Best places: Historic sites in Mumbai, India

Grand, Indo-Saracenic-style, 26m-tall triumphal stone arch, built on the waterfront in 1924.

Panoramic valley views from atop an old fortress accessed by ladders & trekking past waterfalls.

Ornate 1878 clock tower modeled after Big Ben & featuring stained-glass windows & musical chimes.

Ancient temples, hewn from rock, with Buddhist shrines, paintings of Buddha and 109 entrances.

Island with an ornately sculpted, 7th-century cave temple dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva.

👍 Most of the caves were Buddhist viharas, meant for living, studying, and meditating. The larger caves, which functioned as chaityas, or halls for congregational worship, are lined with intricately carved Buddhist sculptures, reliefs, pillars and rock-cut stupas. Avalokiteshwara is the most distincti...

😠 No entry for non parsi people. Why discrimination? First time I came across religious place that closed for believers in other religions. What's wrong with letting people see temple from inside??? I felt disappointed that I couldn't see it inside and learn the story of their community.

Remnants of a British-built 18th-century fort, once part of a larger Bombay Fort complex.

Erected between 1669 & 1677, the ruins of this fortress remain on a hill with panoramic views.

Venerable fort built by the British in 1680 offering peaceful views of the water & mangroves.

👍👍 Kuldeep Kumar