Shopping Centre shopping in Africa
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Doon Estate
Has a number of shops, including Art Mart, which is stocked with the work of dozens of local artisans and crofters. The Cocoa Tree (more commonly known as the Belgian chocolate shop), also here, has to be experienced to be believed. Eat and drink in or takeaway - its novelty chocolates make great presents.
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Manda Hill Shopping Centre
The swish Manda Hill Shopping Centre is easy to reach by minibus from along Cairo Rd or from the Millennium Bus Station, or by taxi (around ZK120). As well as banks, bookshops, internet cafés, furniture stores, restaurants and fast-food outlets, the shopping centre boasts a huge Shoprite supermarket.
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Arcades Shopping Centre
The swish Arcades Shopping Centre is easy to reach by minibus from along Cairo Rd or from the Millennium Bus Station, or by taxi (around ZK120). As well as banks, bookshops, internet cafés, furniture stores, restaurants and fast-food outlets, the shopping centre boasts a huge Spar supermarket.
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Garden City Complex
Apart from the lively local markets, the best places for shopping are the two big shopping centres in the city: Lugogo Mall and Garden City Complex. Garden City Complex has several floors of shops, including a supermarket, bookshop and department store, plus a cinema, bowling alley and food court.
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Lugogo Mall
Apart from the lively local markets, the best places for shopping are the two big shopping centres in the city: Lugogo Mall and Garden City Complex. The newer Lugogo Mall includes a Barclays Bank, a large Shoprite supermarket and Game, a huge DIY and household shop from South Africa.
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Calle Castillo
The main shopping strip is the pedestrianised Calle Castillo and surrounding streets. Some promising deals are available on electronics and watches but there are also some great little boutiques, stocked with clothes from Spanish and international designers.
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Wilson's Wharf
Wilson's Wharf is a reasonably hip waterside development, with a clutch of decent eateries, boat-charter outfits, shops and a theatre. Enter by car opposite Fenton St.
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El Corte Inglés
Monster-sized, and will keep you stocked in whatever your heart desires. It also has an excellent, albeit pricey, supermarket with interesting imported goodies.
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Soula Shopping Centre
Located at the entrance to the medina, this mega four-storey complex is probably the largest price-fixed centre in the country. Most credit cards accepted.
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clothing boutiques
Hurghada has a good selection of clothing boutiques in the small malls along the resort strip, as well as the obligatory abundance of overpriced T-shirts, hookahs, Pharaonic memorabilia, stuffed camels, etc. However, please avoid anyone selling marine curios - stalls in the souq have been known to sell everything from stuffed sharks to lamps made from triggerfish - these are illegal, and quite frankly, would probably clash with your furniture anyway.
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Shopping Centres
About the only interruption to the hectares of apartments, hotels, restaurants and bars comes in the form of the shopping centres. In them you can buy everything from children's wear to electronics. A good tip is to keep on looking, despite the enormous temptation to buy everything as soon as you see it - you may well save even more money if you shop around. The main Shopping Centres are north of the centre in San Fernando and Bellavista.
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Green Plaza Mall
Slightly older but still a big hit with locals is Green Plaza Mall, out beyond the suburb of Smouha on the Agricultural Rd to Cairo. It is as kitsch as things get, a local shopping version of Disneyland, with shops and shops and shops plus a noisy funfair, snooker hall, bowling alley, food court, cineplex, Hilton hotel, and a gaudy 'Roman temple' housing a conference and marriage centre.
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Oriental Plaza
A short walk from Newtown, you’ll find the Oriental Plaza, a bustling collection of mostly Indian-owned stores selling everything from spices to cheap watches to cookware. If you need your mobile phone fixed, this is the place to come, and if you get peckish, there are plenty of stalls selling samosas, sweets and other goodies to satisfy you.
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Shopping at the Souq
Not surprisingly, sand roses are commonly sold in the shops around town. Tourist versions of Saharan sandals (comfortable slip-on shoes made from camel skin) decorated with palm motifs etc are also widely available. All around the souq and surrounding streets, you'll find Berber rugs, sand roses, Touareg jewellery and a range of other pots and pieces.
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Centre Artisanale
The government-run Centre Artisanale is the place to go if you want to get an idea of what to look for and how much to spend. Quality is high but prices are fixed. Other shops are located just outside the Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail. There are also some good pottery stalls set up on the western side of Place el-Hedim.
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Riad Alkantara
A complex of six grand houses around a pool and garden, Riad Alkantara was due to open early in 2008. There are workshops in Moroccan crafts, art workshops for children, a café and evenings of poetry, storytelling and music. The spa (opening late 2008) has a hammam and massage room, and offers classes in movement, yoga and meditation.
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Victoria St Market
At the western end of Anton Lembede (Victoria St), this is the hub of the Indian community and offers a typically rip-roaring, subcontinental shopping experience, with more than 160 stalls selling wares from across Asia. Watch your wallet and don’t take valuables. Note: most shops run by Muslims close between noon and 2pm on Friday.
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Super Mares
Supermarkets in Maputo are on the pricey side, but well-stocked, with a wide selection of imports from South Africa. Luscious papayas, mangoes and other excellent tropical fruits and vegetables are available at Maputo's markets and from streetside vendors. Super Mares is an upmarket and well-stocked supermarket.
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Sunset Boulevard Shopping Complex
This shopping complex is home to chic boutiques including knitwear specialists Floreal, Maille St and Shibani; Harris Wilson for menswear; and Hémisphère Sud for fabulous leather goods. Cheaper clothing stores, such as Red Snapper and IV Pl@y, concentrate in and around the Super U Hypermarket.
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Lifestyles on Kloof
Kloof St is the Gardens’ principal shopping drag, stacked with interesting outlets and anchored by the shopping centre Lifestyles on Kloof, where you’ll find some good fashion and footwear boutiques, branches of Exclusive Books and Woolworths, as well as the Labia cinema.
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Cape Quarter
In De Waterkant, the Cape Quarter shopping complex has been such a hit that it was in the process of expanding into another block during our research visit; the central piazza of the original complex serves as an occasional stage for free musical entertainment.
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Centro Artistico Juvenil
Not only a great place to shop (prices are actually marked and there is no pressure to buy!), this is also a fine introduction to the arts and crafts of the Guinea-Bissau's many ethnicities. Purchases help young trainees learn traditional artisanship.
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Yumbo Centrum
There are more than 200 businesses in this four-level commercial centre. You can buy shoes, leather goods, perfume and anything else you fancy, tax-free, although the quality should be checked. There are also supermarkets on the premises.
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Victoria Wharf
Cape Town’s premier mall is Victoria Wharf recently expanded since the entire Waterfront was sold off to Dubai to include many international luxury brands. You’ll also find here all the big names of South African retail.
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Cavendish Square
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