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The Lello bookstore was voted the third most beautiful in the world by the Lonely Planet
Australian guide considers it "pearl" in its top ten places to visit in 2011. It highlights "the neo-Gothic shelves," decoration and its "red spiral staircase"
The Porto centenary Lello bookstore was rated by Lonely Planet as the third most beautiful and worth a visit in the world [The greatest bookshop] in this guide publisher founded in Australia just released for next year. A listing on making the top ten of countries, regions and cities to visit in 2011, Lonely Planet puts the bookstore located on Carmelite Street in Porto, in third place, after the City Lights Books in San Francisco, in the United States, and El Ateneo Grand Splendid in Buenos Aires.
The guide Lonely Planet 's Best in Travel 2011, the publisher classifies Lello, founded in 1906, as "a new art of pearl", which remains one of the bookstores - and maybe even one of the stores - "most amazing in the world ".
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Translated from: http://www.publico.pt
Livraria Lello e Irmão
"The building where the library is now located was inaugurated in 1906. Special mention goes to its beautiful Art Nouveau façade with neo-Gothic details. On the inside, the library is decorated in painted plaster imitating wood and presents a magnificent staircase linking it to the upper floor - one of the first reinforced concrete works in Porto. Also worthy of attention is the huge stained-glass skylight, bearing the library's monogram and motto: 'Decus in Labore'. In 2008, the English newspaper The Guardian considered this library the world's third most beautiful, as did the Lonely Planet in its guide "Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2011", describing it as an 'Art Nouveau gem', and particularly mentioning its 'neo-Gothic shelves' and the 'lolloping red staircase'."
From the city of Porto official tourism wesite: www.visitporto.travel
