Bandra, Mumbai, India. "Castella" is a misspelling for Portuguese "Castelo" (castle), although it seems its Portuguese builders actually called it Forte de Bandorá. It is located at Land's End in Bandra.
“Here at Land's End is Castella de Aguada, the Bandra Fort.”
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Bandra–Worli Sea Link
The Bandra–Worli Sea Link is a 5.6 km long, 8-lane wide cable-stayed bridge that links Bandra in the Western Suburbs of Mumbai with Worli in South Mumbai. It is the second longest sea bridge after Mumbai Trans Harbour Link, as well as the 5th longest bridge in India after Mumbai Trans Harbour Link, Bhupen Hazarika Setu…
“Now we roll onto the Bandra–Worli Sea Link, officially the Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link.”
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Marine Drive
Marine Drive, often referred to as the Queen's Necklace, is a 3-kilometre-long promenade along the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Road in Mumbai (Bombay), India. The road and promenade were constructed by Pallonji Mistry in 1940. It is a banana-shaped, six-lane concrete road along the coast of a natural bay.
“This is Marine Drive, the Queen's Necklace, three kilometres of promenade along Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Road.”
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Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), officially Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), and also known as Victoria Terminus (VT), its official name until 1996, is a historic railway terminus and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra, India.
“Here it is, the station you came for.”
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Gateway of India
The Gateway of India is an arch-monument, completed in 1924, on the waterfront of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It was erected to commemorate the landing of King George V of the United Kingdom for his coronation as the Emperor of India in December 1911 at Strand Road near Wellington Fountain.
“Our finish line, the Gateway of India, standing on the harbour front.”
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