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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Welcome new members16 non-lus / 16haydninvienna, Lundi 2:49am
Having moved to a new city ...3 non-lus / 3haydninvienna, Avril 15
Under new management15 non-lus / 15hfglen, Janvier 3
Planning a Bookstore Road Trip?4 non-lus / 4cindydavid4, Janvier 2
Beautiful libraries16 non-lus / 16lilithcat, Décembre 2023
Book vending machine at railway station1 non-lu / 1John5918, Mars 2023
Travel plans56 non-lus / 56hfglen, Décembre 2022
From one bookstore to another . . .7 non-lus / 7Crypto-Willobie, Mars 2022
Bookstores & Libraries where you can spend the night11 non-lus / 11tallpaul, Septembre 2021
Libraries worth a visit9 non-lus / 9anglemark, Juillet 2021
Beautiful (or otherwise extraordinary) book shops15 non-lus / 15haydninvienna, Juin 2020
Bookstore Tourism in the time of COVID-194 non-lus / 4tallpaul, Avril 2020
Fictional, but would be a great visit4 non-lus / 4haydninvienna, Février 2020
Stray pictures9 non-lus / 9hfglen, Septembre 2019
The King is dead--long live the King3 non-lus / 3haydninvienna, Septembre 2019
Bookstore tourism13 non-lus / 13haydninvienna, Mai 2019
Run your own bookstore in Scotland!1 non-lu / 1Crypto-Willobie, Juin 2018
Name that short story2 non-lus / 2Taphophile13, Juin 2018
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