ROSEHILL MALL

Rosehill Mall is the brand new coastal shopping centre at Port Alfred that packs in every innovation to delight shoppers, from spectacular interior designs featuring giant, fully-grown palm trees along a beach-style avenue linking the shops, to an astounding close-quarters view over the Eastern Cape shoreline nearby.

Famous retailers have been carefully chosen to provide the broadest possible shopping experience and maximum convenience for those in and around the charming seaside resort on the Kowie River. Facilities include parking, cinemas, restaurants, & even a skateboarding halfpipe in the big, comprehensive sporting store. Natural air and light make the mall a healthy entertainment option for kids.

Rosehill Mall is one of the highest rated ‘green’ projects of its kind in SA, and there’s a strong emphasis on conservation and sustainability, with innovative energy saving measures and attractive natural materials.

After dark, the mall becomes a fairytale environment, with hundreds of pinpoint lights in the vaulted roof and palm trees.

See more about about the mall and a list of shops on their website.

INTIMATE SHOPPING IN PORT ALFRED!

Wharf Street, on the older side of town, is famous for its fresh fish stores, antique and second-hand furniture stores, liquor suppliers, pie-makers, marine supplies – where you can have a canoe made to order - and other fascinating shops to browse through. Another unusual tourist attraction is the Coelacanth Brewery where Old Four Legs lager is made. This working brewery is now part of The Harbour Master set-up where you can eat, drink and have a very merry time. Check our local newspapers for all the events lined up at this historical spot.

There is the Garden Of Eaden, creative landscaping and indigenous nursery and winner of the Gardens of Pride competition for the Eastern Cape.  Can contact Eaden Young on 083 944 1284.

And while you're thinking of having a drink make sure you pop into Vintage Liquors in Heritage Mall. Fancy a bottle of champers - the REAL thing? Vintage offers several world-class labels. Their selection of beers and wines is vast, includes auction wines,  and will satisfy all tastes.

Port Alfred's main shopping centre is HERITAGE MALL where the anchor tenant is Pick 'n Pay. Other national stores are Spar, Mr Price, Sheet Street, Miladys, Mica, Midas and CNA as well as several independent, furniture, clothing, fashion, baby & children's wear, fruit and vegetables, toys, sports and speciality stores.

THE COURTYARD is a chic boutique mall in Van der Riet Street offering exclusive fashion from ARTICKOKE, home decor from EASY LIVING, antiques and second-hand goods from FUNKY JUNK, crafts and gifts from the cute PRICKLY PEAR store, and once you've shopped till you are weary you can rest at ZEST and tuck into scrumptious home-baked savouries and cakes. And if you want fresh flowers you need look no further. BLOOMING BRILLIANCE is also right there. One of their specialities is the gerbera daisy. All shades of this stunning bloom come in daily from nearby Bathurst. They will also make up beautiful bouquets and do deliveries all over town.

Visit SCULPTURED RUGS' vibrant new showroom. They manufacture the most incredible hand-tufted rugs to place on the floor or hang on a wall. Many of these have been commissioned for the Constitutional Court, Lost City and numerous up-market homes, game reserves and corporate buildings as far afield as Malaysia and Seychelles. Here you can have one designed especially for your own home without breaking the bank. What makes it even more fun is that you can wander round the factory and watch how the elaborate designs are translated from sketch to computer to canvas.

Further down Van der Riet Street is what's rapidly being know as The Ocean Basket Centre - in a lovely settling right on the river - that houses The Ocean Basket Restaurant with expansive indoor and outdoor seating. If seafood and fresh fish are your delights look no further. There's also a very tempting array of sushi on offer daily. Next door is THE COVE Ladies Boutique catering for the more mature market. Upstairs in this new centre is EQUILIBRIUM BEAUTY SALON & DAY SPA offering a full array of treatments and right next door our local branch of CURVES, the nationwide ladies-only exercise studio. If you are a member anywhere else in South Africa, step right in and use the facilities on offer here. Your membership is valid wherever you are.Also in the centre is the local branch of the INDEPENDENT PROPERTY CONSULTANTS estate agency.  There is also Andy's Keys as well as the Masion Decor.

Across the road is the creative centre of graphic design studio Goat Multimedia. In addition to providign advertising and design solutions in all print and digital media they also run a copying and binding service.

Throughout Port Alfred you will find quaint furniture stores, second-hand book stores, fresh fruit markets and home industries selling crafts and local delicacies.

Among the more unusual stores worth a visit are WEATHERSTAR specialising in nautical and marine items as well as an amazing array of unusual gifts from all over the world.  Bespoke furniture at Weatherstar. Eaden Young will design to your plan, or suggest and make, any customised furniture. Master cabinet maker with over 58 years experience in the wood-working industry. From traditional to modern,  fitted or loose, there is nothing he cannot duplicate or produce.  Phone 046 6241056 office or 046 624 4667 home. Open 6 days a week @ 35 Campbell Street. Port Alfred. email rosebuds@intekom.co.za

BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND - at The Anchorage - offering furniture and décor items, many with a touch of Eastern influence; THE BAGMAN – a local idiosyncrasy – selling a huge assortment of wares. Think school requirements, chocolate, nuts and cherries, live birds and bird cages, greetings cards, pots and pans, mega rolls of clingfilm and foil (Jozi visitors queue up to purchase these) and all manner of toys and special-occasion decorations. You can spend hours in this Aladdin's cave of a shop.

The town also has modern supermarkets, estate agents, furniture stores, butcheries and bakeries, liquor stores, pharmacies, jewellery stores, nurseries and banks with ATMs.

There is also Bedfords who do re-upholstery & repairs. They have stores in Port Alfred, Grahamstown & East London.  Re-upholstery of lounge suites, odd chairs, office furniture, loose cushions etc.  Repairs including springs, webbing, foam etc.  Large range of upholstery fabrics to choose from.  Free quotation in the comfort of your own home or office.  Can contact Ross Bedord on 084 988 7540 or fax on 086 693 8969 or you can email:  bedford.ross@yahoo.com

All shopping areas are within walking distance of each other which makes for an unforgettable and pleasant experience.

Down the road in Bathurst, is Richard Pullen's Earth Art.  It's an open studio.  Visitors are free to watch the work in progress while browsing through the wide range of completed products on display