While exploring Mumbai city we have been through most of the historical monuments, religious places as well as gardens. Now let me take you to a spot in south Mumbai known as Colaba Causeway which is a prime commercial street filled with tourists most of the times. It is actually a major road link between Colaba and Mumbai’s Old Woman’s Island. This street is also called Shahid Bhagat Singh Road officially. At the eastern side of the Causeway is situated the famous Cuffe Parade which is a high class neighbourhood of South Mumbai while other prominent landmarks close to the Colaba Causeway are The Gateway of India and Taj Mahal Palace & Tower. The elevation of Colaba Causeway is 4 metres.The fort area of Mumbai city in the early nineteenth century became overcrowded as the island of Colaba was completely used as cantonment area in 1976. Thus civilians couldn’t build their homes there. After several deaths due to capsizing of overcrowded boats a need to build a cause way felt strongly. Thus a Causeway was constructed by British East India Company and the construction completed in the year 1838. After the construction of causeway Colaba was reachable only in low tide but soon the rapid development of the area changed the things.Cotton exchange was established in the year 1844 at Cotton Green helped in the growth of the area. The causeway was further expanded in 1861 and 1863. Initially horse drawn tram cars were used for transportation in the area in 1873.Currently there are various shops, hotels, movie theatres, restaurants in Colaba Causeway. Mostly visited by shopping enthusiasts this suburban shopping destination offers you all types of apparel, electronic goods, music items, artefacts, shawls, carpets, minor antiques, varieties of slippers, cosmetics, jewellery, crystals, brass items, incense, clothes, handicrafts, Indian as well as imported expensive items at its numerous shops. You can find here decade old books at its pavement book stall. From upmarket expensive showrooms to footpath shops and small stalls attract a variety of shoppers including tourists in the area all through the year.If you feel hungry after all the shopping then there are restaurants to curb your hunger like:
- Delhi Darbar restaurant
- Piccadilly restaurant
- Cafe Churchill
- Mings Palace
- Kailash Parbat
- Gokul
- Cafe Mondegar
- Cafe Leopold, etc.
Colaba Causeway presently considered as a Culture Square because of the presence of various art galleries and other landmarks. It houses:
- National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA)
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Museum
- Regal Cinema
- Cusrow Baug (Parsi Residential colony housing 500 families)
- Other art galleries
The important tourists’ destination in the area is historic monument St. John the Evangelist Church which is an Afghan Church situated close to Navy Nagar. It was created in the memory of dead in First Afghan War of 1838. Sassoon Dock (harbour) is another attraction built in 1875 by Albert Abdullah David Sassoon. This dock currently has the largest fish market of city.AddressColaba Causeway,Colaba, South Mumbai, MumbaiTimingsThis market is open from morning till night. (No specific hours)RUCHI MAHAJANзайм на карту без отказов круглосуточновзять кредит онлайн