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Ghelfi & Barbato, via Mazzini 21, T 045 597732. Mon-Sat 0900-1230, 1530-1900. In a prime position for the strolling hordes of via Mazzini, Ghelfi & Barbato keeps surprisingly unsociable hours compared to other bookshops around the city, but has English-speaking staff and a good food and drink section upstairs. FNAC, via Cappello 34, T 045 8063811. Mon-Sat 0930-2000, Sun 1030-2000. Selling just about everything (Computers, cameras, TVs, CDs etc) FNAC, a sort of multi-media department store, has a good book department downstairs and an excellent events programme, with authors and musicians. There is also a café, whose walls are used as a photography exhibition space, and four internet terminals. Gulliver, 16/b via Stella, T 045 8007234, http://www.gullivertravelbooks.it Mon 1530-1930, Tue-Sat 0930-1230, 1530-1930. This travel bookshop has an excellent selection of travel guides on just about everywhere except Verona, including English language guides. There is also an impressive number of illustrated books and the city’s best selection of maps, including an enormous number covering walks and bike trails through the mountains to the north of the city. Libreria Gheduzzi, 7 corso Sant’Anastasia, T 045 8002234. Excellent bookshop, almost always open. Good art, design and photography sections and a sociable café . The Bookshop, 3/a Interrato dell’Acqua Morta, T/F 045 8007614, bookshopvr@libero.it Mon 1530-1930, Tue-Fri 0930-1230, 1530-1930. An international bookshop, with plenty of books in English, The Bookshop caters mainly for students and so has a range weighted heavily in favour of classics, but also has some modern novels.
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