If you want to eat well abroad and not fall for mediocre tourist traps that will price-gouge you, then listen to expert ...

Travel expert and writer Rick Steves recommends tourists in Europe follow these menu rules to eat well on a budget.

Europe is rich in history, but its splendid castles, antique churches, and age-old ruins tell only part of the story. To dig ...

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 ...

If there's anyone travelers should listen to about taking a trip to Europe, it's Rick Steves. The popular travel guide, ...

Traveling alone can be empowering but also tricky. Here's Rick Steves' golden rule for how you can make the most of your next ...

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 ...

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As a traveller, I find myself visiting the homes of lots of dead people. Some are over the top (Louis XIV’s Versailles near Paris); some are haunting (the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam); others ...

After being dragged by his parents to Europe as a teen, Steves developed a deep love for travel and soon realized that he could make a career out of teaching others how to plan smart itineraries while ...

Every fall, Munich throws the planet’s biggest kegger – Oktoberfest. It’s a sloppy soup of locals and tourists swaying beer steins and toasting to “Gemütlichkeit,” the cozy and convivial atmosphere.