A city break is a great way to explore a place for a weekend on a budget, but they're not all affordable. Don't rule out ...

Finding a country with a mild climate year-round can be difficult. However, these five are blessed with favorable temperatures, clear skies, and sunshine.

An anonymous donor stepped in last month to save a Seattle-area community center that was slated to close. Last week, community members learned that the new owner was travel writer and TV host Rick ...

LYNNWOOD, Wash. — A Lynnwood facility that provides free daily showers and restrooms for people experiencing homelessness has been saved from closing, thanks to travel writer and TV host Rick Steves, ...

For Americans of a certain age and income bracket, Europe is synonymous with Rick Steves, a one-man travel impresario whose guidebooks and tour groups have introduced the continent to thousands of ...

Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025 at 4:30 p.m. on KPBS TV Istanbul's rich heritage spans the centuries from Christian Byzantium to Muslim Ottoman rule to today's thriving city. We ...

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 ...

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 ...

At least 15 people have been killed and 18 were injured after a funicular railway in Lisbon, Portugal, derailed on Wednesday. The first victim has been identified as the Gloria Funicular brakeman, ...

I’m really into “second cities” these days. For generations, Industrial Age powerhouses in Europe turned into what we would call “the rust belt,” while their elegant “first city” counterparts enjoyed ...

Europe is a continent of long-lived cultures, with countless treasured traditions that have survived into modern times. While some of Europe’s customs live on only as clichés or tacky stage shows for ...