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Mazagaon, Mumbai — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Mazagaon is a harbour-side quarter of South Mumbai, one of the old Bombay islands, marked by the Gloria Church.
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Where to stay in Mazagaon
Where visitors usually base themselves, and why.
Mazagaon spreads its rooms across an old dockland shoulder of South Mumbai, so where you stay turns on which landmark you want at your door. Pick by the parish. Streets around the Gloria Church keep the Portuguese-founded church grain, with the cast-iron Khada Parsi memorial column standing a short walk off among the older lanes that climb away from the harbour front.
Stays toward the Church of Our Lady of Health, Cavel trade that harbour edge for a quieter devotional pocket set back among the residential terraces. Choose your street.
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Around Gloria Church
The old church pocket of Mazagaon where the Gloria Church and the nearby cast-iron Khada Parsi column set the devotional grain of the lanes climbing off the docks. Few places to stay nearby — book ahead.Find hotels in Around Gloria Churchvisitors after a quieter residential pocket set back from the working harbour edgeToward Church of Our Lady of Health, Cavel
The terraced devotional corner around the Church of Our Lady of Health, Cavel, trading the dock frontage for Mazagaon's settled back-street calm. Lodging is scarce in this area; reserve in advance.Find hotels in Toward Church of Our Lady of Health, Cavelfamilies pairing the zoo gardens with the restored decorative-arts halls next doorBy the Jijamata Udyaan gardens
The green northern approach where the Jijamata Udyaan grounds and the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum sit within reach of Mazagaon's edge. Beds are limited here, so book early.Find hotels in By the Jijamata Udyaan gardensHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
About Mazagaon
What are the main landmarks in Mazagaon?
Gloria Church anchors the quarter. The Portuguese-founded parish stands among the older lanes of Mazagaon, and the Church of Our Lady of Health, Cavel keeps a second devotional focus set back among the terraces. Landmarks cluster close.
Within reach stand the cast-iron Khada Parsi memorial column, the botanical green of the Jijamata Udyaan zoo gardens and, inside its gate, the restored decorative-arts halls of the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, while the small Antarang, Sex Health Information Art Gallery marks the newer cultural face of this South Mumbai shoulder.
What is the history of Mazagaon?
Mazagaon grew as one of the seven islands that were joined into Bombay, its early parish life carried by the Portuguese-founded Gloria Church. The docks came early. As the harbour of South Mumbai took shape the quarter turned to shipping and shipyards along its eastern shoulder, and the Church of Our Lady of Health, Cavel gathered a second congregation among the streets that climbed back from the water.
The cast-iron Khada Parsi column recalls a leading Parsi figure of the Victorian city. Later years added the Antarang, Sex Health Information Art Gallery to the quarter's cultural life.
Where is Mazagaon?
Mazagaon sits on the harbour shoulder of South Mumbai, a tropical dockland quarter of the old Bombay islands, its lanes climbing from the water to the Gloria Church.
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What is the best area to stay in Mazagaon?
Around Gloria Church: guests who want the Portuguese-founded parish streets a short walk from the harbour shoulder. Toward Church of Our Lady of Health, Cavel: visitors after a quieter residential pocket set back from the working harbour edge. By the Jijamata Udyaan gardens: families pairing the zoo gardens with the restored decorative-arts halls next door.
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Updated October 2026