Best for: Accessories, clothes, shoes for both men and women. This place surprises us with just how so many vendors could fit into such a tiny stretch selling apparel, accessories, jewelry, and shoes. How does your itinerary look like? It accounts for more than half of the country's gold trade and has thousands of shops, some of which are centuries old.

I could go on about Mumbai and everything about it, but I’ll give it a hard stop here. Don't miss visiting Book Street, as it's fondly called by locals, where street vendors pile new and secondhand books along the pavement. If you happen to be a book lover as well, there are tiny stores at the end of this road that sell pre-owned books at throwaway prices.Shoes on your mind?

If you don't mind getting up really early, Sassoon Docks is a fascinating place to experience local life in the morning when fishing trawlers return and get unloaded. Rows and rows of stalls are filled to the brim with a diverse assortment of fabrics, from bling to block prints! Do you already have a list of places you want to go to?

Linking road is part of Bandra, which is a hub for shopping, food, pubs, and all things fun.Hill road, aka Elco, again a street full of shopping outlets, is also part of Bandra.

If you visit this market on a Sunday, be prepared for the crowds! I will ask you to head to Linking Road first thing – your jaws will drop at the kind of variety and prices this joint has to offer. The leafy pavement on either side of the Jehangir Art Gallery in National College. Services Offered: Shopping place.

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It is part of Old Mumbai and is very beautiful, making it amazing just to walk around too. As a first timer, you will be taken aback by the size of the store and the value of goods each of them carries – it can happen only in Mumbai. From designer stores and small boutiques to roadside vendors selling makeup, shoes, junk jewelry, clothes, and everything else that you cannot say no to, hill road has everything. Patrice J. Williams is a travel and style content creator and fact checker and author of thrift shopping book "

So, if you are looking for jewelry, both expensive and inexpensive – Mumbai caters to that as well – and that too, at one place.Lokhandwala is the Zaveri bazar for knock-offs, but for clothes and accessories.

Hectic Crawford Market (officially renamed Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Mandai) is an old-style market, housed in an historic colonial building. Here streets stalls contrast with brand name shops, and you'll find a local Indian roadside food vendor on one side of the road and a Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet on the other. Eventually stolen goods started finding their way into the market, resulting in it living up to its new name! Here you can get everything from western wear to Indian attire. It's also got an entire section devoted to pets of all shapes, sizes and breeds. You need to up your bargaining game a little to get yourself a deal, but in all honesty, it’s worth all your money and time. Irla market has it all for you.Zaveri Bazar or Mumbadevi market is further ahead of the Crawford and is probably the country’s biggest jewelry market. Adjacent the mall there is big bazar to buy all your groceries. The market mainly attracts teenagers and college students, who come to grab the latest western clothes and fake brand names at cheap prices.

A fusion of modern and traditional, and East meets West, in one of Mumbai's hippest suburbs. Visit These Popular Delhi Markets for the Best Shopping

However, this is actually very ignorant and insulting. Fashion Street is literally just that -- a street lined with fashion! Unlike the other markets, the Hindmata market in Dadar specializes in Indian dresses. Its name means "thieves market", but this was derived from the British mispronunciation of the its original name of Shor Bazaar, "noisy market". Located close to each other, these sprawling wholesale markets are among the largest textile markets in Asia. That, and her training in Indian classical music and playing (learning) the veena keep her sane, civil, and bearable. Sometimes, shopping in places like this is a lot of fun.Any amount of money and time feels less when you first walk into any of these markets. There are about 150 stalls there. She’s now a full-time Fashion & Lifestyle writer and has never looked back ever since.

Don't be afraid to ask them if you have certain interests or favorite authors. Shoes, accessories, handbags, scarves, dresses, etc – are all out there.