Victoria Wharf, Cape Town

This mall is the bustling heart of the Waterfront and boasts over 200 specialist shops, major retail outlets, food merchants, stores and craft workshops. To keep up your strength or enable you to get your second wind there are also more than 40 restaurants, coffee shops and fast food outlets as well as 17 cinema theaters. An added bonus besides the ideal Victoria and Alfred Waterfront location is that there are acres of parking spaces right outside the door, so once you've loaded yourself with goodies you can get back to your car without carrying them too far.