Visit these most famous & Different markets of Mumbai

Mumbai is a mix of diversified culture; therefore, clothing shopping streets gives you abundant options to satisfy your hunger for shopping. From ornaments to home decor shopping, you will not get disappointed while shopping in Mumbai. Cost friendly shopping street of Mumbai is a simple way to explore true colors of Mumbai.

Colaba Causeway Market

Colaba Causeway is where the famous Leopold Cafe is, so you must have heard of it. With the Gateway of India at a walking distance, the entire stretch is packed with small vendors that sell mostly jewelry – the prices and options are too good to be true. Plus, there are shoes, handbags, sunglasses, watches, dresses, clothes they have it. You need to up your bargaining game a little to get yourself a deal, but in all honesty, it’s worth all your money and time. If you want to grab a beer or some food, Leopold and Cafe Mondegar are within an arm’s reach – take a break and start round two.

Fashion Street

Fashion Street is possibly the oldest and most explored after street shopping places in Mumbai.  Expensive looking but inexpensive trousers, footwear, tops, denim or dresses, Fashion Street offers all that for you. Spread across a few blocks, it opens late morning and has bustling crowds any time of the day. It is part of Old Mumbai and is very beautiful, making it amazing to walk around too. If you are a book lover as well, there are tiny stores at the end of this road that sells pre-owned books at throwaway prices.

Linking Road

It’s never a question but always the answer to a lot of things in life. So, I’m assuming that you are a sucker for shoes! I will ask you to head to Linking Road first thing – your jaws will drop at the kind of variety and prices this joint has to offer. Linking road is part of Bandra, which is a hub for shopping, food, pubs, and all things fun.

Hill Road

Hill road, aka Elco, again a street full of shopping outlets, is also part of Bandra. From designer stores to small boutiques to roadside vendors that are selling makeup, shoes, junk jewelry, clothes, and everything else that you cannot say no to it. As a first-timer, you want to buy it all, and even if you do, it won’t do too much damage to your pockets.

Crawford Market

They say you can build an aircraft with everything you get in Crawford. It’s also one of the oldest markets in the city. One side of the market comprises stores that sell home decor, clothes, accessories, shoes, lingerie, novelty items, etc. The other side has substantial Victorian buildings with vast corridors filled with shops that sell fruit, dry fruits, cosmetics, furniture, baking goods, party items, meat, spices, etc. It’s a world in itself, and you’ve got to see it to believe it. But, the hidden treasures are the cosmetic stores that sell beauty products of all ranges at the lowest possible prices.

Hindmata Market

Dadar is always bustling with vendors selling fresh fruits, flowers, vegetables, accessories, and clothes at throwaway prices. Unlike the other markets, the Hindmata market in Dadar specializes in Indian dresses. Some say that the quality is not something you can vouch for, but its value for money. It also has stores that sell materials, dresses, and sarees in different ranges.

Irla Market

If you are in the suburbs, head to Irla market that is located at the cusp of SV Road, Vile Parle, and Juhu. This place surprises us with just how so many vendors could fit into such a tiny stretch selling apparel, accessories, jewelry, and shoes. Irla market has it all for you.

Zaveri Bazar

Zaveri Bazar or Mumbadevi market is further ahead of the Crawford and is probably the country’s biggest jewelry market. It controls about 60% of India’s gold trade, apart from diamond and silver stores that contribute a considerable chunk too. As a first-timer, you will be taken aback by the size of the store and the value of goods each of them carries – it can happen only in Mumbai. Apart from that, it is also filled with merchants and stores that sell imitation jewelry that looks like the real ones. So, if you are looking for jewelry, both expensive and inexpensive – Mumbai caters to that as well – and that too, at one place.

Lokhandwala

Lokhandwala is the Zaveri Bazaar for knock-offs, but clothes and accessories. You can buy stuff from the most prominent luxury brands without even hurting your pockets. Shoes, accessories, handbags, scarves, dresses, etc. – are all out there. Sometimes, shopping in places like this is a lot of fun.