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Monte Cassino: Italian Style
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  • Name of Shop: Monte Cassino

    Monte Cassino is not a simple shop, it is a real town made like the famous Italian village. But you are not outside, you are in a large building and the roof is like the sky. Lighting is done to make it like in Italy, you can have a sunrise, a sunset, the hot sun of the afternoon or a romantic stars sky.
    There are a lot of different restaurants for all tastes, and some shops.
    I enjoyed the stone and cristal shop, where you can buy samples of all what you can find in the ground of Southern Africa.

    What To Buy: Stones, perfumed tobacco, wine, Biltong

    What To Pay: Prices are higher than in the streets, but if you are not from Johannesburg, it is better to go to such an area because of security.

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    Biltong: Dry food
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  • Name of Shop: Biltong


    What To Buy: When the first Boers came to South Africa, they had to find a way to preserve food for long distance journeys.
    They made Biltong, first with meet. They fully dry meet, so that they can keep it for years.
    You can also apply this technic to other food like fruits and vegetables.
    I like particularly the bush meet in Biltong.

    Buy it in town, maybe in supermarkets, because at the airport, it is not the best quality and it is very expensive


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    VAT refund
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  • Whatever you buy in South Africa, ask for a atx invoice.
    The VAT is 14%
    When you are at the airport, you show your invoices and they give you a cheque for a direct refund. So, you save 14% on all your purchases.
    In Europe, they only refund invoices with amount greater than 100 Euro.
    In South Africa, they refund everything.

    What To Buy: Just be in time at the airport, because there is a queue.


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