Hotel New Churchgate

Looking for a straightforward base in Mumbai? Hotel New Churchgate in Marine Drive covers the essentials and sits near central Marine Drive.

About Marine Drive: Three and a half kilometres of seawall, Art Deco frontage and the city's best-value luxury sea-view rooms. All hotels in Marine Drive →

What it is

From here, Mumbai's main attractions — including central Marine Drive — are an easy walk or short ride away, so you spend less time in transit and more time exploring.

Where it sits

Hotel New Churchgate is in Marine Drive, at 2Nd Flor La City Della 1817 For Fort Division Plot No 99 Maharshi Carve Road Marine Line Near Kala Niketan Churchgate, Mumbai. Straight-line, that is about 17 km from Terminal 2, 1 km from CSMT and the Fort offices, and 15 km from the Bandra Kurla Complex.

Road times in Mumbai are not a function of distance. Modelled at the city-wide average of about 17 km/h, that is roughly 60 minutes to the airport, 5 minutes to Fort and 52 minutes to BKC — add half again in the evening peak, and take the train instead wherever the route allows. These are modelled figures, not measured ones.

Staying in Marine Drive

There are only two real decisions here: sea-facing or not, and which end. Nariman Point at the southern tip is the business end — the big five-star towers, room rates ₹18,000 to ₹35,000 sea-facing and ₹12,000 to ₹18,000 city-facing, and a 10-minute walk to the office blocks. The middle stretch around Soona Mahal and the Churchgate junction has mid-size hotels and a few serviced apartments at ₹9,000 to ₹15,000, closest to trains and cheap food. The Chowpatty end is cheaper, ₹6,000 to ₹10,000, but noisier and further from everything corporate. Do not book a city-facing room at a sea-view price; ask for the room number and check the orientation. Avoid low floors anywhere on the strip — the traffic on NSC Bose Road runs all night and the honking is unfiltered below the fourth storey. Monsoon rates from mid-June to mid-September are the best value in south Mumbai if rain does not bother you.

More on the neighbourhood, including how to move around it and what is worth walking to, is on the Marine Drive page.

What it costs

We do not hold a live rate for Hotel New Churchgate at the moment. Check the live price before you plan around a number — Mumbai rates move with the trade-fair and wedding calendars, and a room can double in the week of a large event.

November to February is the expensive season and the comfortable one. June to September — the monsoon — is the cheapest, and the rain is less of an obstacle than people expect if you plan around the mornings.

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