In the foothills of Athens' ancient Acropolis lies the district of Psyrri, which has had a rebrand in recent years, according to Rick Steeves. Godfather to the modern travel blogger, Steves has been ...

Rick Steves writes European guidebooks and hosts travel shows on public TV and radio. Contact him at rick@ricksteves.com. His column runs on alternating weeks in the Travel section.

I was in Athens, at a rooftop restaurant under a floodlit Acropolis, marveling at how a Greek salad never gets boring. It was the last day of a long trip. I was reviewing, as I always do after ...

Getting close to one of the big icons of Western civilization – the Acropolis, the Palace of Versailles, the Colosseum – can be the spine-tingling high point of a European trip. But don’t paper over ...

A century and a half ago, Athens was a humble, forgotten city of about 8,000 people. Today one out of every three Greeks packs into this city of more than three million. At its center, the Acropolis ...