Real Gabinete Portugues Da Leitura

" In an ambience reminiscent of a church, with the light filtering through the delicately coloured stained-glass windows, the studious scholars attempt to work in the midst of the tourists." Full review

"This evocative library, known as the Royal Reading Room, contains the largest collection of Portuguese literature outside of Portugal." Full review

"This is a temple to books. The interior is four stories tall, capped with a stained-glass cupola and stuffed with over 350,000 volumes, many of them from the 17th and 18th centuries." Full review

"Built in the Portuguese manueline style in 1837, the gorgeous Portuguese Reading Room houses over 350,000 works, many dating from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries." Full review