The Taj Mahal Palace in Apollo Bunder, Colaba is located next to the Gateway of India. It is, in my opinion, the best hotel looking in India and I really like the architecture of this building (the old one). The original Indian architects were Sitaram Khanderao Vaidya and D N Mirza, but the English engineer W A Chambers completed the project. During World War I, the hotel was converted into a 600-bed hospital.