Rick Steves has been traveling the world for decades now, and he has managed to get priceless experience under his belt about ...

Travel expert Rick Steves has eaten some of the best food in the world, but the best meal of his life was a surprisingly down ...

If you're planning a trip to Europe, you've likely heard about the pickpockets. However, you can dodge thieves by avoiding ...

Getting close to one of the big icons of Western civilization – the Acropolis, the Palace of Versailles, the Colosseum – can ...

The city of Mostar lies at a crossroads of cultures: just inland from the Adriatic coast, in the southern part of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Mostar — where Orthodox Serbs, Catholic Croats, and Muslim ...

When travel writer Rick Steves, 70, switched insurance providers, he visited a new doctor, who suggested Steves undergo a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test. Steves agreed. “He called me two days ...

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Porto, the hub of northern Portugal, is a prime example of a national “second city.” Over several generations, many of Europe’s Industrial Age powerhouses fell into decline — not unlike America’s Rust ...

Ironically, I've often found that it's in the moments when I need a vacation the most that it feels the least appropriate to pack a bag and take one. Being a journalist, I've covered everything from ...