African Arts & Crafts

African arts and crafts can be found at Greenmarket Square, in the city centre on the corner of Shortmarket Street and Berg Street, which is packed with stalls selling authentic crafts, and at Green Point Flea Market, held every Sunday in the Green Point Stadium car park.

• Address:

  Greenmarket Square, Corner of Burg Street & Longmarket Street, Cape Town

• Opening hours:

  Daily 9am–7pm

Clarke’s Books

Readers will find a huge range of new and second hand fiction and non-fiction, including rare editions, at Clarke’s bookshop at 199 Long Street. Opened back in 1956, Clarke's has established itself as the best place in the city to find unique and out-of-print publications.

• Web:

  www.clarkesbooks.co.za

• E-mail:

  books@clarkesbooks.co.za

• Address:

  199 Long Street, Cape Town

• Phone:

  +27 21 423 5739

• Opening hours:

  Mon–Fri 9am–5pm, Sat 9:30am–1pm, Sun closed

Kloof Street & Long Street

Kloof Street is lined with off-beat fashion boutiques, antique clothes shops, kitsch items and collectibles. On Long Street you'll find the Long Street Antique Arcade, a collection of small antique stalls and shops specialising in smaller objects, jewellery and ceramics, prints and paintings.

• Address:

  Kloof Street, Cape Town

The Woodstock Gin Company

The Woodstock Gin Company was founded in 2012 and, since then, produces small batches of premium gin with carefully chosen ingredients and a fully controlled distillation process. While you will get a small insight into their well guarded secrets during a gin tasting, where you try pure gin, gin with herbs and gin with tonic to fully understand these variation of flavours, you can also buy a bottle of your favourite kind to bring home.

• Web:

  www.woodstockginco.co.za

• E-mail:

  info@woodstockginco.co.za

• Address:

  399 Albert Road, Cape Town

• Phone:

  +27 21 447 0712

• Opening hours:

  Tue–Sat 8am–5pm, Mon & Sun closed

• More info:

  Tasting and Cocktails Available from 11am

Tyger Valley Centre

Adjacent to the Willowbridge Shopping Centre you can find the Tyger Valley Centre. This modern shopping centre offers over 250 stores, including high fashion boutiques and casual clothing outlets, with brands such as Swatch, Zara, Cotton On and Levi's.

• Web:

  www.tygervalley.co.za

• E-mail:

  info@tygervalley.co.za

• Address:

  Tyger Valley Centre, Corner of Bill Bezuidenhout & Willie van Schoor, Bellville

• Phone:

  +27 21 914 1822

• Opening hours:

  Mon–Sat 9am–7pm, Sun 9am–5pm

Victoria & Alfred Waterfront

Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, also known as A&F Waterfront, is a hotspot for tourists as well as locals. It is a harbour with exciting architecture that offers a magnificent view of the sea and the mountain range. The area has more than 250 shops, restaurants, pubs, hotels and cafés that will most likely keep you busy all day.

• Web:

  www.waterfront.co.za

• Address:

  V&A Waterfront, Cape Town