If you are in Mumbai metropolitan city on a vacation, Mumbai travel tips can prove be of utmost help anytime. The city is well served by transportation system. Mumbai is a part of Brihanmumbai or Greater Mumbai. The capital of Maharashtra is just the metropolitan city. Mumbai boasts of very good transportation network. Within the city, buses are the cheapest and most availed means of travel. Cabs, auto-rickshaws, hired cars and private vehicles comprise the traffic crowd on the streets of Mumbai. Previously trams were also functional but were done away with because of their slow speed and cost of maintenance.
Languages and Ethnicities in Mumbai
Mumbaikars mostly speak both Hindi and Marathi. The urban population is comfortable conversing in English as well. Tamil, Kannada and Gujrati are also spoken. Actually, Mumbai being a metropolitan city is home to people of different races from all over India. The most popular religions among Mumbaikars include Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Jainism, Christianity and Zoroastrianism.
Shopping in Mumbai
The following are the names of some of the most popular shopping malls in Mumbai:
Mumbai souvenirs
Fashion Street in Mumbai
Chor Bazaar
Crawford market
Jammu and Kashmir Emporium
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Colaba and Flora Fountain
Zaveri Bazar
Best Time to Visit Mumbai
Mumbai is located in 18°55' North and 72°50' East. The city is located just off the Arabian sea coast and was a fishing village in earlier times. Mumbaikars living near the coastal region enjoy sea breeze. It never gets too cold in Mumbai. During the summers, the temperature soars as high as 35 or even 40°C. The high temperature attracts the monsoon winds, which cause heavy rainfall between June and September. Around mid- September onwards, weather is cool and dry. In December, the temperature dips further to around 15°C. The pleasant condition continues till the end of March. The time from October to March attracts most tourists.
How to Dress in Mumbai and Mumbai Etiquettes
Due to the weather conditions, it is always preferable to dress in light color cotton clothes. There is no fixed clothing etiquette but while visiting holy places or visiting Indian homes it is always advisable to dress decently in Indian clothes or in formal Western wear. The religious places might demand the visitor to follow certain other norms. As such, the younger people of Mumbai sport cool Western looks. If a person is invited to an Indian home in Mumbai, he must take off his shoes and greet the person with 'namaste'.
Go ahead and tour Mumbai with these Mumbai travel tips and make the most Mumbai vacation.
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