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MUMBAI FOR CHILDREN
Little tykes with energy to burn will love the Gorai Island amusement parks,
Esselworld
(
www.esselworld.in
;
adult/child ?690/490; 11am-7pm, from 10am weekends) and
Water Kingdom
(
www.waterkingdom.in
; adult/
child ?690/490; 11am-7pm, from 10am weekends). Both have lots of rides, slides and shade. Combined tick-
ets are ?890/690 (adult/child). It's a ?35 ferry ride from Borivali jetty.
The free
Hanging Gardens
, in Malabar Hill, have animal topiaries, swings in the shade and coconut-wallahs.
Kamala Nehru Park
, across the street, has a two-storey 'boot house'.
BNHS (
Click here
) and Yuhina Eco-Media (
Click here
)
often conduct nature trips for kids, while
Yoga Kids
Warden Rd, Cumballa Hill; drop-in classes ?500, Yoga Kids kits ?2000;
under 6yrs/over 6yrs 9.45am/
10.30am Sat) has kids' yoga classes, taught in English.
Time Out Mumbai
(?50) often lists fun things to do with kids.
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Fort Area & Churchgate
Lined up in a row and vying for your attention with aristocratic pomp, many of Mumbai's
majestic Victorian buildings pose on the edge of
Oval Maidan
. This land, and the
Cross
and
Azad Maidans
immediately to the north, was on the oceanfront in those days, and this series
of grandiose structures faced west directly out to the Arabian Sea.
Kala Ghoda, or 'Black Horse', is a sub-neighbourhood of Fort just north of Colaba and
contains many of Mumbai's museums and galleries alongside a wealth of colonial-era
buildings (best seen on a walking tour,
Click here
)
.
