Lucca, Italy, is a beautiful city surrounded by ... While it’s possible to visit Lucca on a quick day trip, travel authority Rick Steves encourages travelers to consider a longer stay.

A fisherman, a priest, and a student” sounds like the beginning of a crude joke. But on my latest trip to Europe, these three ...

Rick Steves explores the "Eternal City" of Rome ... It protected the city until Italy was united in 1870. From gates like this, grand roads fanned out to connect the city with its empire.

Rick Steves is the host of "Rick Steves’ Europe" on public television and "Travel with Rick Steves" on public radio.

We hear how the Dutch continue to remember and honor the servicemen who helped liberate their towns in 1945. And we revisit a conversation with the late historian David McCullough about the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and TV travel guide Rick Steves are teaming up to denounce efforts by the Trump administration to defund public broadcasters. The senator ...

When Jean Monnet brainstormed the modern European Union, he based his peace-driven idea on America’s model of independent ...

Rick Steves travels back a century to learn how ... One of those was the country where the fascist ideology would first come to power, Italy. In the center of Rome, capital of Italy, stands ...

It's where Rick Steves, noted guidebook author, said you can find "some of England's best historical sights," via Rick Steves' Europe. One such sight is Hadrian's Wall. The Roman Empire once ...

Rick Steves, an expert on the best places to visit in Europe, has strong opinions about what to see and what to skip in Portugal. For an authentic place to go, head just 83 miles east of Lisbon to ...