Market Monday - Porter Estate Market, Tokai

This Saturday is Christmas Eve - if you still have shopping to do by that late stage (as many of us do, despite our best efforts) you could find yourself in Mall Hell - or you could end up at Porter Estate Market...

We have featured Porter Estate Market more than once here on the Portfolio Travel Blog and that''s because it''s such a wonderful place to be. The setting is gorgeous - a pine tree scented clearing below a mountain - and even on the days the South Easter blows the market is sheltered.

 

Get there early and enjoy a hearty and healthy breakfast from one of the stands, then head for the craft and produce section and get shopping. Everything from silver handcrafted jewellry and colourful hula hoops to wicker baskets and handpainted clothes, plus and an array of delicious deli foods, will entice you to support the stall holders. There is a sandplay area for kids with a wonderful new wooden castle for tiny ones to explore, and dogs are welcome.

 

Expect a festive atmosphere especially this time of year. Take enough cash. I guarantee once you''ve been to Porter Estate Market you''ll return time and again with friends and family.

(Images from the Porter Market Facebook Page)

Need to Know

Dates:  Saturday mornings between 9am and 1pm (weather-permitting).

Venue: Chrysalis Academy, behind Tokai forest picnic area. Follow the Pink Piggie signs.

Parking: R5 entrance fee (per car) (donated to the students of Chrysalis Academy who assist with parking)

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/PORTER-ESTATE-PRODUCE-MARKET/64447394185

Website: http://outdoormarket.co.za/