Europe Travel
Navigating Europe in the digital age
Devices such as iPads, ebooks are taking a bite out of postcards, paper books and maps, and changing the way we travel. By Rick Steves
Italy seeks private sponsors to restore Colosseum
Italian officials are seeking to raise some €25 million (about $32 million) in private money to finance the restoration of one of the country's iconic landmarks: the Colosseum.
London takes its food scene underground
Supper clubs, which grew from a handful a year ago to close to 100 today, are becoming a favored way for London hipsters to satisfy their exacting palates.
Communing with nature in Austria's Hallstatt
Hallstatt, Austria is "Sound of Music" country — idyllic and majestic, but not rugged, a gentle land where lakes and mountains are shuffled together like a game of 52-card pick-up.
Tropical fun and sun in heart of Paris
Sand, palm trees, bikinis. Parisians can get their tropical fix without ever leaving the French capital.
Austrian beer fest: Get your lederhosen on
Dirndls, lederhosen, an oom-pah-pah band and beer: It doesn't get more traditional than this when the sleepy Austrian village of Altaussee wakes up for a nonstop beer party, Sept. 4-6.
When you know where to look, Venice delivers
When you know where to look, there's so much to see in Venice. The "Bride of the Sea" offers history and beauty, but its flooding makes its future uncertain. By Rick Steves