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#EsplanadeEstates: Walk 612

Date: 06-May-2023 | Time: 17:00:00 - 18:30:00

- INR 599/- PER PERSON (All inclusive)

Starting Point

McDonalds opp CSMT Station

#EsplanadeEstates: Walk 612

Date: 06-May-2023 | Time: 17:00:00 - 18:30:00

INR 599/- PER PERSON (All inclusive)

After the walls of the Fort of Bombay were ordered to be demolished by the Governor, Sir Henry Bartle Frere, in 1862, a new vision of Bombay - Urbs Prima in Indis or India's foremost city - started getting built. On the vast open Esplanade outside the Fort came up Free Town, the original New Bombay. Opposite the erstwhile north-west ramparts of the Fort, a trapezoid-shaped area was called the Esplanade Estate. On our #EsplanadeEstates heritage walk, we explore this planned precinct and discover the buildings and institutions it houses.

Duration
1.5 Hours
Distance
1.5 Kms

HIGHLIGHTS

  • City’s First Phone Call

  • Dog’s Memorial
  • First test match
  • College for the underprivileged
  • The Iconic Bhelwala
  • Victoria’s Shurpanakha moment
  • Majestic Mews
  • Palace of Tatas
  • Parsi “Lying-in” Hospital
  • The original women’s dispensary
  • And of course… Masonic Secrets!

Booking Closed