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Santos · Est. 2004
Palavra de Viajante
Travel writing, maps, cartography. The best collection of out-of-print atlases south of Oxford.
"They sell you a map and then they tell you not to use it."
Three rooms arranged in roughly east-to-west order, matching the shelves to a route around the Mediterranean, then one into the Atlantic. There is a reading table with a reading lamp; use it.
Why go. For travel writing as literature rather than service journalism; for the atlases; for the owner’s monthly reading club, which skews unusually serious.
What to buy. Any of the Portuguese translations of Patrick Leigh Fermor; the hand-bound Lisbon walking guide the shop prints itself.
Nearby. The Jardim de Santos and the river; coffee at Hello Kristof.