Bertrand is now the name of the oldest and largest bookstore chain in Portugal, with over 50 stores across the country and an online bookstore.
Bertrand is one of the leading booksellers in Portugal, offering the most current books on the market, bestsellers, as well as world-renowned titles and a variety of books that challenge readers of different tastes and ages. Here you can also find national and international magazines of various themes.
The complicity and respect for the reader and the efficient service make Bertrand an unavoidable name in the bookstores of the city.

After inheriting her father-in-law’s business, Tabacaria Aviz’s current manager, Maria José Viriato, took advantage of her experience and decided to implement some changes. It started by offering other types of articles and products, besides the usual publications, and extended its opening hours. At this time, in addition to its normal opening hours during the week, it is also open from 10 pm to 4 am on weekends. This differentiating time opened the tobacconist to a new audience. In addition to a place where people will buy their newspapers and magazines and tobacco, they have started to serve another type of audience that uses the tobacco shop almost as a convenience store.

In this open studio, the client/visitor will be able to observe, purchase and create together with the Painter Hugo do Lago in his creative space. Hugo do Lago is an artist who studied at Camberwell College of Arts London, UWE Bristol and has a degree in Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts of Porto. After a few years abroad, he decided to return to his city and open, in 2017, an Art space in Porto which offers the best of his experience and shows the best of the city. Here you can buy original works created by yourself (Watercolours – Acrylic on canvas – Drawing), custom-made frames or participate in daily workshops, at varied schedules, of Painting, Water colouring and Drawing.