Livraria Lello & Irmão

scruffy1

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Holy Year from Pamplona 2010, SJPP 2011, Lisbon 2012, Le Puy 2013, Vezelay (partial watch this space!) 2014; 2015 Toulouse-Puenta la Reina (Arles)

• Sep 19, 2016

• #1

Livraria Lello & Irmão R. das Carmelitas 144 - first visit the cathedral, get your sello, and pay to see the cloisters then this bookstore should be second on your list in Porto.

 

SYates

Camino Fossil AD 1999, now living in Santiago de C

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• Sep 19, 2016

• #2

Are those your photos @scruffy1 ? They are extraordinary! SY

 

scruffy1

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• Sep 19, 2016

• #3

SYates said:

Are those your photos @scruffy1 ? They are extraordinary! SY

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Straight off the internet. Family concerns (what if you get eaten by a bear over there? We've heard there are also gypsies!) have forced me to confront reality and I now carry a iphone, my personal photos are all on film and, blush blush, I develop them myself - wouldn't dream of iphoning them.

 

Doogman

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• Sep 19, 2016

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When I was in Porto in July, the crowds were so large at Livraria Lello they were charging a fee just to get in. I think it was 3 euros. Apparently you got your money back if you purchased something. I took a pass, as I had seen it a few years ago, but it is a magnificent store. I was told that JK Rowling used it as an inspiration for some of her Harry Potter stories.

 

SYates

Camino Fossil AD 1999, now living in Santiago de C

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First: Camino Francés 1999
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Last: Santiago - Muxia 2019

Now: http://egeria.house/

• Sep 19, 2016

• #5

scruffy1 said:

Straight off the internet. ...

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So you don't hold the copyright (right to make/post copies) to them? At the very, very, very minimum you should have posted a link back to the original photographer. Sigh - I am sure that I am the lonely caller in the desert here - but just copying other peoples work into a forum post without permission or at leat acknowledgement isn't right. SY

 

jefferyonthecamino

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• Sep 19, 2016

• #6

hard to appreciate (or enjoy) lello because of the crowds. their english section is limited, which is expected, making it difficult to purchase a book and redeem your 3 euro entrance fee. however, because of the crowds, it also makes sense to charge an entrance fee with the hope of someone actually purchasing a book. just wish i read portuguese...

 

code_monkey_001

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• Sep 19, 2016

• #7

I was thrilled to find out about this bookstore a few days ago - the new Brierley guide maps-only guide is supposed to be released on October 11 - the day I land in Porto - and they've said they will stock it.

Here's a link to the rest of their image gallery (which should make @SYates happy )

 

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• Sep 19, 2016

• #8

When I was there in April this year the 3 euro charge was in place and the exterior was, like the cathedral in SdC, covered with a photographic scaffolding sheet and there was scaffolding inside too. I can understand the need for a charge as almost everyone I saw there was visiting to take a selfie using the shop as a backdrop. I put my 3 euros towards the purchase of yet another Camino guide, the CP one with a shell on the cover and a hole through the book. well worth a visit.

 

scruffy1

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• Sep 19, 2016

• #9

It is a bookstore with an atmosphere and a clinentele they wish to protect, 3 Euros is cheap!

 

Albertinho

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• Sep 19, 2016

• #10

The bookstore is famous all over the world. Busloads full of Chinese, Japanese ,Koreans etc visit to shop just to have a look. So I have no problems with the fact that the staff charges you for an entrance fee.
Fortunately I study Portuguese and they have a lot of interesting stuff for me.