shopping, mall

Canal Walk is a massive (was the biggest in Africa when it opened) shopping centre outside of Cape Town. It was completed in 2000 and is actually pretty nicely done as far as malls go. The finishes are good, the place is well run and kept clean. There is also stacks of parking and it is affordable, unlike the Waterfront!

Cavendish Square is a shopping mall in Claremont that offers more than 200 mostly upmarket stores (with the notable exception of McDonalds). There is plenty of undercover parking available; the mall itself is trolley free.

The V&A Waterfront is Cape Town's most well known shopping mall largely because of its amazing location. On the edge of the working harbor (where you can often see seals) and with amazing views up onto Table Mountain and Devils Peak, the Waterfront offers a beautiful and interesting shopping location for locals and tourists.

Sable Square is a fairly new Outlet Mall - basically a grouping of factory shops selling excess stock at reduced prices. Most articles about Sable Square quote an average 30% reduction in pricing on stock sold in the factory shops for major brands. The catch is that the stock is excess and normally from lines that have already ended.

The Gardens Centre is a relatively small shopping mall in the Gardens area of Cape Town. It is a double level mall with a good mix of shops and restaurants/coffee shops and serves several city bowl suburbs.

Willowbridge is a modern, open air mall in the Northern suburb of Tygervalley. It contains homeware and fashion stores as well as several restaurants (e.g. Col'Caccio) and cafes (e.g. Vida E). There is also an extension across Old Oak Road where there are more stores including a Checkers, Outdoor Warehouse and massive Keg  as well as parking.