Bombay Castle
The Portuguese Manor House the English rebuilt into the fort the city grew round, now naval and closed.
- Where
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 18.9319, 72.8378
Get the Bombay Castle stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Bombay Castle. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Maharashtra volume with your photos and a note.
Near Bombay Castle
Asiatic Society of Mumbai 0.2 km
The Town Hall of 1833 with thirty Doric columns and one of two copies of the Divine Comedy's first edition.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya 0.8 km
The Prince of Wales Museum, and its dome.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus 1.1 km
Victorian Gothic married to Mughal detail, opened in 1888, and still one of the busiest stations in the country.
Gateway of India 1.2 km
Built to welcome a king, used to bid the empire goodbye: the last British troops left through it.
Gateway of India Jetty 1.2 km
Where the boats leave for Elephanta, and where the last British troops embarked when they left India in 1948.
Crawford Market 1.7 km
Opened in 1869, with friezes over the entrance carved by Rudyard Kipling's father, who taught art in the city.
Marine Drive 2.0 km
Three kilometres of curved seafront whose streetlights earned it the name the Queen's Necklace.
Jama Masjid, Mumbai 2.0 km
The city's principal mosque, built over a tank that is still under the prayer hall.
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Questions
Where is Bombay Castle?
Bombay Castle is in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Asiatic Society of Mumbai (0.2 km), Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (0.8 km), Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (1.1 km).
How do I get the Bombay Castle stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Bombay Castle and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Maharashtra volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Bombay Castle before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Maharashtra volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
LOQAH is free on iPhone and Android, in India and 20 more countries, with more countries on the way. Stand at a place, collect its stamp, and keep every trip in a passport that grows.