by VSMadmin | Feb 19, 2019 | Currios, Jewellery
This is a fun market to visit – shopkeepers and assistants are really friendly and only a couple were pushy. There is a lot of beautiful Zulu and Xhosa beaded jewelry here and if you’re around for a few days, you can also commission pieces. You don’t have to haggle if it makes you uncomfortable – prices are comparable to other markets (just have an idea of how much things should cost before you go). Others have commented on the safety of the surrounding neighborhood. It’s crowded but safe. As long as you aren’t flashing your money and phone around, you’ll be fine. I waked to the market from the eastern part of Durban Central and felt perfectly comfortable. The neighborhood has a lot of interesting fabric and clothing shops as well as street vendors selling all sorts of things. It’s worth having a look around if you’re already in the area.
by VSMadmin | Nov 16, 2018 | Clothes, Currios, Jewellery, Zulu Crafts
The Victoria Street Market is a touristy Durban market where one can buy lots of souvenirs! Spices, bracelets, African/Indian dresses and little trinkets are sold here.
by VSMadmin | Nov 6, 2018 | Currios, Spices, Tourism, Zulu
The Victoria Street Market is a busy place and you have to seek and deal for what you wish. Very kind and lovely Indian sellers explain to you how to use spices. Explore traditional handcrafts of the Zulu culture as well as from the greater Africa in general. You have to deal the price and it can be funny for most, but annoying for others who are not used to that. Take a cab to go there. We spent 1.30 hour.
Cayenne, French Guiana
Photo credit: South African Hotels
by VSMadmin | Oct 5, 2018 | Currios, Durban, Spices
Be transported to a world where India and Africa meet at the Victoria Street Market, on the corner of Queen and Victoria Streets in Durban. Your senses will be assaulted with the aromas of spices and incense, the colours of bright fabrics and foods, and the sounds of stall holders bartering.
Apart from the opportunity to buy fresh and interesting food, this is also a great place to buy gifts – you’ll find saris, scarves, arts and crafts, woven baskets, beaded dolls and animals and oriental ceramics at the more than 170 stalls. The Vic, as the Victoria Market is now known, is set in a large ornate building. The Indian community in Durban (the largest outside of Asia) has had a huge impact on the character of the city of Durban, and the open air markets, which have evolved into the Victoria Street Market, were first opened in the 1870s.
Why not make a day of it? Head a little further down to Grey Street (now called Dr Yusuf Dadoo Street) – the cultural heart of the Indian community with its distinctive Indian architectural character.
Need to know
Opening hours: Monday to Saturday from 08h00 to 18h00 and Sundays from 10h00 to 16h00
Venue: Victoria Street Market, Corner of Queen and Victoria Streets, Durban, KwaZulu Natal
Contact: 031 3064021
by VSMadmin | Sep 3, 2018 | Currios, Durban, Spices
A colourful experience in the heart of the city. Interesting shops catering for tourists representing the African curiosity (curios, animal skins etc.) Indian spices with a most interesting guide to spices at Madari & Son who we explains which and how spices are mixed for the exotic flavors in a multitude of foreign languages! It is the expression of African experience with an Indian flavour.
-Shabir Rahman
by VSMadmin | Jul 29, 2018 | Currios, Durban, Spices, Tourism, Vendors
“This is a most wonderful, bustling, captivating market where you can buy anything from African jewellery, shoes and clothes, smartphones and local food, to fruit & veg & fish & meat (including whole heads of cows or sheep which are apparently boiled whole for hours – bon appetit!), also spices etc. Great atmosphere! Veg market is open 24/7 (apparently, the marketenders effectively live in their stalls…). Pop into adjacent Muti (= medicine) market to buy whatever you need for spells and potions…(dried snake skins anybody?) Lots of shops and streetstalls in the area, too. Safety: not an issue during the day. Didn’t feel unsafe at all. Just wouldn’t flash valuables around, but this goes for all of S.A., it’s perfectly safe in my view, and I’m a white woman. Me and my 2 white friends were the only whites there, and all was fine. Only problem: not everybody speaks English. Note to self: learn a bit of isiZulu!” -Ate Favourites
Source: Google Reviews
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