Shopping in Cape Town - authentic goods, best outlets, malls and boutiques

In Cape Town, shoppers should pay attention not only to traditional clothing stores and shopping malls but also to interesting specialty stores. Book lovers will be impressed by Lobby Books shop featuring an impressive scale and offering customers a decent selection of books on the history and culture of Africa. Here you can buy some colorful booklets with photos of famous sights of the continent for memory.

All not indifferent to jewelry must visit Dear Rae. It sells crafted jewelry from Cape Town masters, many of its workshops have been operating in the city for several hundred years. Besides traditional jewelry made of gold and silver, one can buy premium bronze products so even the thriftiest tourists will be able to choose suitable jewelry.

In Ebony & Ivory, one can find wonderful decorations and necessary things for the home. It presents a huge selection of tableware as well as decorative items made by local craftsmen. Another interesting feature of this store is antiques - some tourists visit this salon as a kind of museum. One of the largest assortments of clothing in town is offered by Mememe. This store would be of interest to both men and women. It sells high-quality clothing of various styles, from light chiffon dresses for ladies to fashionable sports outfits for serious men. Besides diversity and decent quality, this popular store is distinguished by quite affordable prices. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

Music lovers will enjoy The African Music Store, the largest music store in town selling CDs with music of various styles and genres. Here you can buy music from the most famous and popular African performers. The most sophisticated customers can even find African lullabies. In addition to music CDs, the store sells colorful posters and various souvenirs.

In the immediate vicinity of Cape Town, there are several popular outlets. Labels4Less is in demand among tourists. It houses boutiques of famous brands like Miss Sixty and Energie where the level of discounts reaches 40 to 60%. In boutiques of well-known global brands, chic clothes and accessories may cost half the price of original prices.

Cape Town is famous for its elite jewelry salons and workshops. Elegant jewelry for every taste can be found in Uwe Ketter. Only a tenth of all the available goods are directly presented in its shopping pavilion - customers can navigate through other products thanks to the available catalogs and photographs. In this salon, masters are always ready to make exclusive jewelry for individual orders.

Go to Canal Walk Shopping Center to check locally produced goods. There are no shops of popular European brands within its walls - only clothes from local manufacturers are sold here. Given this characteristic of the shopping center, it is distinguished by affordable prices, which may decrease several times in the sales season. A large selection of restaurants and cafes would be a nice bonus for your shopping.

The biggest and most popular shopping mall in Cape Town is Victoria Wharf. A whole day wouldn't be enough to explore all of its trade pavilions. It accommodates clothing stores, several large sports shops, as well as cosmetics and beach accessories stores for ladies. Another indisputable advantage of the shopping center is attractive fish restaurants, products for which are delivered directly from a nearby shipyard.

Besides jewelry stores, the city has several interesting antique shops. In Baraka Gifts and Decor, in addition to antiquities, they sell interesting designer jewelry and artworks by modern masters. Interesting African-style portraits, cute painted plates and wicker home accessories, antique figurines and handmade jewelry - everyone can choose souvenirs to their liking here.