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Claire Crick

As a Harry Potter fan I visited the bookshop in Porto that 'inspired' JK Rowling — here's what I discovered

Livraria Lello Bookstore in Porto.

Livraria Lello is renowned as one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world and as soon as you walk through the store's ornate wooden doors, you can see why. 

The bookshop isn't very big, crammed into a little street in Porto, Portugal, between other shops — you could easily miss it if it wasn't for the crowd of people queuing outside in the sunshine to get a glimpse of the famous neo-Gothic interior. 

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