Rick Steves is the preeminent European travel authority, and his advice on when to visit to save money and avoid crowds can ...

High in Switzerland, the mighty Alps seem to shout the glory of God. Up here, the Christmas season fills a winter wonderland with good cheer. I’ll never forget the holiday I spent in the village of ...

A highlight of one of my European summers was a day I spent hiking in the Swiss Alps, on a hillside above the Berner Oberland’s Lauterbrunnen Valley. I was with a wonderful group of traveling friends, ...

A highlight of one of my European -summers was a day I spent hiking in the Swiss Alps, on a hillside above the Berner Oberland’s Lauterbrunnen Valley. I was with a wonderful group of traveling friends ...

— -- My work is all about Europe. But more fundamentally, it's about living with abandon through travel. I love to take life by the horns and make it an adventure. By being open to differences ...

Rick Steves offers dozens of tours across Europe every year. Most tours are seven to 14 days long and cover nearly everywhere on the continent, from Ireland, Scotland, and England to France, Spain, ...

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 ...

Two centuries ago, there were dozens of independent states in the part of Europe that was German-speaking. Today, there are only four: Germany, Austria, Switzerland … and Liechtenstein. I like the way ...

Steves’s book is based on his original travel diary, and to his credit, he seems to have understood he was experiencing ...

In Greece there’s no better spot to “go Greek” than at the local taverna. It doesn’t matter if I’m snuggled into the car-free ...