Must-see shopping in Mozambique

Even if you don’t think you want to buy crafts, it’s worth stopping in at the excellent Artes Maconde at Avani Pemba Beach Hotel. It sells a wide range of…

Pemba's most interesting market is in the Natite neighbourhood near where Avenida Marginal meets Avenida Eduardo Mondlane. It's a large, sprawling affair…

This place sells an appealing selection of reasonably priced handicrafts, 95% of which are made from reclaimed or recycled materials. It's on the beach…

The place to buy Makonde crafts – primarily the legendary woodcarvings – plus you can see the craftspeople at work. It's located in an open compound…

A community-run shop-cafe selling Ibo coffee, shawls, handmade baskets and locally made silver jewellery. If you're hot and hungry, cake, empanadas and…

A good place to buy capulanas (sarongs). It’s opposite the Municipal Market. There are many tailors nearby.

A great spot to examine and buy local Makonde woodcarvings as well as locally made basketry, shawls and cosmetics.

Batiks, woodcarvings and other crafts at stalls spread throughout the Parque dos Continuadores.

Diagonally opposite the South African High Commission, with a small selection of English-language books and magazines.

Held in the town's large stadium, this market is a good place for crafts. Go early, before things get hot and crowded.

Pemba's main produce market is right in the centre of town.

Market in Pemba's baixa (old town).