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. O Cebreiro is a ...

While the Catalans (and many visitors) enjoy strolling along La Rambla in Barcelona, the Spanish capital of Madrid is not to be outdone when it comes to iconic public spaces. Madrileños have Puerta ...

Spain has some unbelievably beautiful places to visit, from the gorgeous Retiro Park in Madrid, to the soaring towers of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, to the astonishing volcanic landscape of the ...

Whenever I’m in Santiago de Compostela, in the northwest corner of Spain, I have a three-part agenda: See pilgrims reach their goal in front of the cathedral, explore the market, and buy some ...

Rick Steves has built a business around his love of travel. Particularly travel to Europe. It’s hard not to run into Steves’ work: He hosts a TV show on PBS, produces a radio show, writes a travel ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with travel writer and host Rick Steves about "overtourism" — when some locales prove too popular — and how not contribute to it. Summer travel season is ready to take off.