A big statue of a tiger sits in front of the train station of Norway’s capital, Oslo. A local once explained that Oslo is ...

This cult classic turned a fairytale European city into a travel bucket-list destination for film lovers and is still highly ...

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

Once one of Belgium's medieval powerhouses, Ghent today is home to one of Belgium’s biggest universities and a vibrant student population. While it has plenty of pretty canals and gables, it also ...

COLUMBIA — One of the world’s most popular travel guides is making Columbia his next destination. Rick Steves is partnering with the SC Philharmonic to take audiences on a trip to Europe without ever ...

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 ...

When traveling in the Netherlands – with its canals, windmills, and tulip fields – it all seems so cute and sweet; you may find yourself exclaiming, “Everything’s just so…Dutch!” But for another side ...

Steves is a realist when it comes to the cost of the average European vacation, but is the ultimate optimist about finding ways to save when you can. "Europe is expensive. Prices are high for ...

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 ...

(And so I continue writing about the Norway cruise that my wife, Mary Pat Treuthart, and I took in May.) It was a struggle to find a ride into Bruges itself since the buses don’t seem to come ...