• Worlds Most Beautiful Bookstore

    October 10, 2023 in Argentina ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F

    El Ateno Grand Splendid. A converted theater into a bookstore. What a great reuse of a huge space. National Geographic magazine gave it theWorlds Best title and I can see why. The stage is a coffee/pastry area and each balcony is either shelves or a reading nook.
    It lives up to the hype.
    I couldn’t resist getting the first book in the Spanish version of my favorite Enid Blyton series the Famous Five. I got my first book in English on my first trip to the UK in 1970… ish.
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