Thriving, cosmopolitan Mumbai is the epicentre of ‘new India’, set against the backdrop of British colonial-era architecture. Home to ‘Bollywood’, Mumbai attracts the fashionable set and boasts amazing top shopping and dining options (though bustling bazaars and backstreet eateries in this city are second to none). A pleasant breeze off the Arabian Sea is a welcome respite from the heat of Mumbai, and the city’s fascinating history (it was actually the dowry of a Portuguese princess to an English king in the 1600’s) has left its mark and is fantastic to explore.