Showing posts with label London. Show all posts
Showing posts with label London. Show all posts

Southbank Book Market

Located underneath Waterloo Bridge on Queen's Walk, the Southbank Book Market is one of London's best kept secrets. Just outside it's open daily, come rain or shine, and you can browse for hours through hundreds of second-hand and antique books, on any topic imaginable. I actually walked through this, but couldn't spent a lot of time there, as I was with some friends and we were running late for a play we were going to see at a nearby theatre. But, it looked amazing, and when I go back to London, I'm making more time to go there.

Huzzah!

Something for everyone, right?

Stanford's in London

This is another one I wish I had gone to...
Edward Stanford established Stanford's in 1853. The flagship Covent Garden store is still a must-visit for lovers of all things travel, and stocks the world's largest selection of maps and travel books. Here's their website! 

London at Last!

Ah, there's the drum roll. The big city. A cultural capital of the world, and a city of incredible history. I love London! I love everything about it; the craggy sidewalks and gardens and the parks. They have beautiful walkways and gardens that you can literally spend hours just walking through. And of course, there are hundreds of bookshops around the city! So many, many to list! I'm going to narrow it down to ten, over the next few entries. Excited? Me too.

Foyles is one of London's most famous bookshops, and has five floors crammed with every kind of book imaginable. The store has been on Charing Cross Road since 1906 and still stocks the UK's largest range of books. I didn't get to go to this one while I was in England, but I did hear of it, and meant to try to get there.