Market Places

Introduction

The Shopper’s Spots: Mumbai offers a befuddling variety of markets and products. People prepare lengthy shopping lists before they set out for India’s fashion and style capital. Shopping at Mumbai can leave you breathless as you paddle through its innumerable shopping locations, filling up your bags to capacity and still realising that there’s so much more in the city you have uncovered yet. There are more than 70 markets at this teeming mega-polis each high on style and offering the best bargains for the most chic, trendy, unique products.

The upmarket shopping areas of Mumbai at Bandra, Santacruz, Juhu, Peddar Road, Warden Road, Napean Sea Road and others are where NRIs (Non Resident Indians) head first. The quality of products on display at the showrooms and malls of these areas is of superior quality with higher prices to match. Undoubtedly, the city’s got something for all the classes and disappoints none. There is an extensive and exclusive range of interesting, smart looking products you can stash up at different locations of the city at varying prices.

A phenomenal collection of antiques, jewellery, wooden items, leather wear, stylish garbs, things to do up your house with, stuff to accessorize your look with and your entire brand new summer wardrobe awaits you in the markets of Mumbai. Dazzling and colourful carpets can be purchased at ‘Mereweather Road’ just behind the famous Taj Mahal Hotel. Above all, before you start cringing at the high rates, you can avail the next best option- the Jammu and Kashmir Emporium where you can find nearly the same collection of carpets at much more affordable prices.

You can also stroll into the well-known and liked Mohammed Ali Road and buy all the perfumes (Itar), mesmerising embroidery and zari work on ethnic Indian clothes and artefacts and souvenirs that will make your shopping experience in Mumbai a memorable one. There are several exclusive shopping malls, boutiques, ethnic stores and mini markets (bazaars) that render Mumbai the identity of an undisputable shopper's paradise.

There are handicraft emporiums and markets located in the downtown area as well as in the suburbs. Crawford Market, Chor Bazar (Thieves Market), Mangaldas Market, World Trade Centre, Fashion Street, Flora Fountain, Colaba Causeway, Oberoi Shopping Centre, Linking Road and Zaveri Bazar are the main shopping spots in Mumbai and together they form the tip of the iceberg. Mumbai is truly a city that never sleeps. Get ready to wear out your muscles as you raid the town for the best bargains and the most stylish looking products. Here’s a penultimate Mumbai Shopping guide for you to shop till you drop when visiting the city.