Livraria Lello
Guide
Photo: Bene Riobó · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
≈ A$18SightAllow 20–40 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A narrow neo-Gothic bookshop with carved wooden shelves, a stained-glass skylight and a curving red staircase that splits in two halfway up.
A brief history
It opened in this building in 1906 and is one of the oldest bookshops in Portugal; it's now so visited that it charges for entry.
Tips
- Best time
- The first slot of the day
- Cost
- About €10, off a book (check)
- Allow
- 20–40 min
- Hours
- Usually daily 9:00–19:00 (check)
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Good to know
- Area
- Baixa, Aliados and Clérigos: The upper town around Avenida dos Aliados and São Bento: central, flatter at the top and full of hostels and cafés.
- Access
- Not step-free (stairs)
- Indoors or out
- Indoors: good on a hot or rainy day
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