Malabar Hill
Malabar Hill is the long, steep-sided promontory enfolding Chowpatty Beach at the north end of Back Bay, is Mumbai’s ritziest neighborhood. Since the eighteenth century its lush forests, fresh sea breezes and panoramic views have made the hill an attractive location for the grand mansions and bungalows of the city’s merchants and governors .Malabar Hill which comprises the most fashionable residential area. There are many large houses with lovely gardens. The specialty of this garden is that the edges have been cut into animal shapes. Also there is a flower clock. From here you also get a good view of the city.
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Marine Drive
Marine Drive is Built on a land which reclaimed from Back Bay in 1920, It runs along the shoreline of the Arabian Sea from Nariman Point past Chowpatty Beach to the foot of Malabar Hill. Marine Drive is possibly the best way to discover Mumbai. This is a windswept promenade, flanked by the sea and a row of art deco buildings. Looped between the concrete jungle of Nariman Point, Mumbai's Manhattan, and the leafy green slopes of Malabar hill, Marine Drive was once called the queen's Necklace, strung with glittering street lights like an enormous strand of imperious jewels.
The Palatine hill
According to legend Remus founded Rome on this hill on the 21st of April, 753 B.C. There has been a settlement here from the beginning of the first century B.C. and on this site archeologist have found remains of the oldest city walls (730-720 B.C.). Augustus build his palace on this hill, near the location of the house
of Remus, as a claim to the in heritage of the founder of the city. After him most emperors took this area as their residence, which lead to its sole usage for the imperial palaces that now lay in ruins all
Gellert Hill
Approached from beside the Hotel Gellert on the Buda side of Szabadság Bridge (Map Ref. B6), the Gellert hill, named after Hungary’s first Christian martyr who was rolled down it in a barrel lined with spikes, is crisscrossed by secluded paths with turret-like lookout posts which provide dramatic views of Pest. A point of interest near at the start of your walk is the Cave chapel where the anti-Communist cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty preached to thousands of followers before being arrested and imprisoned in 1948 by the authorities. In 1951 the cave chapel was bricked up and was not reopened
Chowpatty beach
Chowpatty beach is Mumbai's most famous beach. It is inextricably linked to adjoining areas of Malabar Hill, Girgaum, Gamdevi and Khetwadi. On this beach the most famous are the Kiosks. These stalls sell all kinds of Chatt & Tikki and who can forget the famous Bhelpuri of Chowpatty. On the beach itself is a small colony of the original inhabitants of Mumbai, The Koli fishermen who can be seen drying their catch or mending their nets. Statues of Lokmanya Tilak and Sardar Patel, two of the most outstanding Maharashtrian freedom fighters, stand on the beach. Chowpatty is
On a clear day you get a fantastic view of Kreuzberg from up here. A big city oasis with a waterfall, a beergarden in Golgatha, a zoo for small animals and lawns for lazing or sports. The multicultural festival in summer offers music and stage acts in the open air. Rising in the middle of the park is a steep hill, crowned on top by a neo-classical Cross designed by Schinkel to commemorate the Napoleonic Wars. And it is from this cross that Kreuzberg (literally, "Cross Hill") gets its name. Views from the top are awesome on a clear day,
