Lilongwe Shopping

Shopping in Lilongwe

  1. A

    Craft Market

    There's a craft market outside the Old Town post office, where vendors sell everything from trinket woodcarvings, basketware and jewellery to traditional Malawi chairs. If you go late in the day you're likely to get a better deal.

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  2. B

    Old Town Mall

    Old Town Mall houses a small corridor of shops including African Habitat, selling a variety of African arts and crafts, and Central Africana with an impressive selection of decorative and antique maps well worth framing.

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  3. C

    Crossroads Complex

    Crossroads Complex is Lilongwe's newest shopping area and houses banks, a swanky hotel, minigolf, a variety of upscale shops, supermarkets and services, and a branch of the South African Steers.

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  4. D

    Bookmart

    An excellent secondhand bookshop with a wide range of recent bestsellers, classics, and travel books. It also has a small coffee bar so you can have a latte while you browse.

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  5. E

    Central Africana

    Has a diverse selection of travel, history and nature books. It also does a nice line in leather-bound, secondhand Africana books and old colonial-style maps.

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  6. F

    PTC Hypermarket

    Near the City Centre Shopping Centre is the large PTC Hypermarket , where you can get everything from imported South African biscuits to camping supplies.

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  7. G

    City Centre Shopping Centre

    City Centre Shopping Centre , off Independence Dr, is a collection of buildings containing shops, travel agents, restaurants, a bank and a post office.

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  8. H

    Kandodo Supermarket

    There are decent supermarkets all over the city. Kandodo Supermarket has more limited and cheaper stock.

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  9. Shoprite Supermarket

    There are decent supermarkets all over the city. Shoprite in Old Town has the best range.

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  10. I

    Nico Shopping Centre

    Nico Shopping Centre has a bookshop, travel agency, pharmacy and several other shops.

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  12. J

    TBS Bookshop

    Sells international and local newspapers and magazines, and some paperback novels.

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  13. K

    Central Bookshop

    Sells a surprisingly good stock of African literature and local guidebooks.

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