07 KALK BAY BOOKS

62 Main Rd, Kalk Bay, Cape Town 7975, South Africa

This charming seaside store is an ideal place to while away the afternoon.

Kalk Bay Books is a small independent store set in the seaside village of Kalk Bay in Cape Town. It opened in 2006 and moved its current location in the ‘Orange Building’ in 2020. The welcoming, homey store is the kind of place where you can stay a while, curl up with a book on a comfy sofa and get lost in the pages. While you don’t even need to go inside for a bit of enlightenment—thanks to the chalkboard out front that’s updated with intriguing quotes—you definitely should take the time to browse or tickle the ivories on the piano by the door.

TO VISIT BEFORE YOU DIE BECAUSE

The store offers the opportunity to immerse yourself in Johannesburg’s book-filled history.