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Explore the Best Places for Street Shopping in Mumbai

Updated: Aug 26

Introduction


Mumbai is another fascinating city famous for street markets, malls and numerous shopping centers. For the shopping freak, the street shopping in the city is yet another not to be missed experience since there are numerous markets, streets that are simply brimming with styles for the shopaholic and irresistible deals for the bargainers. While secluding yourselves to these important markets, make sure you grab one of the many hotels in Mumbai, that can conveniently accommodate you.


Colaba Causeway


Colaba Causeway
Colaba Causeway

Colaba Causeway is another most popular shopping market for the people of Mumbai that makes the environment charged and vivacious. This local also contains many famous restaurants and bars such as Café Mondegar, Leopold Café and many others and also many shopping center opportunities. This store is filled with light clothing and accessories with bright shades, such as necklaces, bracelets, and so on, and you can also find here such items as exquisite clocks or fashionable shoes. The market also has some elite stores like Bombay Electric and Bunglow eight. If you are tired of shopping you can proceed to nearby foods such as Bagdadi foods, Bade Miyan or Light of Asia to grab some good food.


Crawford Market


Crawford Market, also officially called Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Mandai, is one of the oldest and most ‘pure,’ therefore traditional, markets of Mumbai. This market, though messy and lively, is famous for the business establishments for the wholesale distribution of fruits and vegetables, home décor materials, bags and makeup products, toys, spices, among others, and even competitive animals. The market itself is very vast with elements of Norman and Flemish architectures and impressive friezes by Lockwood Kipling that gives it a wonderful historical appeal.


Zaveri Bazaar


Zaveri Bazaar
Zaveri Bazaar

For the shopaholics who want to shop for some ‘bling bling’, then Zaveri Bazaar should be number one on your list. This is a street situated to the north of Crawford Market and is well known for selling gold, silver, gemstones and quality and exquisite jewelry. It is a perfect place for wedding shopping and any of the luxurious products. Apart from jewelry, home décor, dinner sets, giftware, furniture, toys, and brassware articles are also available.


Heera Panna Market


Heera Panna Market especially catch the eyes of the consumers as it provides all electronic products including watches and mobile phones to laptops. This market located within Korba and is about 5 minutes away from the Haji Ali Dargah and boasts around 140 shops that deal in electronics, imported cosmetics, chocolates and branded clothing. It is also an ideal place for buying fakes of various trademarks, shoes, bags, perfumes, and the nice male suits.


Lalbaug Market


Lalbaug Market
Lalbaug Market

Lalbaug Market is by far one of the most typical ones that reflect the shopping markets of Mumbai. It has rows of dried red chilies, big piles of farsan, fresh kachoris, and samosas indeed the market is renowned for its snacks bazaar. That’s why it has Lalbaug cha Raja Ganesh festival also. Here you can obtain spices to be roasted and grated to fresh powder that would give your food that real homemade flavoring.


Hindmata Market


Thus, for fabric shopping, Hindmata Market in Dadar can be considered as a place that should not be missed. This large market especially has a wide range of offering that include saris, dress materials and even readymade Indian wears. There is a combination of small old family businesses and new establishments, selling fabric and accessories, both Egyptian and imported Chinese silk and synthetic materials. The platform is most commonly used for wedding shopping because of affordable cost and large choice in products.


Linking Road


Linking Road
Linking Road

Street shopping is widely popular in Mumbai and the Linking Road in Bandra is amongst the most famous ones. There are numerous petty businesses where cheap fashionable wears, jewelries, shoes, bags and accessories can be sourced. The monetary market is one of the prominent streets’ markets in the city, frequently used as a shooting location of Bollywood movies. So do not forget that you can also visit Mount Mary for couture shops or other designer wear stores.


Conclusion


Street shopping in Mumbai is full of surprises and has a rich exposure where you can find the conventional bazaar shopping to the modern shopping streets. Being hunters of individual products, tourists or people who just enjoy the spirit of markets, have it all in the city. Following a tussle in these animated street markets, retire back to one’s hotel stay in Andheri East or any other hotels near Marol Naka Andheri East. The above mentioned hotels in Mumbai are ideal for relaxation after a tiring day spent shopping for the essential commodities in Mumbai.


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