THE TAJ MAHAL PALACE, MUMBAI INDIA

LUXE RETREAT
  • 16 Jun - 22 Jun, 2018
  • Mag The Weekly
  • High Life

Built by Indian industrialist Jamsetji Tata in 1903, this glorious Indian confection is a seven-tiered wedding cake of Gothic, Greco-Roman, Islamic and Rajasthan architecture topped by a glittering Florentine dome. The extravagant interiors are adorned with Italian marble floors, Belgian chandeliers and 4,000 works of art, most of them antique. This was the first hotel in India to be instaled with electricity, German lifts and Turkish baths. A 22-storey tower annex added in the 1970s offers more modest accommodation and services. When the city and its traffic become too much, there’s no better retreat than the Sea Lounge for Mumbai street-food as the sun sets over the Arabian Sea. The hotel offers a world of cuisine in half a dozen restaurants featuring the best of Indian, Japanese, Middle Eastern, Szechuan, European and casual dining. Masala Kraft blends classic and modern Indian cuisine, Wasabi by Morimoto specialises in seafood flown from Japan, and Souk on the tower rooftop offers a range of Eastern Mediterranean dishes.


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