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#1 El Ateneo Grand Splendid, Buenos Aires, Argentina
This antique movie theatre-turned-bookstore is one of the most magnificent book shops in the world. The building’s impressive architecture features lavishly embellished theatre boxes, rounded galleries and plush red drapes around the stage — which now houses a cozy café where visitors can sip coffee while reading or, enjoy live piano performances.
#2 Book And Bed, Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo’s “accommodation bookshop” Book And Bed turned a dream into reality for bibliophiles. Here, visitors can not just browse but also stay in the bookstore and read to their heart’s content. And if you get tired, you can doze off in a Japanese-style built-in bed behind the bookshelves.
#3 Jane Austen Centre, Bath, England
Two of Jane Austen’s popular novels, namely Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, are set in Bath, Somerset. So, for avid Austenites, the Jane Austen Centre in Bath is no less than a holy shrine. Set in a beautiful Georgian townhouse, the permanent exhibition offers a sneak-peak into life during the Regency era — and throws light on how the historic city inspired Austen’s works.
#4 Cimitière du Père Lachaise, Paris, France
Dotted with sculptures, Gothic tombs, austere headstones and ornate mausoleums, it’s the resting place of some of the most famous personalities in the world. Here, you can pay your respects to literary giants such as Oscar Wilde, Marcel Proust, Honoré de Balzac, Charles Baudelaire and Gertrude Stein.
#5 The Elephant House, Edinburgh, Scotland
The coffee house touts itself as “the birthplace of Harry Potter” — since JK Rowling supposedly wrote much of the first Harry Potter books in its back room that overlooks Edinburgh Castle. Ever since the series became popular, scores of Potterheads and aspiring writers have started to throng into the coffee house each year.
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