Fundacao Livraria Esperança
Fodor's choice
This amazing bookshop is one of the oldest and largest in Portugal. As you walk through the twisting corridors over three different floors, you'll find it hard to find any empty spots on the shelves or walls. There are over 100,000 different titles lining every inch of this shop from top to bottom, pinned neatly to every available space. The books are almost all written in Portuguese, so unless you're a native speaker, this shop is more a place to marvel at the literary beauty than buy anything, but it's well worth visiting to get lost among a world of fiction.
