Hanging Gardens of Malabar Hill

The Hanging Gardens (Pherozeshah Mehta Gardens) are terraced gardens on the western slope of Malabar Hill that sit atop the reservoir supplying much of South Mumbai with drinking water — an arrangement that allegedly dates to the 1880s when the reservoir was covered and planted to prevent the Parsi Towers of Silence nearby from contaminating the water with vultures dropping bits of bone. The gardens were laid out in 1881 and renovated in 1921, and the topiary animals, formal hedges, and terraced lawns provide one of the few green spaces in South Mumbai.

Across the road is the Kamala Nehru Park with its famous 'Old Woman's Shoe' structure — a nursery-rhyme-inspired children's play structure that has been a Mumbai family fixture for generations. The combined parks offer sweeping sunset views over Marine Drive and Back Bay.