The V&A Waterfront hosts upmarket shops, fine restaurants, museums and a world-class aquarium all under one roof. There are more than 400 stores of all shapes and sizes. Head to Long Street and Church Street for antiques shops and markets. Craft shops can be found all over town and good buys include the local township produce such as beadwork dolls.

As in any large city you will find a number of major shopping malls with the requisite department sized stores and chain labels:

  • Bayside Centre, cnr Blaauwberg Road and Otto Du Plessis Drive, Tableview,  +27 (0)21 557-4350 
  • Blue Route Mall, cnr Tokai and Keyser River Roads, Tokai,  +27 (0)21 713-2360 
  • Canal Walk, Century Boulevard, Century City,  +27 (0)21 555-3600
  • Cavendish Square, Vineyard Road, Claremont,  +27 (0)21 657-5620
  • Constantia Village, cnr Constantia Main and Spaanschemacht River Roads, Constantia,  +27 (0)21 794-5065 
  • Kenilworth Centre, cnr Doncaster and Chichester Roads, Kenilworth,  +27 (0)21 671-5054. 
  • Longbeach Mall, cnr Buller Louw Drive and Sunnydale Road, Noordhoek,  +27 (0)21 785-5955 
  • Maynard Mall, cnr Main and Wetton Roads, Wynberg,  +27 (0)21 797-1714. 
  • Mainstream Centre, cnr Main Road and Pricess Beach, Hout Bay. 
  • N1 City, Louwtjie Rothman Drive (off Monte Vista Boulevard), Goodwood,  +27 (0)21 595-1170, 
  • Tyger Valley, cnr Bill Bezuidenhout and Willie van Schoor Avenues, Bellville,  +27 (0)21 914-1822,
  • Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Breakwater Road, Cape Town,  +27 (0)21 408-7600,