What shall I do for 8 hrs in Mumbai

Question

between my flight from London and my flight to Jaipur? I will be alone and have no sense of direction so I don't want to go far from the airport shuttle. What shall I see/do/eat/drink whilst I'm waiting?

Answer 1

Sleep.

Answer 2

I would suggest not to go out of the airport . Try shopping in the International terminal . You can shop some handicrafts , booze, perfumes there . They are the cheapest in India.  There are many restaurants in the International terminal where you can have some chilled beer and nice food , get yourself some sleep  also.  

If you wanna take  risk, you can go to the gateway of India , but , if it rains never go no where in Mumbai . The roads to/from every where are jammed  in peak hours .

Answer 3

Take a cab to the gateway of India. If you can afford it, the Coffee shop at Taj International is a fabulous place.

Be careful about the traffic. It takes a lot of time to travel in Mumbai, more so in the office hours.

Have a nice time :)

Answer 4

Try Prince of Wales museum, Jehangir Art Gallery, which are in the same are....in Colaba ...There is a small shopping area as well in colaba & also fashin street....I guess this much should be enough for you in the day or evening time....Try visitng marine drive or juhu beach...

Answer 5

When we went from Udaipur to Mumbai to London we were in Mumbai for about 8 hours and we asked our taxi driver to take us to a nice restaurant and he took us to this great place, I can't remember what it was called but if you ask a taxi driver or someone at the airport i'm sure they'll fin you a good place. You could have a look around the markets there and also at the harbour, though I would advise a guide if going around the harbour. There are shops too.

Answer 6

Dude first of all be careful when in Mumbai especially if you are a foreigner, you can roam around the airport or you can get a taxi.  Make sure you get a decent taxi not a broken down one and a driver who cannot speak english.  Mumbai airport in General sucks

Answer 7

Hi,

After you reach Mumbai, you'll have to spend some time in immigration getting ur bags and customs etc... if you land at a time when there are many other incoming flights then all this could take upto 2  hours! Then again you'll have to check in for the domestic flight at least an hour before the flight time.

So in my opinion you'll hardly get 4 hours to spare.

Traffic and roads in Mumbai are such that visiting to some tourist place will be too time consuming. I suggest you hire a cab , let the driver know that you have just 3 hours to spend and go to a nice restaurent, eat and rest!

If you are a bit of a risk taker you can visit places like Gateway of India

but i would not recommend that :)

Answer 8

the harbour / jehangir art gallery/ gateway of india / taj is 1.5odd hours away - if u dont want to go too far from the airport u could go shopping to linking road (20 mins from the airport). you could go to juhu beach (which is pretty dirty so not worth a visit) (20 mins from airport).  

there are multiple restaurants, but not too many sights to see.  if u r in india for the first time and if it is during peak hours, go to a railway station (andheri or vile parle) and just watch how many people get into a local train - it is quite an experience - dont do it urself though!!

pls note that the terminals for international and domestic are 15 / 20 mins apart and the above times are from the domestic terminal.  

the domestic terminal is recently doneup and is decent - if u r flying go air or jet or indigo, there is a (30 mins) massage place that is pretty decent - it is after the security point but before the departure gate.