Shopping trips to Cape Town can be as intense or as relaxed as you wish. Spend a few hours at Cape Town's upmarket V&A Waterfront complex to get all your shopping done under one roof or plan a day trip to Canal Walk, Century City's imposing shopping mall and shop until you drop. For African artefacts visit Cape Town markets and head to Long Street for books and curios.
Make your shopping trip to Cape Town a cultural experience by browsing African crafts at Muizenberg Flea Market and art galleries in buskers' magnet Church Street. For tasteful beadwork, look along the cobbled streets of De Waterkant or between old bookshops and gun outlets in Long Street. If big is beautiful to you, you'll adore Century City, home to Cape Town's most comprehensive shopping mall, Canal Walk. The V&A Waterfront is a practical one-stop shopping complex located near Cape Town city centre.
Convenient and creative, markets are an intricate part of the Cape Town shopping scene. Take a trip to Muizenberg Flea Market on a Sunday to haggle for hand-painted crockery, mysterious masks and leather objects. Any other day of the week try the three-storey Pan African Market selling all types of African crafts in Long Street. Even on your trip back to Cape Town airport you can do some shopping on the side of the road for last-minute souvenirs.
Don't settle for the usual T-shirt on your Cape Town shopping trip. You'll capture the essence of your holiday with original souvenirs, like tribal artefacts from the markets, beadwork from De Waterkant and local fashion from Canal Walk. Feeling generous? Splash out on a diamond at the V&A Waterfront, Cape Town's most stylish shopping complex.
