Mumbai Hotels

Mumbai is India's centre for, well just about everything, Bollywood cinema, politics, business, industry, one of Asia's largest slums intertwined with the cities attempt to grow into a modern and thriving city. Mumbai is an interesting mix of modern lifestyle merged with traditional festivals and the Indian culture. Mumbai hotels range from 5 star luxury properties to reasonable small hotels. A Mumbai hotel accommodation starts from as little as US $ 40 per dollars a night and goes up to US $ 130 dollars and more a night, if you stay in one of the luxury Mumbai hotels. Hotels in Mumbai have attractive discounts during the year and a hotel in Mumbai availability can be checked online. You can even make reservations online to just about any hotel in Mumbai.

The city of Mumbai was once known a Bombay. Mumbai is a great industrial center for India and also a huge trade centre. India's finacial heart beats here or rather ticks with the stock markets based in the city. Mumbai is a welcoming and comfortable city, the best months to visit being between September and April, when the weather is more comfortable. The main attractions are the Chowpatty Beach, Colaba, the National Gallery of Modern Art and Crawford Market, which has a strong European influence with buildings representing Victorian gothic architecture. For example a popular specimen of this architectural style is the Victoria Terminus.

Other sites to take in are Bombay University, the High Court, the BMC building, the Horniman Circle, the tomb of the Muslim saint Haji Ali, the bazaars of Kalbadevi, Malabar Hill, and Marine Drive. On the outskirts of Mumbia there is Elephanta Island, it is home to one of Mumbai's most popular attractions - rock-cut temples on the Elephanta Caves. Don't miss Matheran a peaceful hill that provides the perfect escape from the busy city and Sanjay Gandhi National Park Mumbai which is full of many historically significant caves.

Mumbai is a gateway into India for visitors from around the world, there are domestic flights from here to all major cities in India. Mumbai also is well connected to the rest of the country by a good network of trains as well as a local network of electric trains that connects Mumbai to its suburbs. Mumbai has India's best public bus systems and a amount of metered taxis. One of the major festivals here is the Ganesh Chathurthi festivals when almost the whole city comes on to the streets and celebrates. Mumbai is a mix of different cultures from all parts of the country and all major festivals are celebrated with equal fervor.