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“The used-book king of Hay on Wye” Los Angeles Times (free registration required)
TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #1 of 2 attractions in Hay-on-Wye
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Traveller Description: Combine a love of reading with history at this unique bookstore that is housed in an entire 12th-century castle.
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Attraction type: Castle, Speciality shop, Cavern/cave
Activities: Shopping

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“So so big”
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4 of 5 stars
welshgold
wales
23 May 2005
7
people found this review helpful

Richard Booth founded the world's first Book Town at Hay-on-Wye in 1961.. Centrepiece of Hay-on-Wye is the Castle , dating from 12th Century and incorporating the Hay Castle Bookshop. The first thing to make clear is that the Castle Book Store, is but one of a vast number of new and second hand book outlets in Hay on Wye. The... more

“古本の街として知られているウェールズの「ヘイ・オン・ワイ」”
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4 of 5 stars
lancian
東京
Google Translation
12 Sep 2009

ヘイ・オン・ワイは、ウェールズ中部の東端にある町で、その名は、ワイ川の畔にあることに由来する。 この町は、古本屋が多い... more

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Hay-on-Wye, Wales