Saturday, May 07, 2011

Hay on Wye: The city of Books

Hay is a small town on the border of England and Wales, popularly known as 'Town of Books'. This is the city where number of books per square mile is more than any other part of the world. And it is the largest second hand book market all around the globe. So it is practically paradise for book lovers. The 'Hay Castle' is also the birth place of 'Honesty Bookshop', a bookshop where you need to put money in the honesty box for every book bought... Sounding strange!!! You have to be there to believe it.... Even the narrow lanes in the city are no less interesting than the narrow lanes in the shops through the book shelves.....

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2 comments:

bliss said...

your pictures say it all but i can only imagine the joy of being in a town like that!!!! *sigh* dreamland...

debarpita mohapatra said...

It is definitely paradise... my bad, could not spend some quality time there :(