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Navi Mumbai
City in Maharashtra, India

Navi Mumbai

Navi Mumbai is a city in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, located in the Konkan division of the Western Indian state of Maharashtra.

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Navi Mumbai is situated on the Indian mainland, opposite Salsette Island and the city of Mumbai, and is part of Thane district and Raigad district, respectively

Get in

Getting to Navi Mumbai

Navi Mumbai has a robust infrastructure, is well connected to other parts of the state and country and is relatively less polluted compared to nearby Mumbai.

  1. 01
    Navi Mumbai International Airport

    Due to massive growth in air travel, a new airport has been built in Navi Mumbai to offload Mumbai's air traffic.

  2. 02
    CBD Belapur Trans-Harbour Port

    There are 5 suburban trains daily between CBD Belapur and Andheri (2 in the morning and 3 in the evening).

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Atal Setu

    India's longest sea bridge, also known as Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link (MTHL).

  2. 02
    Parsik Hill

    Belapur (On the way to Kharghar, take a left on uphill as you leave the boundaries of CBD).

  3. 03
    Pandavkada Falls

    Sector-8, Kharghar (on the way from Mumbai to Panvel).

  4. 04
    Utsav Chowk

    One of the most famous landmarks in the area and it stands out for its eye catching architecture which is a humble reflection of the Roman and Greek architecture.

  5. 05
    Belapur Fort
  6. 06
    Dronagiri Fort

    The ruins of the fortification are seen on the fort.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Central Park

    The project of Central Park is to make a public park with Navi Mumbai's ethos reflected into the future.

  2. 02
    DY Patil Stadium

    The cricket stadium in the Navi Mumbai area hosts several international cricket matches and domestic championships such as the Mumbai T20 league and Times Cricket Shield.

  3. 03
    Vashi
Eat

Where to eat

The food caters to all kinds of palates which includes Pan Indian (South, North, Central and Western Indian), of course Pizza Hut, Smokin Joes, Dominos and McDonalds, Chinese and other oriental and lots more. Some Indian food you could try includes Dosas, Idlis, Bhel, Sev Puri, Samosas, Ragda patties, Pulavs, Rajma Chawal and more. Indian food is really what food should be.

How locals move

Getting around Navi Mumbai the local way

  • Get inHere is an advice - Most taxi/rickshaw meters are doctored, at least in Navi Mumbai.
  • Get inMumbai's auto-rickshaws are not allowed into Navi Mumbai.
  • Get inBut sometime if you are lucky, you can get auto rickshaw between Makhurd and Vashi.
  • Get aroundAuto-rickshaw is a popular mode of travel within the city.
  • Get aroundYou will see 'rickshaw stands' at several busy corners of residential and commercial areas.
  • Get aroundThe minimum fare is ₹23 and most rickshaw drivers abide by the meter reading.
  • Get aroundIf you wish to travel to any of the nodes of the city (say from Vashi to Nerul), most rickshaw drivers will ask for half or full return fare upfront.

From Wikivoyage: Navi Mumbai, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Dr Vikramjit Kakati (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.