Salt Circle Arcade

Cape Town


Among the retail options to hunt out here are the second-hand bookshop Blank Books, the owner of which writes the local blog www.ilovewoodstock.co.za and Isobel Sippel Studio, where the designer's choice of art prints and dyework on cotton and linen are turned into cushion covers, napkins and wall-hangings.

Food trucks gather in the central courtyard.


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