The El Ateneo bookshop is the former Theatre Grand Splendid, which opened in 1919 and was converted into a bookshop in 2000. Over a million people visit each year to browse, buy books and use the cafe which used to be the stage. In 2019 National Geographic named it as the “world’s most beautiful bookstore”. By coincidence, we visted on World Book Day.
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