Lonely Planet India – August 2019

PHOTOGRAPHS: MARK READ/LONELY PLANET, JONATHAN STOKES/LONELY PLANET

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Sunbathe where

the Berlin Wall once ran

In the 1990s, no city had as many

opportunities for reinvention as Germany’s reunited

capital. Areas along the Berlin Wall once out

of bounds opened up to creative new uses.

The Berlin Wall Trail that follows the hated

barrier’s old route reaches lakeside suburbs

that have long drawn sunbathing Berliners,

but also runs near beach bars such as Yaam,

and one by the Badeschiff – a pool moored

in the River Spree (pictured). Another sight

that border guards probably never expected

to see is Mount Mitte, a grown-up-friendly

adventure playground (www.berlin.de/

mauer/en/wall-trail).

ADVENTURES

Explore a real

urban jungle

India’s most populous

city, Mumbai sprawls

as much as its

peninsular site allows.

In its northern reaches

though, the urban

jungle gives way

to actual forest:

the 88sqkm of Sanjay

Gandhi National Park.

Wild leopards live

here (though are rarely

seen), along with

spotted deer, langurs

and numerous bird

and butterfly species.

The Bombay Natural

History Society runs

walks in its core

area, and there’s

also the thousand-

year-old Buddhist

siteof theKanheri

Cavesto explore

(www.bnhs.org;

nature walks

from ` 300).

TR AVEL FO R

URBAN

Sailing in Chicago, cycling through (and snacking in) Beirut,

and other urban adventures that go beyond the ordinary

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