Livraria Bertrand

Livraria Bertrand Chiado, Lisbon A vaulted white room of wooden bookcases inside the Bertrand bookstore on Rua Garrett in Lisbon's Chiado quarter, photographed in 2021. The business opened in 1732, and in 2011 Guinness World Records recognized this shop as the oldest bookstore still operating. It is a quieter visit than Porto's Lello: behind the blue-and-white tiled front, one room leads into the next, and the pleasure is buying an ordinary paperback from a shop with nearly three centuries behind it.