Mumbai
is one of the few cities in India where you can shop for anything and
everything. Right from the reasonable items of the street markets to the
highly expensive branded goods, you can shop for anything here. Infact,
Bombay is such a place from where no one goes back empty-handed. There
are so many things in the shopping places of the city that you will
become confused as to what to buy and what not to buy.You can easily get trinkets to take back home as souvenirs. A very good market for souvenirs is Avante, opposite Regal Cinema. The variety is wide and the prices reasonable. For those who are interested in buying the traditional handicrafts of the country, the downtown area of Bombay is just the place to be. It is full of handicraft emporia and bazaars and there is hardly any handicraft item that you wouldn't find there. In the following lines, we have provided information on the main shopping places in the Mumbai city of Maharashtra.
Crawford Market
Crawford Market is either the place for the people in love or for food lovers. This is so because the market is mainly famous for fresh flowers or for fresh fruits, meat and fish. Indulge your taste buds and taste the most exotic delicacies at the Crawford Market.
Colaba Causeway and Fashion Street
Colaba Causeway and Fashion Street are the best shopping places in Mumbai to buy clothes. The variety provided here is just endless and if you are good at bargaining, you can hope to get reasonable prices too. Visit these markets and flaunt the latest style, at half the showroom prices. Only a little haggling is required on your part.
Cross and Azad Maidan
For all those looking for fashion jewelry, Cross and Azad Maidan is just the place to be. Here, you will find awesome artificial jewelry in brass, terracotta and silver and that too, at reasonable prices. Just pick your choose and bargain a lot. There are also a number of Government emporia and boutiques here, where the products are good but the prices are fixed.
Breach Candy and Kemps Corner
As you move down the hill from the Hanging Gardens, you will come across Breach Candy and Kemps Corner, the perfect places to buy the latest fashion clothes. The summer collection in these markets is wonderful. Here, you can also get traditional Indian clothes, with colorful and elaborate works of sequins and embroidery.
Chor Bazaar
Chor Bazaar is the perfect place for those who love to collect antiques, though you will have to bargain a lot to pay the correct price. The variety available here is amazing and you can get anything from brass figurines to silver hookahs. The moment you step inside the market, you will feel as if the time has moved back and you are again in the days when Kings and nobles used to preside over their kingdoms.
Mutton Street
Mutton Street offers the shoppers a wide assimilation of goods. You can easily get teak and rosewood furniture, crockery, glassware, porcelain, paintings, beads, lamps, masks, etc here.
Zaveri Bazaar (Jewelry Market)
Zaveri Bazaar is the name given to the main Jewelry Market of Mumbai, where you can get the best diamond, gold and silver jewelry. It is the oldest bullion market of the city and stands lined with a large number of jewelers, some of them operating from there since decades. Apart from the jewelry shops, Zaveri Bazaar also boasts of a number of departmental stores.
