Bookstore Tourism

Bookstore tourism is about travelling to visit bookstores—whether you do so on an organised tour or just on your own. Do you go on road trips to visit bookstores? Do you collect lists of the most beautiful bookstores? Do you collect booktowns?

We would like to know about bookstores that are worth travelling some distance to visit, whether because they are beautiful, or unusually well-stocked, or quirky, or historically interesting, or for any other reason... Tell us about them.

When I visit a shop I try to buy at least 1 book by an author from the country. I'm an English monoglot so this could pose a problem, but so far I've got by with English translations even in Portugal and Romania. Mind you, in Munich once I bought a German-language copy of Kaiserschmarrndrama by Rita Falk, solely because I like the title--Kaiserschmarrn is one of the world's great desserts.

Booktowns welcome too.

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Having moved to a new city ...3 non letti / 3haydninvienna, Lunedì 12:46am
Welcome new members15 non letti / 15haydninvienna, Gennaio 10
Under new management15 non letti / 15hfglen, Gennaio 3
Planning a Bookstore Road Trip?4 non letti / 4cindydavid4, Gennaio 2
Beautiful libraries16 non letti / 16lilithcat, Dicembre 2023
Book vending machine at railway station1 non letto / 1John5918, Marzo 2023
Travel plans56 non letti / 56hfglen, Dicembre 2022
From one bookstore to another . . .7 non letti / 7Crypto-Willobie, Marzo 2022
Bookstores & Libraries where you can spend the night11 non letti / 11tallpaul, Settembre 2021
Libraries worth a visit9 non letti / 9anglemark, Luglio 2021
Beautiful (or otherwise extraordinary) book shops15 non letti / 15haydninvienna, Giugno 2020
Bookstore Tourism in the time of COVID-194 non letti / 4tallpaul, Aprile 2020
Fictional, but would be a great visit4 non letti / 4haydninvienna, Febbraio 2020
Stray pictures9 non letti / 9hfglen, Settembre 2019
The King is dead--long live the King3 non letti / 3haydninvienna, Settembre 2019
Bookstore tourism13 non letti / 13haydninvienna, Mag 2019
Run your own bookstore in Scotland!1 non letto / 1Crypto-Willobie, Giugno 2018
Name that short story2 non letti / 2Taphophile13, Giugno 2018
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