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Chowpatty BeachvsMarine Drive
Both are endorsed by travel writers. Overall, Chowpatty Beach is the choice of most reviewers compared to Marine Drive. Chowpatty Beach is ranked #3 in Mumbai with positive reviews from 4 sources like Condé Nast Traveler, Concierge and Lonely Planet.
Chowpatty Beach
Concierge
Lonely Planet
Fodor's
Condé Nast Traveler
Frommer's
Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400034, India
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Concierge "Comes to life at night and on Saturdays. People don't come here to swim, since the sea is polluted, but instead they wander, sit on the beach, picnic, and people watch."
Lonely Planet "One of Mumbai’s most popular promenades and sunset-watching spots. Its twinkling night-time lights earned it the nickname ‘the Queen’s Necklace’." Full review
Fodor's "Chowpatty gives a taste of the bazaar and mela (festival) rolled into one." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler "The beach is a Mumbai institution that really comes to life at night and on Saturdays." Full review
Frommer's "Ultimate seaside promenade, where Mumbaikars come to escape the claustrophobia of central Mumbai, gratefully eyeing an endless horizon while strolling or jogging along the broad windswept promenade." Full review
Marine Drive Concierge Fodor's
Afar Magazine Afar Magazine
Mumbai (Bombay), India
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Concierge "Mumbai's seaside promenade, an eight-lane highway with a wide walkway."
Fodor's "Stretching for 3 km (2 miles) along the Arabian Sea, Marine Drive's promenade offers one of the best walks in Mumbai." Full review
Afar Magazine "In the urban gargantuan that is Mumbai, one forgets that it is a city by the Arabian sea." Full review
Afar Magazine "Peace. Orange clouds. Songs of the sea. At high tides, the sea from the Marine Drive calms even the most weary minds." Full review
