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Acqua Alta bookshop


Continuing the walk along calli and campielli, away from the crowded traditional paths, you will discover a place that will take you back in time. This is the unique 'Acqua Alta' bookstore, defined as one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

This splendid Venice bookshop has almost become an instagrammable symbol of the city! It is located not far from the Rialto Bridge and from Piazza San Marco. The peculiarity of this library is that the books are stored in bathtubs and some boats (in the center of it there is in fact a large gondola) to protect them from high water.

The furniture inside is quite original, you can find gondolas and even a bathtub! You may wonder why ... when the water exceeds 110 centimeters, the bookcase is completely flooded.

One of the greatest enemies of books is humidity. It impregnates them with its pungent smell, stains them and curls their pages.

Venice, the city where the water rises and falls continuously, therefore does not seem the right place for them. It does not seem so especially if you focus on a bookshop on the ground floor, small and wedged between the buildings, but where you can literally climb the culture.



Acqua Alta bookshop
Address: Calle Lunga Santa Maria Formosa, 5176b, 30122
Phone: +39 041 296 0841
Site: https://libreriaacquaaltavenezia.myadj.it/v/libreriaacquaaltavenezia

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