When planning a European trip, every penny counts, so it's a good thing Rick Steves has suggestions for free activities for ...

Travel expert Rick Steves recommends doing this fun activity rather than a bus tour if you want to get around and see the ...

If you’re an American who likes to travel, you’ve probably been influenced by Rick Steves. He’s known for his guidebooks about visiting Europe on a budget. We sit down with the beloved travel writer ...

Perched on a chunk of volanic stone in Umbria, this small city offers a well-preserved, almost traffic-free world highlighted ...

Orvieto is one of the most striking, memorable, and enjoyable hill towns in central Italy.

Aciman only lived in Rome for a year; new adventures awaited in (where else?) the Bronx. With help from relatives, he applied ...

Split is a bustling metropolis, serious port city, majortransit hub, and top sightseeing destination, all rolled into one.

Lounging alongside the Adriatic Sea, on the famed Dalmatian Coast, Split is a bustling metropolis, serious port city, major ...

The fascist movements of 20th-century Europe had a sweeping impact around the world, in ways that still reverberate today. And travelers have an advantage when it comes to learning from this history: ...

When he’s not touring the hidden gems of Europe, Rick Steves spends a lot of his days in Edmonds, his hometown since he was 12. Did you know he was in the Husky marching band in college?

The series of perspective-altering experiences—including his first time getting high, in Afghanistan—that set Rick Steves on ...

In the book’s postscript, Steves reflects on the lessons about travel he internalized on the hippie trail, and the way they’ve echoed throughout his publishing career: “Travelers learn that fear is ...