Rick Steves

World War I, once heralded as "the war to end all wars," ended on Nov. 11, 1918, which is why we (and many other countries) celebrate veterans on this day....

Dodging four men pushing a cart full of honeydew melons, I step out of the noisy traffic of Istanbul, pass through the horseshoe-arched door, and trade one commotion for another....

Perched on a high ridge, the impossibly quaint hobbit hamlet of O Cebreiro welcomes visitors to Galicia – a hilly, damp, green region in northwest Spain that feels vaguely Irish....

Throughout Italy, early evening is time to stroll. As I walk through the streets of the Eternal City with my Roman friends, they explain the ritual of this promenade: While...

An hour's drive south of Dubrovnik, I cross into the proud little country of Montenegro. Driving along the fjord-like Bay of Kotor, I catch sight of the humble town of...

One night a few years back, I found my way home, a little tipsy after an evening in the Belgian town of Bruges. I'd been at my favorite bar in...

Many consider Germany's Rothenburg ob der Tauber to be the best-preserved medieval town in Europe, ... and many also consider it a horrible tourist trap. It's true that everyone in...

I'm up early in my favorite village on the Italian Riviera, as the morning sun touches the tip of Vernazza's bell tower and greets a peaceful world. The air is...

I'm under the towering church spire in the tidy Dutch market town of Haarlem, tempted to eat a pickled herring. The sign atop the mobile van reads: "Jos Haring —...