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Travel with Rick Steves

by Rick Steves

A weekly one-hour conversation with guest experts and callers about travel, cultures, people, and the things we find around the world that give life its extra sparkle. Rick Steves is America's leading authority on travel to Europe and beyond. Host and writer of over a hundred public television travel shows and author of 30 best-selling guidebooks, Rick now brings his passion for exploring and understanding our world to public radio. Related travel information and message boards on www.ricksteves.com

Latest episodes

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841 Discovery of Britain; English Cathedrals

#1 trending · Places & Travel

A biking Brit explains how easy it is to find evidence of the people from centuries past along the backroads of England and Scotland. And a pair of British tour guides ge

Oct 3
52 min

745a Orkney Living; Walkable Cities; Nomads of Europe

#43 trending · Places & Travel

Hear what it's like to live on one of the windswept Orkney Islands, off the northernmost tip of Scotland, where people have made a home since prehistoric times. Then lear

Sep 26
52 min

840 Paul Theroux's Great Canadian Road Trip; Korean Nunchi

Paul Theroux hits the road from Newfoundland to Vancouver, chasing his own family history and seeking out the stories of people across Canada's vast, diverse landscape. A

Sep 19
52 min

756a Resurrecting Roman Rubble; Plovdiv Bulgaria; European Travel Serendipity

A self-described "Rome nerd" helps us picture what it was like to live in the Roman Empire and explains how much we can learn about the era from its now 2,000-year-old ru

Sep 12
52 min

839 Circumambulating with Nicos; South Pacific Islands

A Cypriot businessman-turned-philosopher connects the act of travel with the larger journey of our lives, and shares how revisiting places we've been before can help us t

Sep 5
52 min

746a Goodbye Eastern Europe; The Long Field in Wales

A historian helps us re-envision Europe's eastern half, from the Baltics to the Balkans, with a lively account of how most of the region's countries have modernized since

Aug 29
52 min

838 Music Lover's Guide to North America; Loving the Opera

A writing duo shares the sights that have a place in our music history, from museums and festivals to lesser-known locales to make the heart sing. And opera expert and se

Aug 22
52 min

837 America Obscura; This Land Is Your Land

Pulitzer Prize winner Beverly Gage explains how a road trip to the places where history happened can renew your faith in American progress, without ignoring an honest ass

Aug 15
52 min

524a First Time in Italy; Duck Season in Gascony

Hear from two Roman tour guides about what to expect on a first-time trip to Italy, and how to make it the adventure of a lifetime. Then get a taste of life in France's r

Aug 8
52 min

836 Van Morrison's Belfast; Roma in Europe; Classic European Hikes

A Belfast-based tour guide points out the places where native son Van Morrison found inspiration for his music and poetry. Then a Romani author tells us about the variety

Aug 1
52 min

628a Amtrakistan; Astronaut's View; Renaissance Florence

Hear why one writer chooses to invest the time in crossing America by train instead of hopping a quick flight. Then discover what taking high-definition photos of Earth f

Jul 25
52 min

835 Appreciating Stonework; Italy's Dolomites; Rediscovering Route 66

A master stonemason considers the great sites of Europe and shares what these enduring structures can teach us about permanence, craft, and human ambition. Then an Italia

Jul 18
52 min

681a French Impressionism; Perfect Week in Paris; Appreciating the Louvre

Celebrate Bastille Day with French guides. They'll explain the impressionist techniques perfected in the early 20th century, provide insider advice for designing the perf

Jul 11
52 min

834 An Apple a Day; Rock & Roll Hall of Fame; The Wright Brothers

A chef and cookbook author takes a look at idioms that are shared across diverse languages. Then the head of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum updates us on what's

Jul 4
52 min

719a Rocky Mountaineer; Gulf Islands BC; Global Perspective; Piecing Together America

Hear about making family memories in western Canada along the historic Rocky Mountaineer train line. Explore the Gulf Islands in the Salish Sea. Learn more about confront

Jun 27
52 min

701a The US Civil Rights Trail; Wild Arctic Svalbard

Hear how the US Civil Rights Trail, with 100 stops across 14 states, was organized to help all Americans get an up-close look at the movement to dismantle Jim Crow laws a

Jun 20
52 min

833 Americans in Europe; Venetian Lagoon

Three American-born tour guides who have settled in Europe tell us what it's like to make a new home in a foreign country. Then, a lifelong resident of Italy's Veneto reg

Jun 13
52 min

832 Terry Tempest Williams: The Glorians

Join us for a special hour with American author and environmental activist Terry Tempest Williams as she invites us to consider the interconnectedness of the natural worl

Jun 6
52 min

534b Crete; Alaska's Tip of the Iceberg; Darwin Comes to Town

A pair of tour guides from Greece tell us how the island of Crete offers a natural experience unlike any other. Then travel writer Mark Adams describes his 3,000-mile voy

May 30
52 min

680a The Last Cowboys; Perfect Day California; American Bald Eagle

New York Times reporter John Branch tells us how one family in southern Utah keeps a cowboy tradition alive at rodeos across the West. Then an award-winning travel journa

May 23
52 min

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#1 ▲ 7 Places & Travel US
#93 ▲ 104 Society & Culture US

What listeners say

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Thank you ! I always love your podcast, but this one about music in N. America & an introduction to opera is one of your best! My goodness, this spoke to my traveler’s soul. This has truly been a hour of joy.

Demi698 · Aug 2026

I really enjoyed the interview with Adriana and how she shared about life in Portugal and the comparison of villages to urban life and the food that Portugal has to offer such as the delightful Pastel de Nata. I’ve lived all over Portugal and really enjoyed what she had to say about especially Lisboa and Porto.

Brytta Moreira · Jun 2026

Love love love Rick’s conversations with his European counterparts about how America’s changing foreign policy is affecting them. The wisdom and relationships that Rick has cultivated for decades is a vital balm for this time — thank you Rick for your work!

EmilyEro · Feb 2026

Rick Steve’s is truly a national Treasure. He sets the bar for travel writing and is a positive example that I cherish. I have learned so much from his podcast and live a better life as a result of his inspiring work.

Mr. Fisher of 419 · Feb 2026

Love Rick and been loyally watching and listening for years, but have little/no interest in u.s. destinations…sure I’ve traveled around the u.s. a lot but I come to Rick for Europe, where I prefer to spend my vacation time. Also not loving the travel-adjacent topics: I really want practical travel information on European destinations, not reasons to scuba dive, or a writer’s discussion of his life in Cambodia, etc

gus 24! · Jul 2024

There are other travel podcasts to listen to if one is not onboard traveling WITH Rick. There are various reasons WHY people make their travel destination choices. Personally, I don’t know how one can avoid religion and politics when traveling to other countries/cultures (even our own) or entering a museum / historical site-unless it’s for food, spa, or entertainment. Oh, and this podcast covers that, too. Rick presents a wide range of travel ideas to a wide range audience. Bravo!

LifeLongerlearner · Sep 2023

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