Rick Steves

Edmonds

Guidebook author, TV & radio host, business owner, Lutheran, and NORML Board Member. Fanatically positive and militantly optimistic. https://t.co/gmLVmKePmA

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Sevilla: Hold on to Your Castanets!

1 week ago | theepochtimes.com | Rick Steves

Rhythms change quickly in Sevilla, from the intensity of flamenco’s beat to the quiet of its back alleys. 6/17/2025Updated: 6/17/2025Sevilla, the capital of Spain’s southern Andalucía region, is as soulful a place as I’ve ever been. It’s a wonderful-to-be-alive kind of town, buzzing with festivals, heat, color, and guitars. The gateway to the New World in the 16th century, Sevilla boomed during Spain’s golden age.
Hiking the Swiss Alps

1 week ago | boomermagazine.com | Rick Steves

Decades of wandering Europe gives travel pro Rick Steves insights helpful to visitors, including hiking the Swiss Alps and savoring high-altitude cheese. A highlight of one of my European summers was a day I spent hiking in the Berner Oberland region of the Swiss Alps. I was with a wonderful group of traveling friends, all eager for a ramble in the high country. Fortunately, you don’t have to be a mountain climber to see the Alps up close.
Rick Steves’ Europe: Aarhus: Denmark’s biggest little town

1 week ago | lakegenevanews.net | Rick Steves

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Rick Steves’ Europe: Aarhus: Denmark’s biggest little town

1 week ago | madison.com | Rick Steves

Aarhus, Denmark's second-largest city, calls itself the "World's Smallest Big City." I'd argue it's more like the world's biggest little town: easy to handle and easy to like. A pleasant three-hour train ride from Copenhagen, Aarhus is well worth a stop. Aarhus is the lively cultural hub of Jutland, the part of Denmark that juts up from Germany – a land of windswept sandy beaches, inviting lakes, and fortified old towns. It’s also one of the oldest cities in Scandinavia.
Rick Steves: Denmark’s biggest little town is easy to handle, easy to like

1 week ago | timescolonist.com | Rick Steves

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Aarhus : la plus grande petite ville du Danemark | Epoch Times

1 week ago | epochtimes.fr | Rick Steves

Aarhus, la deuxième ville du Danemark, se présente comme la « plus petite grande ville du monde ». Je dirais plutôt qu’il s’agit de la plus grande petite ville du monde : facile à gérer et facile à aimer. À trois heures de train de Copenhague, Aarhus vaut la peine de s’y arrêter. Aarhus est le centre culturel animé du Jutland, la partie du Danemark qui fait saillie sur l’Allemagne – une terre de plages de sable balayées par le vent, de lacs accueillants et de vieilles villes fortifiées.
Rick Steves: Peaceful protest is not America-bashing; it's America-loving

2 weeks ago | cascadiadaily.com | Rick Steves

Editor’s note: Before the November 2024 presidential election, CDN hosted travel guru Rick Steves of Edmonds for a Town Hall presentation of his television program about the roots of fascism in Europe, followed by a discussion of the rise of authoritarianism in America. Steves recently penned for social media the following essay about the current state of that movement and planned national protests this weekend. It is reprinted by CDN with permission as a guest commentary.
A Crossroads of Civilizations in Istanbul

2 weeks ago | travelagentcentral.com | Rick Steves

by Rick Steves, June 12, 2025Some of my most vivid memories from my first visit to Istanbul in the 1970s are of the colorful locals. Scruffy kids sold cherry juice, and old men would grab huge cucumbers from wheeled carts, then peel, quarter, and salt them, and sell them for pennies. While the Old World magic in many parts of the city has been plowed under by modern affluence, today's Istanbul is every bit as rich and rewarding as it was back then.
Aarhus: Denmark’s Biggest Little Town

2 weeks ago | theepochtimes.com | Rick Steves

Aarhus may be a second city to Copenhagen, but its charm and history makes it no less fascinating to visit. 6/10/2025Updated: 6/10/2025Aarhus, Denmark’s second-largest city, calls itself the “World’s Smallest Big City.” I'd argue it’s more like the world’s biggest little town: easy to handle and easy to like. A pleasant three-hour train ride from Copenhagen, Aarhus is well worth a stop.
Feeling Barcelona’s Creative Pulse

2 weeks ago | travelagentcentral.com | Rick Steves

by Rick Steves, June 10, 2025If you're in the mood to surrender to a city's charms, let it be in Barcelona. Life bubbles in its narrow old town alleys, grand boulevards, and elegant modern district. While Barcelona has an illustrious past — from Roman colony to 14th-century maritime power — it's enjoyable to throw out the history books and just drift through the city. A stroll down Barcelona's main pedestrian drag, the Ramblas, is a good place to start.