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Rick Steves, America's leading authority on European travel, returns to transport viewers to the continent's bustling cities, quaint villages and picturesque countryside.

Ancient Rome, Vatican City, Baroque treasures, art masters, ancient rituals, tasty treats
Poland’s political and historic capital is also its cultural and intellectual center.
Siena, Assisi, Volterra, San Gimignano…each hill town comes with reminders of a hard-fought history.
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Hyde Park; V&A Museum; trendy East End; afternoon tea; revitalized industrial zones.
Buckingham Palace; Parliament and Churchill War Rooms; Portrait Gallery; Tower of London.
Bosphorus cruise; Grand Bazaar; Golden Horn; Whirling Dervishes; Taksim Square.
The Hippodrome; a Turkish bath; Blue Mosque; Hagia Sophia; Spice Market; Topkapı Palace.
Highlights of Paris: Eiffel Tower; Seine cruise; neighborhood markets, a nighttime joyride.
Rivers and canals of France’s Burgundy region; gourmet meals; fine wine, natural beauty.
Seductive Venice; cultured Florence; charming hill towns; eternal Rome; Naples; Sicily.
Warsaw's heavy history and lively bustle; red-brick Toruń; Malbork Castle; maritime Gdańsk.
Kraków's grand square, Wawel Castle, communist-era Nowa Huta; sobering Auschwitz-Birkenau.
The ultimate road trip; Lake Mývatn; Eastfjords; lagoons and waterfalls; Westman Islands.
The vibrant capital; Blue Lagoon; Golden Circle's majestic nature; Snæfellsnes Peninsula.
The turbulent century and its rule-breaking art—Picasso, Surrealism and edgy architecture.
Shimmering Impressionist canvases by Monet and Renoir, plus Van Gogh, Gauguin and more.
Roaming Europe, we admire stately Neoclassical buildings and dramatic Romantic paintings.
We marvel at Baroque’s over-the-top churches, palaces, bubbly fountains, and theatric art.
From Portugal to Germany, booming economies and new technologies produce exquisite art.
Florence’s bold “rebirth” is powered by the genius of Leonardo, Rafael, and Michelangelo.
Soaring Gothic cathedrals of radiant stained glass, plus art celebrating worldly pleasure.
Early Europeans produce diverse art: from Christians to Muslims and Byzantines to Vikings.
The grand cities of ancient Rome’s vast empire and majestic churches of its fall.
Rome’s rise, as seen in its supersized monuments, colorful mosaics, and marble Caesars.
Greece’s timeless art: Golden Age temples, alluring Venuses, and exuberant Winged Victory.
We marvel at Stone Age cave paintings, mighty megaliths, and mysterious goddesses.
In times of crisis and challenge, we ask ourselves: What is the true value of travel?
Rick uses Ethiopia as a classroom for understanding global hunger and extreme poverty
Exploring the Nile Valley from north to south, we see the highlights of Egypt.
We visit teeming Cairo, straddling the Nile, exploring the back streets on a tuk-tuk.
Traveling across Germany, we trace the roots of Nazism in the aftermath of World War I.
After exploring the proud cuisine capital of Lyon we head for Chamonix.
Switzerland draws travelers from around the world for its legendary mountains.
Specials
Ancient Rome, Vatican City, Baroque treasures, art masters, ancient rituals, tasty treats
Rick Steves takes you through London, celebrating the traditions that make it a cultural powerhouse.
It’s cool jazz, tasty cuisine, Louvre, Versailles, and Eiffel Tower, in the City of Light!
Join Rick Steves on an alpine adventure -- from Italy to Austria to Switzerland to France.
Join Rick Steves and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra on a spectacular musical journey through Europe.
Join Rick Steves for a "best of Poland" special featuring Kraków, Warsaw, Gdańsk and more.
With Europe as our classroom, Rick shares the essential skills for smart, smooth travel.
Iceland's capital, Reykjavík; the Golden Circle's geysers and waterfalls; the Ring Road.
Join Rick Steves on an alpine adventure, from Italy to Austria to Switzerland to France.
Prehistoric cave paintings; Egyptian pyramids and temples; classical Greek statues.
Groundbreaking statues, paintings, and architecture—humanism in Florence and beyond.
The rise and fall of Rome through its architecture and art (statues, mosaics, frescoes).
Romanticism, Impressionism, Art Nouveau; Cubism (Picasso) and Surrealism (Dalí).
Art of Europe’s “Age of Faith”: Romanesque, Gothic, Byzantine, Moorish, and even Viking.
Bubbly Baroque art and austere Neoclassicism; divine kings, Revolution, and Napoleon.
This special is a sonnet to travel as Rick celebrates the joy of exploring our world.
Rick Steves shares European places he'd love to visit when we can travel again post-COVID
Rick Steves tours four intriguing European islands: Malta, Capri, Orkney, and Skye.
This special explores the historic and cultural wonders of Egypt.
Rick travels through Ethiopia and Guatemala to learn about extreme poverty.
In this one-hour special, Rick sails from Barcelona to the French Riviera to Rome & Athens.
Rick Steves teams up with the Cascade Symphony Orchestra and Michael Miropolsky
Rick Steves journeys to Iran in the hopes of getting to know this ancient country
Celebrate the Christmas season throughout the European continent.
Rick Steves travels back a century to learn how fascism rose and then fell in Europe
Join Rick as he visits Sevilla, Córdoba, Granada, Costa del Sol, and Gibraltar.
Rick travels throughout the Continent celebrating the top 10 festivals
Rick Steves traces the events of the Protestant Reformation where they happened
Travel expert Rick Steves explores five of Germany's most important cities.
Rick observes Easter across Europe, from Carnival through Lent to Easter Sunday
Extras
Some of Poland’s most endearing experiences are edible and drinkable.
Poland’s historic capital comes with a sacred hill (Wawel).
One of Hitler’s most notorious death camps, Auschwitz-Birkenau is a powerful Holocaust memorial.
Going from Hitler to Stalin in 1945, Krakow had a tough 20th century.
Destroyed in World War II and rebuilt since.
Florence, the epicenter of the Italian Renaissance 500 years ago.
Venice is one of Europe’s best-preserved and most historic cities.
Gdańsk—Poland’s leading port – shows off its medieval golden age.
In 1980, Gdańsk was where the Soviet Bloc finally cracked.
The Cinque Terre, five little towns dramatically isolated in the most seductive stretch of Italy.
Wander Naples’ urban jungle, and swoon over the seductive Isle of Capri.
Rome entertains with ancient Roman grandeur, Renaissance splendor, and Baroque razzle-dazzle.
Siena, Assisi, Volterra, San Gimignano…each hill town comes with reminders of a hard-fought history.
Istanbul offers a chance to better understand Islam.
France’s famed Côte d’Or, or “Golden Slopes,” is all about fine wine.
Sicily is famed for its ancient Greek architecture, its tasty food, and its bella chaos.
France’s Burgundy, with its inviting canals and iconic vineyards.
A crack-of-dawn trip to the bakery before breakfast on our barge.
For thousands of years, this place, where East meets West, has been a crossroads of civilizations.
The splendor of Istanbul’s Ottoman Empire is best experienced in a hammam.
Mystic Sufi monks whirl themselves into a meditative trance as they embrace the poet Rumi’s wisdom.
Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar remains enchanting, perplexing visitors with its maze-like network of lanes.
Here we find the storybook image of the Ottomans—sultans, eunuchs, harems.
This magnificent church-turned-mosque offers the visitor an opportunity to be inspired.
Istanbul straddles the Bosphorus Strait that separates Europe and Asia.
“Albertopolis” is the corner of London built by and celebrating the vision of Prince Albert.
The Tower of London entertains and inspires.
St. Paul’s Cathedral is architect Sir Christopher Wren’s masterpiece, the greatest dome in Britain.
London’s happening East End survives and thrives just beyond a tsunami of skyscrapers.
Afternoon tea is a great British tradition and London does it with style.