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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
One of Hitler’s most notorious death camps, Auschwitz-Birkenau is a powerful Holocaust memorial.
The splendor of Istanbul’s Ottoman Empire is best experienced in a hammam.
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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.
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.
Bosphorus cruise; Grand Bazaar; Golden Horn; Whirling Dervishes; Taksim Square.
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The vibrant capital; Blue Lagoon; Golden Circle's majestic nature; Snæfellsnes Peninsula.
Early Europeans produce diverse art: from Christians to Muslims and Byzantines to Vikings.
We marvel at Stone Age cave paintings, mighty megaliths, and mysterious goddesses.
Greece’s timeless art: Golden Age temples, alluring Venuses, and exuberant Winged Victory.
Rome’s rise, as seen in its supersized monuments, colorful mosaics, and marble Caesars.
Florence’s bold “rebirth” is powered by the genius of Leonardo, Rafael, and Michelangelo.
From Portugal to Germany, booming economies and new technologies produce exquisite art.
Soaring Gothic cathedrals of radiant stained glass, plus art celebrating worldly pleasure.
We marvel at Baroque’s over-the-top churches, palaces, bubbly fountains, and theatric art.
Roaming Europe, we admire stately Neoclassical buildings and dramatic Romantic paintings.
The grand cities of ancient Rome’s vast empire and majestic churches of its fall.
The turbulent century and its rule-breaking art—Picasso, Surrealism and edgy architecture.
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For thousands of years, this place, where East meets West, has been a crossroads of civilizations.
Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar remains enchanting, perplexing visitors with its maze-like network of lanes.
Istanbul offers a chance to better understand Islam.
This magnificent church-turned-mosque offers the visitor an opportunity to be inspired.
Istanbul straddles the Bosphorus Strait that separates Europe and Asia.
Here we find the storybook image of the Ottomans—sultans, eunuchs, harems.
A crack-of-dawn trip to the bakery before breakfast on our barge.
France’s Burgundy, with its inviting canals and iconic vineyards.
Step into Rome’s often unassuming churches to discover masterpieces in their original settings.
Rome’s public spaces transform an ordinary morning stroll into a memorable sightseeing adventure.
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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.
Bubbly Baroque art and austere Neoclassicism; divine kings, Revolution, and Napoleon.
Groundbreaking statues, paintings, and architecture—humanism in Florence and beyond.
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