I love books! Where can you find the most books? In bookstores (or libraries), hence bookstores are my favorite kind of store. I can literally sit there for hours maybe reading a book, drinking a cup of coffee, looking for new books and then read some more.
I´m going to show you pictures of the most beautiful bookstores in the world! and believe me they are AMAZING! The details, interior and the architecture of the buildings are to DIE for! Visiting many of them are definitely on my bucket list!
“A gorgeous converted Dominican church gives the power of reading its due diligence. Selexyz Bookstore, Maastricht, Holland.“
“Modern design at its finest in a store full of art books The Bookàbar Bookshop, Rome, Italy“
” This divine neo-gothic bookstore, opened in 1906, contains what we consider to be the ultimate definition of a stairway to heaven. Livraria Lello, Porto, Portugal”
Oh wow, what amazing architecture! I could not keep my eyes on the book if I would ever be lucky enough to visit any of them!
WOW! I could get lost in those Libraries! Thank you for sharing!
Whoa . . . I want that place to be my local bookstore! Stunning!
If I went to any of these places, it is doubtful whether I would ever be seen or heard from again…..literary armchair travel at its best! Thank you for that! I will link to this entry in an upcoming post on my writing blog.
I know, how could anyone ever leave! I´m definitely saving money so I can travel to see the store in Holland this year. It´s my favorite!
Wow, the ones from The Netherlands and Argentina are particularly spectacular. I’ve been to the one in Porto! Apparently it was one of the places that inspired JK Rowling and the grand staircases in Harry Potter.
There’s nothing better than a great book store. I could spend hours/days in these ones.
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Thank you for sharing this post. Truly what you have shown here is for lack of better words fabulous. I love architecture and I love books, and visiting one of the places shown above would be almost a religious experience for me, if I were a follower of any religion that is. Thanks again for sharing this post. Lucianus
I know! It definitely would be a religious experience for me to. Thank you for the nice comment
OH!!! AMAZING!!! I didn’t know about this! And you have such a cool blog!!!!
WOW!!!
Been to the one in Porto, in 2004.
Quite something.
Thanks for the vist.
The Ark
Wow! Amazing!
I LOVE a good bookstore! The Kindle can never replace the thrill of opening a book for the first time.
But a kindle is much more practical!! I travel a lot on airplanes since i´m studying abroad and I hate the fact that my books occupy so much space and weight of my luggage. So I do envy your kindle, even though I love books
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I am in awe, and to think I was just about to go to Chapters or the library. I actually squeeled for joy upon seeing some of these marvelous places.
Cool!
For me a trip to the local bookstore will never be the same after seeing these pictures! I´m glad you liked it
Amazing!
I think my favourite one is the bookstore in Portugal! So amazing and poetically beautiful!
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Bringing together two of my loves – architecture and books!
Holy cow! How does anyone buy books in those places? I’d be wandering around, too gobsmacked by the beauty of the building to focus on books!
Thanks for the “like” on my blog. You have a good beginning here, I hope you keep finding new pretties to show us.
I would lose days and days and days in these!
Thank you for sharing, amazing!
Wow! I truly HEART bookstores!!! You can lock me in for days! Love your blog btw, great inspirational stuff!
I want to go!!!! Thanks for the like.
Nice photos, too. Did you take those?
I love libraries also…big or small. I hope we keep them!
Also, good to have you visit & “like’ my post!
Oh my goodness, I could just move into all of them and die happy.
Who would have thunk it? Wow. No bookstores or libraries around any place I’ve ever lived, at least as an adult, so to speak.
I LOVE that bookstore in Portugal. I used to go the Reading Room of the New York City Public Library’s main branch to do research. It has exquisite woodwork like in that bookstore. Thanks for stopping by my blog and “liking” it. I find the encouragement of other bloggers touches me and makes me want to keep going. Your images are a breath of fresh air.
I can die for to be in one of them… What amazing libraries… But it would take time to watch them and then I can read book…
Thank you for visiting my blog, I am glad to meet with you and with your blog. With my love, nia
Look at those vaulted ceilings!
I know! Amazing!!!!