This ultra modern Goa State Central Library in Panjim is the oldest public library in India and though not exactly a bookstore, does have a small one. This recently renovated and well designed library has a bookshop, gallery and some 6 floors of reading material. It is open on all days of the week, except for Public Holidays. It features a children’s book section, free Internet browsing for academic research, Goan history books that you will not find anywhere else and the 6th largest collection of Portuguese books. Add to it Braille books, Periodicals, Manuscripts, Journals, Maps & Newspapers, this place can be considered as Mecca for any bookworm.