Maharashtra
Mumbai District
Mumbai

Colaba and Fort

Colaba and Fort comprise the city centre of . It is known for tourist spots like the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: neighbourhood in Mumbai City, Maharashtra, India
  • Also known as: “Bombay Colaba”, “Colaba”, “Colāba”, and “Kolābā”

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel and Gateway of India, Colaba, Mumbai.

Hotel
Photo: Jovianeye, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Taj Mahal Palace is a heritage, five-star, luxury hotel in the Colaba area of , , , situated next to the . Built in the Indo-Saracenic style, it opened in 1903 as the Taj Mahal Hotel and has historically often been known simply as "The Taj".

Monument
Photo: Iamamit07, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Gateway of India is an arch-monument completed in 1924 on the waterfront of , , India. It was erected to commemorate the landing of king George V of the for his coronation as the Emperor of India in December 1911 at Strand Road near .

Restaurant
Photo: Gobeirne, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The and Bar is a restaurant and bar on , in Colaba area of , India, located across from the Colaba Police station. It was one of the first sites attacked in the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Mumbai and Nariman Point.

Photo: Rangan Datta Wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the one of the most affluent districts of and home to Girgaon Chowpatty, Malabar Hill and Marine Drive. Since the place has been a hub of business activities for over a century, it has attracted business communities from far and wide.

Neighborhood
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is a prominent downtown area of in , India. Located on the southern tip of the Mumbai peninsula, at the end of the Mumbai's , houses some of India's prestigious business headquarters.

Neighborhood
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is a crescent-shaped art district/neighborhood in , India. It hosts several of the city's heritage buildings including museums, art galleries and educational institutions like the , the , the , and The Arts Trust - Institute of Contemporary Indian Art.

Colaba and Fort

Latitude
18.91509° or 18° 54′ 54″ north
Longitude
72.82597° or 72° 49′ 34″ east
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
7JCJWR8G+29
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1640184983
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1273862
Wiki­data ID
Q3632559
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bashkir to Urdu—“Colaba and Fort” goes by many names.
  • Bashkir: “Колаба”
  • Bengali: “কোলাবা”
  • Chinese: “库拉巴”
  • Chinese: “庫拉巴”
  • Chinese: “科拉巴”
  • Danish: “Colaba”
  • Dutch: “Colaba”
  • Finnish: “Colaba”
  • French: “Colaba”
  • German: “Colaba”
  • Gujarati: “કોલાબા”
  • Hindi: “कुलाबा”
  • Hindi: “कोलाबा”
  • Irish: “Colaba”
  • Italian: “Colaba”
  • Japanese: “コラバ”
  • Kashmiri: “کولابا”
  • Malayalam: “കൊളാബ”
  • Marathi: “कुलाबा”
  • Marathi: “कोलाबा”
  • Nepali: “कोलाबा”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Colaba”
  • Norwegian: “Colaba”
  • Portuguese: “Colaba”
  • Russian: “Колаба”
  • Slovenian: “Colaba”
  • Spanish: “Colaba”
  • Swedish: “Colaba”
  • Tamil: “கொலாபா, மும்பை”
  • Thai: “โกลาบา”
  • Urdu: “کولابا”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Colaba and Fort”. Photo: Mangeshjadhav, CC BY-SA 3.0.