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Photo: Photo by Udaykumar PR via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)It once marked the border between British Bombay and Portuguese Salsette, and its ruins still look over the creek.
A 17th-century hilltop fort built to guard the northern approaches to Bombay Island, associated with Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's campaigns against Mughal and British forces in the region. Little remains beyond its outer walls and bastions today, overtaken in parts by residential development around Sion. The fort offers elevated views over the Sion-Mahim creek and the surrounding suburb. It is freely accessible and maintained as a small public heritage precinct.
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The Portuguese built it in 1640 to watch for approaching ships. Now people come to watch the sun go down.
Portuguese fishing villages, old Catholic churches and the bungalows of the East Indian Catholic community, all within a single walk.
Mumbai's double-decker buses have been a fixture since 1937. Here they are kept, with old tram memorabilia, as part of the story of how the city moved.