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Helsinki’s Suomenlinna Fortress – built by the Swedes in the 1700s as a bulwark against Russia’s rising power in the Baltic – is today a popular park sprinkled with picnic spots, footpaths, and old fortifications. Used with “Helsinki and Tallinn: Pearls of the Baltic.” CREDIT: Rick Steves.
Rick Steves

Helsinki and Tallinn

Pearls of the Baltic, soul sisters across the Gulf of Finland

By Rick Steves | June 4, 2024
Time to revisit Athens! In the “rickety-chic” Psyrri neighborhood of Athens, you’ll find slick outdoor restaurants next to vibrant street art. CREDIT: Rick Steves.
Rick Steves

Time to Revisit Athens

The ancient city is on the rise, in Exarchia, Psyrri, the Central Market, and more

By Rick Steves | May 29, 2024
Tiny percebes (barnacles) are a local specialty in northwest Spain, including Santiago de Compostela.
Rick Steves

Spain’s Santiago de Compostela

Saints and sustenance: pilgrims, tetilla, percebes, and more

By Rick Steves | May 21, 2024
The market in colorful Tangier, Morocco, boasts piles of fruits, veggies, and olives, countless varieties of bread, and nonperishables, like clothing and electronics.
Rick Steves

Colorful Tangier, Morocco

A cultural kaleidoscope just across from southern Spain

By Rick Steves | May 14, 2024
airplane on the runway, for article on airfares and other airline projections for summer 2024
Finance

Airfares, Fees, and Insights

What can you expect from the upcoming travel season?

By Sandra Block, Kiplinger's Personal Finance | May 8, 2024
A stroll on Rome's ancient Appian Way is a kind of time travel.
Rick Steves

The Appian Way: Rome’s Ancient Superhighway

An engineering wonder in 300 BC, a must-see in the 2000s

By Rick Steves | May 7, 2024
The colorful Nyhavn neighborhood is the place to moor on a sunny day in Copenhagen.
Rick Steves

Cozy in Copenhagen

Embrace ‘hygge’ and save cash

By Rick Steves | April 30, 2024
The Clifton manor house with two dogs running in front
Annie Tobey

Have It Both Ways at The Clifton

Center yourself in this Charlottesville getaway

April 24, 2024
Switzerland’s Lauterbrunnen Valley looks pastoral but it hides a powerful dose of natural wonder. By Rick Steves
Rick Steves

Lauterbrunnen Valley and Displays of Power

In the Swiss Alps, nature rules

By Rick Steves | April 23, 2024
For more than a thousand years, Czech leaders, from kings and emperors to Nazis, communists, and presidents, have ruled from Prague Castle, regally perched on a hill above the Vltava River. Take in 1,200 years of Czech history in the Castle Quarter of Prague with travel writer Rick Steves, including St. Vitus Cathedral, Wenceslas Chapel, the Old Royal Palace, and Lobkowicz Palace.
Rick Steves

History Lives in Prague

Check out the highlights in the hilltop Castle Quarter

By Rick Steves | April 16, 2024

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