Welcome to Livraria Lello

"The world's most beautiful bookshop"
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What's New

Entry voucher

-You can buy online your entry voucher to our bookshop.
-The amount of 5€ is totally deductible on the purchase of a book in Livraria Lello.  

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Agenda

20
Fev
2020
Author of the Month - Antonio Lobo Antunes
02
Fev
2020
Fado Concert - with Ana Moura
08
Fev
2020
Author of the Month - Maestro Victorino d’ Almeida
15
Dec
2019
Santa Claus comes to - Livraria Lello
22
Nov
2019
Author of the Month - Pedro Mexia

Our History

The Beginning

Livraria Lello has been a bookshop of the present since 1906. Today, it carries more than a century of heritage with it’s architecture and the bookselling knowledge that take part in the visitor's experience visiting Livravria Lello.

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The Architecture

Livraria Lello’s building was built in 1906, by the engineer Xavier Esteves. He had a particular taste for literature, and that affinity with letters was marked by the construction of one of the most emblematic bookshops in the world.

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Our City...
PORTO

A bookshop of encounters between the Book and the Reader would have to express through its space the essence of literature, but also the essence of the city where it grew up – Oporto.

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Our Bookshop
Today

Visited everyday by thousands of people from around the world, Livraria Lello’s cultural heritage is in constant and perfect synchrony with its time, being more alive, more dynamic than ever.

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Books of the week

The hate u give
Angie Thomas - 1999

Comfort for grieving hearts
Gary Roe – 1866

Grenshaw
Katherine Applegate - 2012

"Featuring a staircase to heaven and beautifully intricate wooden panels and columns, stained glass ceilings and books - lots of lovely books."

The Guardian

"Featuring a staircase to heaven and beautifully intricate wooden panels and columns, stained glass ceilings and books - lots of lovely books."
-The Guardian

"Featuring a staircase to heaven and beautifully intricate wooden panels and columns, stained glass ceilings and books - lots of lovely books."
-The Guardian

Our Location

Livraria Lello
R. Das Carmelitas 144,
4050-161
Porto

+351222002037

Open everyday
from 9am - 7pm

Social Media

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"Featuring a staircase to heaven and beautifully intricate wooden panels and columns, stained glass ceilings and books - lots of lovely books."
-The Guardian