Cape Town is an affordable shopping destination with a wide variety of goods on offer. From hand-crafted jewelry, beautiful beadwork and traditional African arts and crafts to designer labels, diamonds and precious stones. Cape Town offers a shopping experience for everyone. Visit one of the shopping malls or experience one of the local flea markets and street side stalls for gifts and souvenirs.

Cape Town is home to many upmarket shopping malls most of which include big chain stores and smaller boutiques as well as restaurants, coffee shops, cinemas, grocery shops and banking facilities. Some malls even offer curio shops. Most malls offer safe pay-per-hour parking.

The major shopping malls are:

• V&A Waterfront – Waterfront

• Gardens Shopping Centre – Gardens, Cape Town

• Cavendish Square – Claremont, Southern Suburbs

• Constantia Village – Constantia, Southern Suburbs

• Canal Walk – N1, outside city centre

Most shopping centres are open for shopping 7 days a week and at least from 9am – 5pm evening.

Markets and Unique Shopping Experiences

A visit to one of Cape Town’s markets is a great way to pick up a wide variety of gifts and souvenirs. The cobble-stoned Greenmarket Square in the centre of town is a vibrant craft market where you will experience the pulse of Cape Town.

The Red Shed Craft Workshop and the Waterfront Craft Market – both at the Waterfront – are indoor markets open 7 days a week. Clothing, jewellery and an array of crafts and artwork are available.

Sunday is the time to head to the Greenpoint Market in the parking area of Greenpoint Stadium. The market is a flea-market and craft-market combined with goods from CDs and sunglasses to African art and beads on sale.

Wining and Dining in Cape Town

Wine and food are essential aspects of life at the Cape because to begin with, we’ve got world-class, award-winning restaurants.

Cape Town is home to a wide variety of excellent restaurants presenting a range of cuisine from fresh Mediterranean flavours to exotic Asian spices, local Malay dishes to traditional African meals. Restaurants in Cape Town are generally well priced and are often run by top internationally trained chefs. In addition, you’ll generally find excellent wine lists offering a wide selection of top local wines and more often than not the location itself will offer superb views and a memorable ambience.

Here is a list of some of our favourite restaurants in and around Cape Town:

• HQ
  Best steak and salad in the world
  +27 (0)21 424 6373
  Cape Quarter, 100 Shortmarket Street, CPT

• Café Paradiso
  For ambience and vibe
  +27 (0)21 423 8653
  110 Kloof Street, CPT

• Il Leone
  Excellent authentic Italian food
  +27 (0)21 421 0071
  22 Coburn Street, CPT

• Keenwa
  Eat Peruvian and feel Peruvian
  +27 (0)21 419 2633
  50 Waterkant Street, CPT

• Bukhara Restaurant
  Authentic curry restaurant
  +27 (0)21 419 2633
  Shortmarket Street, City Bowl

• Baia Seafood
  Outstanding, fresh seafood
  +27 (0)21 421 0935
  V&A Waterfront, CPT

• Salt
  Best views in Cape Town
  +27 (0)21 439 6170
  The Ambassador Hotel, Bantry Bay, CPT

• Beluga
  Classic restaurant with great meat and wine selection
  +27 (0)21 418 2948
  50 Waterkant Street, CPT

Also recommended:

• www.eatcapetown.co.za

• www.dining-out.co.za

Uitsig and La Colombe at Constantia Uitsig – both award-winning (go to www.constantia-uitsig.com to find out more)