Shopping in Cape Town
There are so many shops to explore in Cape Town that you'd find it impossible to get through them all in one trip. This place rivals many top European cities for fashion, South African artists and products are proudly featured in lifestyle and home shops, and you can find curios from all over Africa. There are shopping malls, indoor and outdoor markets, boutique shops and quaint shopping areas.
You just have to determine your shopping goals and then devise the best plan of action to get the best our of your Cape shopping experience!
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Green Market Square - Flea Market
Found in the heart of Cape Town City Centre, Green Market Square is probably the best known craft market in Cape Town. If you are looking for souvenirs but don't feel like paying the top prices charged in shopping malls, Green Market Square could be the perfect solution for you. Weird and wonderful bits and pieces are on offer and usually at bargain prices.
If you would like to stay within walking distance of Green Market Square, some of the most vibey local hotels include Daddy Long Legs, Urban Chic, and Nine Flowers.
Greenmarket Place 54 Shortmarket Street Cape Town
+27 21 426 1052
+27 21 426 1054
greenmarket@icon.co.za
Craft markets in & around Cape Town
Church Street Antique Market (Church Street, City Centre)
Open: 9am-4pm Mon-Sat
A handful of informal table stalls with antiques and odds and ends.
Constantia Craft Market (Alphen Centre, Main Road, Constantia)
Open: 10am-3pm first weekend and last Saturday of each month.
A popular market of stallholders with various wares, especially plants, ceramics and handcrafted wood items.
Green Point Flea Market (Green Point Stadium)
Open: 8:30am-6pm Sun and most public holidays.
African crafts and curios, plastic household goods, etc.
Holistic Lifesyle Fair (Recreation Centre, Corner Station and Lower Mian roads, Observatory) Open: 10am-4pm first Sunday of each month.
Alternative theapies, health food and a general "feel-good" atmosphere.
Hout Bay Craft Market (Hout Bay Village Green, Hout Bay)
Open: 10am-5pm every Sunday.
Original crafts, food and household items.
Kirstenbosch Craft Market (The Stone Cottages, Rhodes Drive)
Open: 9am-1pm last Sunday of each month Jan-May, Sep-Nov; 2nd and 3rd Sat in December.
Good family market, wooden toys, original crafts.
Milnerton Flea Market (Racecourse Road, Milnerton)
Open: 7am-5pm Sat, Sun.
Flea market style with loads of chance to find junk as well as kitchy items from the old days.
Somerset West Country Craft Market (180 Main Road, Somerset West)
Open: 8am-1pm Sept 24; Oct 16, 30; Nov 13, 27; Dec 4,11,16,18.
Huge park-like space with hundreds of stalls of handiwork and original crafts.
As listed
Access Park Factory Shops
Access Park is opposite Kenilworth Shopping Centre.
021 683 5885
021 671 7061
Canal Walk
A relatively new shopping centre, Canal Walk has established itself as one of Cape Town's finest! With over 400 hundred stores for you to browse, there is no way you will leave without finding what you came looking for.
Canal Walk also provides plenty of entertainment for the kids. Alongside the 17 Nu Metro Cinemas, MTN Science Centre, there are also frequent exciting events and promotions. There are some great hotels near Century City.
If you want to stay near the action, check out Kwantu Guesthouse, Elements and Mnandi Lodge.
Century City Property Developments (Pty) Ltd P.O. Box 0002 Century City 7446 South Africa Suite G18 The Colosseum Century Boulevard Century City 7441
021 550 7000
021 550 7001
info@centurycity.co.za
V&A Waterfront
If you want to stay near to this tourist hotspot, check out The Commodore, Sugar Hotel, The Portswood, De Waterkant House and 40 Winks.
V&A Waterfront Head Office Portswood Close Portswood Ridge Victoria & Alfred Waterfront Cape Town, South Africa
+27 (0)21 408 7600
+27 (0)21 408 7605
Cavendish Square
Vineyard Road Claremont 7535
+27 (21) 657 5620
+ 27 (21) 671 1313
teagan@lifestylecom.co.za
Tygervalley Shopping Centre
Cnr. Bill Bezuidenhout and Willie van Schoor Avenues, Belville, 7530.
(021) 914 1822
(021) 914 1318
info@tygervalley.co.za
