Marine Drive

Maharashtra - Mumbai or Bombay : Marine Drive
	Marine Drive Marine drive is a 7 km long costal road in South Mumbai which connects Malbar hill to Nariman point. The official name of the road is Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Marg, but the name is rarely used. It's a C shaped tar road. The road is built upon the reclaimed land. The area on which we now see the Marine Drive, was a part of sea once. By actually byputting thousands of big rocks into the sea the land was reclaimed. Palm and coconut trees are lined up throughout the road on sea side. The road is six lanes broad. Newly constructed walking track alongside the road adds up to the beauty. In the morning and evening you can see many people doing cardio exercise like walking and running there. Marine drive is also used as the big viewing gallery to host the show. The shows of Indian armed forces are arranged here. Marine drive is world's largest viewing gallery from which lakhs of people can watch the show at the same time. At Nariman point you can hire a horse wagon called as baggi in local language. This is a considered as royally ride. Therefore the rates of this horse wagon ride are also very high. Marine Drive is one of the cream crowd areas of Mumbai and to be honest in India as well. The property rates of this area are sky high and highest in India. Many corporate offices of big organizations like Air India are in this area. Also many 5 star hotels like Oberoi towers, Trident are on Marine Drive. One unique thing about Nariman Point is that you can get any quality and any priced food here at any time of the day! Right from the roadside food to 5 star restaurants are here to pamper your taste buds. From Nariman point sunset looks amazing. There are many big stony structures just next to walking track. You can sit on that and enjoy sunset with your loved ones. After the sunset if we see the Marine drive from some distance and preferably with some height, streetlights on Marine Drive resemble the diamonds of a necklace. For the reason British people who were ruling India till 1947 gave the name "Queens Necklace" to it. Other sites to look for: Malbar hill is at the Northern end of the road. From the top of Malbar Hill amazing view of Queen's necklace can be seen. Girgaon chowpati is a place to taste some desi chat items. How to get there? By Air: International and domestic airport are around 24 kms away from Marine drive By Rail: Travel by western railway local and get down at Charni road or Churchgate. By road: It is connected very well by road. You can go here by hiring Taxi or by public transport buses. The best way is to come by local train and get down at Charni road station. From there you can take a cab. Visiting Marine Drive is an excellent experience so one should get there at least once in a lifetime!