Greenmarket square, Cape Town, Western Cape Province

South Africa's most popular tourist destination, Cape Town is the country's second most populous city and the largest in land area.

Greenmarket Square, a historical square in the centre of old Cape Town, served as a slave market, a vegetable market, a parking lot and more recently, an informal flea market trading mainly African souvenirs, crafts and curios.

It is now bordered by a selection of restaurants and cafes that provide ample opportunity to people-watch and enjoy local fare.

PHOTO SOURCE: Lanz von Horsten, courtesy of, and copyright, South Africa Tourism, a department of the government of South Africa, used with permission.

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