0 comments    Lille, France

Librairie Solstices

Wonderfully eclectic architectural bookshop. Stephen Bayley
Observer architecture and design critic - observer.guardian.co.uk/travel...
(00 33 3205 55589)

0 comments    Venice, Italy

CartaVenezia

A small jewel in San Polo, an area of Venice full of them. Here you buy superb hand-made paper for those letters of stupendous import so rarely written. Cotton gloves are worn to inspect the merchandise. (00 39 4152 41283;
www.quellidicartavenezia.it/)

0 comments    Paris, France

Deyrolle

Founded in 1831 and on this fine Left Bank site since 1888, Deyrolle is a magnificently strange institution devoted to taxidermy, gemology, entomology and old-school educational charts showing export patterns in the rhum trade. Stephen Bayley
Observer architecture and design critic - observer.guardian.co.uk/travel...
(00 33 1 4222 3007; www.deyrolle.fr/)

0 comments    London, United Kingdom

City Lights

Co-founded in 1953 by the Beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, this is another classic independent… Robert Mccrum
Literary editor, The Observer -observer.guardian.co.uk/travel...
(00 1 415 3628193; www.citylights.com/)

0 comments    San Francisco, United States

City Lights

Co-founded in 1953 by the Beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, this is another classic independent... Robert Mccrum
Literary editor, The Observer -observer.guardian.co.uk/travel...
(00 1 415 3628193; www.citylights.com/)

0 comments    London, United Kingdom

Heywood Hill

Managed by veteran bookman John Saumarez Smith, this Mayfair bookshop offers a delightful mixture of new, secondhand and antiquarian titles... Robert Mccrum
Literary editor, The Observer -observer.guardian.co.uk/travel...
(020 7629 0647; www.heywoodhill.com/)

0 comments    Paris, France

Shakespeare and Company

Don't be put off by the tourists streaming towards this Left Bank bookshop; it really is worth visiting. Robert Mccrum
Literary editor, The Observer -observer.guardian.co.uk/travel...
00 33 1432 54093; www.shakespeareco.org/)

0 comments    Paris, France

Colette

The fashionista's first stop in Paris, Colette commissions one-off pieces from designers such as Marni, Prada and Yves Saint Laurent that you simply won't find anywhere else. Paula Reed
Style Director, Grazia - observer.guardian.co.uk/travel...
(00 33 1553 53390; www.colette.fr/)

0 comments    Milan, Italy

10 Corso Como

The owner Carla Sozzani used to be the editor of Italian Elle. She is probably the most stylish woman on the planet. Tables scattered with gorgeous Manolo Blahnik shoes sit next to displays of perfumes and beauty products… Paula Reed
Style Director, Grazia - observer.guardian.co.uk/travel...
(00 39 02 290 02674; www.10corsocomo.com/)

0 comments    New York City, United States

Resurrection

The holy grail of vintage shops. It's better than any fashion museum. Paula Reed
Style Director, Grazia - observer.guardian.co.uk/travel...
(00 1 212 6251374; www.resurrectionvintage.com/)