Shopping in Mumbai is a memorable experience as you wander through its
Bazaars with striking names like Chor Bazar, Mutton Street and Zaveri Bazar. At Chor Bazar
you'll find a phenomenal collection of antiques, jewellery, wooden articles, leatherware
and general bric-a-brac.
Crawford market, famous for flowers, fruits, meat and fish, is certainly place worth
capturing on your camera. Zaveri Bazar offers excellent range of jewellery items. For
colourful and innovative carpets one should head for Mereweather Road behind Taj Mahal
Hotel. Here the range is extensive, exclusive and the prices slightly higher. To be on the
safer side, one could, however check at the Jammu and Kashmir Emporium first. Several
state emporia in the World Trade Centre, at Cuffe Parade are an ideal place to buy
souvenir, a rare artifact or textiles. The Central Cottage Industries Emporium (Apollo
Bunder) and Khadi Village Industries Emporium (D.N.Road) with their fixed price tags, are
genuine and of superb quality.
Colaba and Flora Fountain (Hutatama Chowk) in the heart of South Mumbai and walking
distance from Bombay V.T and Churchgate Railwa Stations are full of shopping of all kinds,
mainly ethnic artifacts and departmental stores.
Walk into Fashion Street and shop for your new summer wardrobe. The street is close to the
famous Metro Cinema and Dhobi Talao.
For those who look for the glamorous the ideal place to shell out some money would be
Kemps Corner, Warden Road, Breach Candy and Napean Sea Road.
Bandra, the so-called Queen of Suburbs is the residential abode of the's who of Mumbai,
film stars, industrialists and the likes. Linking Road joins Bandra to Khar and is lined
up on both sides with showrooms for the elite. But the striking contest here is the
pavement selling which adds to the thrill while you walk out of a posh showroom.
The famous essence of perfume industry in India had its prime ingredient called Itar.
Although the Itar is now only concentrated towards Kanuj in U.P. , right here in Mumbai
you could get a sample of it the way it used to be. Yes, walk into the famous Mohammed Ali
Road and shop to your heart's content for Itar, embroidery and Zari work besides artefacts
and souvenirs.
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