Crazily enough Christmas decorations
have gone up in shops around Cape Town over the weekend. With decorations comes Christmas
markets – I love attending markets in any event but I thoroughly enjoy the
Christmas markets.
When I was searching to see what markets
looked interesting this festive season, I was amazed to see that there are many
markets that already started on 21 October.
To me this is super early. My
festive season normally starts with a bang in the form of the Constantia Gift Fair, which is on from Wednesday, 4 November to Sunday, 8 November. I’ve attended this market the last two years
and have enjoyed it both times. The
weather is normally pretty decent, so you can sit out in the sunshine and enjoy
some good food.
The gift fair is a little different as
there aren’t the typical stalls you normally find at markets, it’s set up as
one big stall. As you go along you
choose things you want and you pay for your items right at the end. Beware of the tills, as I found last year there
are some cute items right at the tills and I got swept up in the hype and
bought more than I was anticipating.
The Cape Markets website is a really good tool for finding markets, they have a list of all the
markets around Cape Town throughout the year.
Some of the markets that look
interesting this year are:
·
Stellenbosch
Kersmark – 25 November to 5 December in Stellenbosch
·
Noel French
Market – 5 December in Sea Point
·
Simply South Gift
and Craft Fair – 7 to 22 December at the NG Kerk on Ladies Mile
·
Pineland Craft
and Gift Fair – 7 to 22 December in Pinelands
·
Lourensford
Christmas Market – 10 to 12 December on the Lourensford Estate
·
Fab Ideas
Christmas Market – 11 to 16 December in Kommetjie
Enjoy the run up to the Festive Season :)
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