Sprawled across several floors in a colossal Victorian building on Cape Town’s cool Long Street, the Pan African Market is a one-stop-shop for African souvenirs. You can spend hours browsing the warren of dozens of small shops selling traditional and contemporary tribal art, handicrafts, textiles, musical instruments, dolls, and jewellery from all over Africa, making … Read more
Those kooky skeletons, colourful tapestries and crazy masks you see at the markets in Mexico all have stories. Mexico City’s Museum of Popular Art is the place to learn about them. Mexico’s arts and crafts are so much more than souvenirs for you to take home. The country’s popular art – art created by the people … Read more
Threads of Life is a gorgeous fair trade gallery-cum-shop in Ubud that sells exquisite handmade textiles from Bali and the rest of the Indonesia that are ethically produced. Forget the tourist markets. This is my pick for a one-stop shop for your Bali take-homes. Most visitors to Bali buy their souvenirs – masks, carvings, sarongs, and … Read more