Opened in 2004, this space has four reading rooms, a plastic expression room, an auditorium with 160 seats, an exhibition hall and a bar.

Located in the "junta de freguesia" de Idães, the library is a good place for reading books, magazines or newspapers, to take books home, to watch movies and to listen to CDs. It has free internet service and educational and leisure activities such as exhibitions, conferences and meetings with writers.

Library with a vast collection of documents.

Located in the old Convent of São João de Deus, it has 50 thousand books and other documents. It has a juvenile area and internet computers.

The Almeida Garrett library is located at the Palácio de Cristal (Crystal Palace) gardens and melts perfectly with its coubtry like scenery. Besides being a library it also has a soun room and a video room. It also houses a gallery and an auditorium used for conferences, the screening of films and small theatre plays.

The muncipal library is currently located on the first floor of the Casa dos Arcos (House of the Arches), the old Horta e Costa family manor. It is famed for its exterior gallery with thre columns that stand on an archway porch.