Ranking of the 10 most beautiful bookshops in Italy

Bookshops are not just a place to collect books, they are endless places of love, friendship, adventure and intrigue.

There are bookshops in Italy that are wonderful not only for what they hold inside, but also architecturally. But which are the 10 most beautiful bookshops in Italy?

Italy’s most beautiful bookshops: the ranking on Arredare Moderno

1. Bookshop Acqua Alta in Venice

The Bookshop Acqua Alta is located in a not very crowded alley near Piazza San Marco in Venice. It is a wonderful and at the same time special bookshop because of its history, its shape and its contents. Acqua Alta was founded in 2004 from an idea of Luigi Frizzo who, with his creativity, manages to tell the story of Venice in a unique way. To protect all the volumes in the bookshop from water, the owner does not use shelves or racks, but gondolas, boats, canoes and even tanks. Here, there is no technology, only the owner’s memory. Acqua Alta, precisely because of these characteristics, is one of the most beautiful bookshops in Italy.

2. Bookshop Luxemburg in Turin

Boookshop Luxemburg is located in Piazza Carignano in Turin and is known as one of the most beautiful bookshops in Italy and the world. This bookshop is known for its selection of international books and foreign magazines from all over the world.

3. Boookshop Palazzo Roberti in Bassano del Grappa

The Boookshop Palazzo Roberti is located in the historic centre of Bassano del Grappa and is a landmark for the city. The architectural context is very elegant and the bookshop is spread over three floors: two are used for the display and sale of books, while one provides space for meetings with authors, conferences, concerts and photographic exhibitions. The bookshop is organised in departments and divided into thematic areas. Because of its special combination of modernity and tradition, Palazzo Roberti is one of the most beautiful bookshops in Italy.

4. Boookshop Antica e Moderna Fiorentino in Naples

Among the most beautiful bookshops in Italy is the Boookshop Antica e Moderna Fiorentino in Naples. Exactly in the city centre, it was founded by Fausto Fiorentino in 1936 and houses, next to the most current novels, antique and unobtainable books, vintage novels, fine editions and absolutely exclusive titles.

5. Boookshop Libreria Giufà in Rome

Boookshop Giufà in Rome is a small, cosy place that houses books and graphic novels, as well as a cafeteria. Reading and coffee is a winning combination, and it is precisely this characteristic that has made Libreria Giufà one of the most beautiful bookshops in Italy. In this place you can relax and lose yourself in reading a novel or an essay, listen to good music while sipping a tasty drink.

6. Boookshop Libreria Del Viaggiatore in Rome

1991 is the year this bookshop opened, created to give space to books about geography and classic texts about travel. Small and concentrated, in this bookshop one is carried away by jazz music and the tranquillity of the setting. Among the most beautiful bookshops in Italy, the Boookshop Del Viaggiatore in Rome is a reference point for all travel lovers, hence its name.

7. Boookshop Libreria del Mondo Offeso in Milan

Bookshop Libreria del Mondo Offeso is a bookshop established in 2008. The name comes from the book Conversazione in Sicilia (Conversation in Sicily) by Elio Vittorini: a journey to discover an offended world, which compels responsibility. Over the years, the bookstore has become a point of reference for literary proposals, meetings and cultural exchange. It is a bookshop with a strong identity and a very wide assortment. It specialises in 20th century and contemporary Italian fiction, theatre, poetry and fiction for children and young people.

8. Colapesce Bookshop in Messina

Colapesce, following in the footsteps of the literary cafés that made history in the 20th century, is intended as a meeting place between the desire to refresh oneself and the desire to increase one’s culture. In fact, the Colapesce bookshop in Messina is also a bistro, a wine shop and an internet point. Located in Messina, it is also a meeting place for local young people, who can study, eat a cake or sip good wine here while they are about to buy a book.

9. Tuttestorie Bookshop in Cagliari

Libreria Tuttestorie was established in September 2000 at the behest of a mathematics teacher and two lawyers who wanted to try their hand at a new job in a city where there was no specialised children’s bookshop. The love of reading is something that has to be cultivated from an early age: the Tuttestorie bookshop in Cagliari was born precisely for this and is therefore one of the most beautiful bookshops in Italy.

10. Liberrima bookshop in Lecce

The Liberrima bookshop in Lecce is located in the city’s historic centre inside a Baroque palace. Liberrima is one of the most beautiful bookshops in Italy because of its beautiful setting and splendid architecture. It is a multifunctional place where you can go to read or buy a book, but also to sip a coffee or a good wine. Liberrima is a café, wine shop and even a restaurant.

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