A modern city to rival the best metropolises in Asia , all eyes are on Mumbai for 2025 and beyond. Here are five of the city’s best neighbourhoods, writes Sarah Meikle. Mumbai is a world of constant contrast.
Once a series of islands now reclaimed, and home to more than 20 million people, Mumbai melds India’s past and future. Dominating skyscrapers are hugged by slums and high-end shopping malls. Massive infrastructure projects have seen colossal bridges slash travel times across the city, and a new network of underground tunnels has meant that the trip from the airport to the city has been cut by 40 minutes during peak times.
You probbly have an image in your head of what you think Mumbai is like, and that’s understandable ...
thanks to the movies you’ll have seen; Dharavi in Slumdog Millionaire, Asia’s largest slum, or the buildings echoing the time of the British Raj as a backdrop to Hotel Mumbai, but these are glimpses of the past. Mumbai is taking on Asia’s other great cities and offers an experience of fabulous culture, food, fashion, art, design and architecture that you’ve come to expect in Hong Kong, Tokyo or Singapore. Mumbai is a city going places and nothing is going to stop it – it is dazzling, intense and absolutely captivating.
Let’s check out some of Mumbai’s coolest neighbourhoods. Juhu Beach.