Coronation Bazaar

Coronation Bazaar is a long-running general store at the crossroads of Coronation and Melbourne Roads in Walmer Estate, Cape Town, trading from a baby-blue building dated 1935. A VoiceMap audio tour of the neighbourhood stops at the shop and notes that, since there are no major shopping malls or retail outlets nearby, corner cafes like this one are common in Walmer Estate.

The tour explains that most of the area's shop owners have lived and operated their businesses here for more than 50 years, with many originally coming from District Six before it was declared a white-only area in the 1960s. Coronation Bazaar is part of that same community history, trading through decades of change in the neighbourhood. It suits visitors interested in the area's history as much as locals doing everyday shopping.