Located in Barcelona, Llibreria Altaïr is a cultural point and bookstore born in 1979. Much more than a bookstore, it has been a meeting point for travelers, an exchange of ideas platform, and a place for the development of projects and the execution of cultural activities related to traveling.
Altaïr has been committed to the fascinating complexity of the world through literature, art, politics, economics, nature, culture, and society. It involves increasing knowledge about different territories of the world, including their people and their cultures. A visiting individual will acquire all that is needed to learn more and understand the world from Altaïr.
The Llibreria Altaïr is the biggest specialized bookstore in Europe, with over 60,000 titles on its shelves, ranging from fiction and non-fiction books to cartography, essays, guides, and atlases. It also offers various types of high-quality material and accessories, such as globes and representative objects of other cultures, besides recommended travel equipment. Its rich documentary collection enables travelers to prepare for their journeys with a wide range of guides and maps from all over the world. It also has a great variety of imported books in order to provide information not found in Spanish or Catalan.
One of the major characteristics is personalized attention within Llibreria Altaïr: advising on the choice of the most adequate bibliography for travel projects and interests. It helps to explore themes related to the geographical, social, cultural, historical, political, and economic features of destinations. Altaïr's commitment to travel and culture makes this resource unique and inestimable for anyone who wants to go deep into knowledge about the world.
