bertrands
Bookstore
Behind a façade of blue and white tiles is the city's oldest and best-known bookshop, founded in 1732. It stocks a reasonable selection of English-language books (including translations of Portuguese writers such as Fernando Pessoa), guidebooks, and foreign magazines.
Location
Rua Garrett 73-75
Chiado, Lisboa
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ler devagar
Bookstore
Relocated to the trendy LX Factory after ten years after in a lithography shop in Bairro Alto, Lisbon,this bookstore is now housed around an old three-story printing press. Installations, performances, debates, conferences, poetry, theatre, dance, music: fado, jazz, Portuguese, French, Brazilian, African, classical and experimental music.
Location
Rua Rodrigues de Faria 103
Alcantra, Lisboa
213 259 992
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livraria da travessa
Bookstore
Livraria da Travessa is one of Lisbon’s most notorious bookshops. It brought to Portugal hundreds of Brazilian titles that have never been on the Portuguese market. So, if your reading challenge includes exploring less-known books written by foreign authors, give Livraria da Travessa a go – we’re sure you’ll find some bookish jewels there
Location
Rua da Escola Politécnica 46, 1250-096
Principe Real, Lisboa,
213 259 992
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livraria sá da costa
Bookstore
Located two doors down form the famous A Brasileira cafe, dating from the 1920s. A second-hand bookshop with books in many languages, rare editions, dusty shelves full of antiquities, bric-a-brac, paintings, vinyl records, azulejo tiles, postcards, and many other collectible objects.
Location
Rua da Escola Politécnica 46, 1250-096
Principe Real, Lisboa,
213 259 992
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Tinta nos Nervos
Bookstore
Tinto Nervoso is a specialized bookstore and art gallery in Lisbon's Madragoa neighborhood, focusing on drawing, illustration, comics, and graphic arts. It features a small café with a terrace and hosts events and exhibitions in the gallery attached to the bookstore.
Location
Rua da Esperança 39, 1200-655
Madragoa, Lisboa,
21 395 1179
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