mumbai is known by so many names the city that never sleeps city of dreams and more but another moniker can safely be added to that list call it mumbai the city of trails for there are so many walks one can embark on here from heritage trails that satisfy history lovers to special food trails that please the most discerning tastebuds shopping trails and even one for bollywood lovers theres much to see and do heres what makes folks step into comfy shoes and start walkinghistory is found in mumbais smaller gullies and old avenuesduring a heritage trail at horniman circleduring a heritage trail at horniman circlesouth and central mumbai have so many beautiful old streets avenues and iconic landmarks that date back to the past each having its own amazing story to tell no surprises then that several trails are centred here each lasting roughly 1 hours and all of them aimed at being immersive experiences says bharat gothoskar marketing consultant and heritage lover who has been conducting trails and in the city we have over 35 public walks with a different one on every weekend there are shorter walks in the fort area and longer ones in areas like parel lalbaug bhuleshwar etc this weekend too we will be launching a parsi bazaar walk at fort there is also an art district walk at opera house as its the first art district of the citydesign font expert tanya george does a typography heritage walk in the fort area at bora bazar and kala ghoda she says you look at the typography walk through two ways one through a design history perspective and the other through culture and linguistics mumbai has been an old port city and when people came here to trade back in the old times they brought their language and scripts with them and that is reflected in the signs that came up in signage in shops or on buildings they built you can see such a variety of scripts in the fort area theres something from armenia then because of the synagogue you have hebrew script apart from that there are gujarati and marathi and telugu scripts you also have several parsi establishments with gujarati and persian encryptions so its all a wonderful mishmash i weave it all together as a story using typography she smiles adding what is interesting is that the walk is not just for design students its also attended by both the young and the oldlooking for ghosts at night after dark fun on the grisly girgaon trailafter dark fun on the grisly girgaon traillove all things spooky then this one which takes place after dark is meant for you its called grisly girgaon and the 2km walk takes folks into the labyrinth of alleys and past the quiet doorways of quiet girgaon the trail brings up legends and superstitions and theres even a tale of a headless ghost guess what the trails are always packed making one