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In 1978, Rick Steves had a good thing going at home in Edmonds, Washington — until he blew it up. He was recently out of college and had already taken a few formative trips to Europe.

Rick Steves never set out to be a travel guru. In the late '70s he had just graduated from university and was starting a career as a piano teacher. He felt the call of the "Hippie Trail" — an ...

The ranges and valleys of the Swiss Alps stand out in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission in December 2024. Extending some 1,200 km, the Alps occupy an area of about 200,000 ...

This article is used with the permission of Rick Steves’ Europe (www.ricksteves.com). Rick Steves writes European guidebooks, hosts travel shows on public TV and radio, and organizes European tours.

The second UNESCO gem also in Switzerland are the Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch, offering spectacular alpine views, with the mountain’s grandeur mentioned by over 100 visitors. The site provides ...

Every year, in the small alpine village of Davos, Switzerland, the most influential people in the world travel to the most elevated town in Europe to take part in a week of closed-door meetings ...

Vote for the best tour operator once per day until polls close on March 13 at noon ET. The 10 winners will be announced on ...

Rick Steves’ Europe Tours: How and Why They’re So Dang Good: 4 to 5:30 p.m. Steves will tell the story of his tour program, how it evolved and what makes a Rick Steves tour unique. He will ...

Games Car rental Rick Steves, 69, is now a famous travel guru with an empire ... If you want to take a long-distance hike in the Alps, or if you want to have a gourmet French food experience on a ...

French investigators believe the shooter behind the 2012 Alps murders is an ex-Swiss special forces agent who “lost the plot” after undergoing training in the use of “high-precision ...