The station for the far beaches, where the city runs out into fishing villages.
Malad itself is malls and towers, but a long rickshaw ride west the land narrows into a peninsula of fishing villages, old churches and wide empty beaches. Aksa is the long one; Marve has the ferry across the creek. It is the nearest thing Mumbai has to a day at the seaside.
Known for
- Aksa Beach
- The Marve ferry
- Fishing villages
- A Portuguese watchtower at Madh
The guide
Around Malad
3 places worth getting off the train for. See the whole guide
Walk
Aksa Beach
A long, wide beach with few buildings behind it. Come for the walk and the sunset, and stay out of the water: the currents here are dangerous.
Rickshaw ride from the stationMap for Aksa Beach (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Walk
Marve Beach
A small beach with a jetty, where a ferry crosses the creek to Manori in a few minutes.
Rickshaw ride from the stationMap for Marve Beach (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
See
Madh Fort
A Portuguese watchtower from the 1600s at the tip of the peninsula. You cannot go inside, but the walk around it through the fishing village is the point.
Rickshaw ride from the stationMap for Madh Fort (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
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