Taj Lands End

It might not be exactly the end of the world, but compared to the manic bustle of central Mumbai, the swanky seaside suburb of Bandra feels quite comfortably distant. It’s also, not entirely coincidentally, a convenient location for travelers with business in the districts of Bandra-Kurla, Andheri or Worli, and it’s this conjunction — plus, as a bonus, close proximity to not one but two airports — that makes it an ideal location for the Taj Lands End.

Unlike its elder in-town sibling, the Taj Palace, the Taj Land’s End leans towards the modern end of things architectural, a blocky 18-story structure housing somewhere just shy of 500 rooms. Those rooms are, in typical Taj style, just about as luxe as it gets, if, like the building itself, perhaps a bit less traditional, a bit more contemporary, than their crosstown counterparts.

When it comes to the facilities, we won’t waste your time with a list of all the things a contemporary luxury hotel must have — suffice it to say that they’re all here. The bottom line here is that when it comes to classic grand-hotel hospitality, the Taj Lands End is a viable alternative — if the location doesn’t settle it for you, maybe the hilltop sea views or the oddball modernist building will.