VICTORIA — When it comes to world-class bookstores, a top 10 list from National Geographic speaks volumes, and that list now includes a literary treasure in Victoria.
Munro's Books, in Victoria's Old Town, ranks third on a list of the globe's most interesting book stores.
The list, from the latest edition of the National Geographic book "Destinations of a Lifetime," notes the store was founded in 1963 by Alice and Jim Munro, 50 years before Alice Munro won the 2013 Nobel Prize in literature.
The shop, in a former bank building, is also described as "magnificent," and "neoclassical."
Bookstores in Santorini, Greece and Mexico City ranked ahead of Munro's Books, which was the sole Canadian entry.
Two other North American bookstores are featured on the list along with stores in Paris, Sydney, Australia, Nanjing, China and Brussels.
