If you're looking for fine sand, a spectacular mountain backdrop, and a nearby nature reserve, this is the place for you. Oh, ...

Most transactions come with an ample side-helping of friendly banter. As an Irishman once joked to me, “How can I know what I ...

It’s the most mystical, Celtic, spiritual and rugged region of Ireland — and the towns along the way are just plain cute.

Rick Steves points to one street food in Europe that's more than just quick and cheap. It's a window into the continent's ...

When in southern Spain, I can’t resist popping into the British colony of Gibraltar. | In the middle of this odd British ...

The 30,000 people living along a five kilometre lip of land under the famous and strategic rock are happily English ...

Gibraltar’s economy, once dominated by the military, is now based mostly on tourism. And that includes quickie weddings — ...

There’s no better introduction to Edinburgh – the historical, cultural, and political capital of Scotland – than a walk straight down the spine of the old town. Stretching from a hill-topping castle ...

Re: “Rick Steves buys ‘the most beautiful Christmas’ gift for homeless folks in Lynnwood” (Dec. 25, A1): Yay to author and TV host Rick Steves! Buying that building so the Lynnwood Hygiene Center ...

Travel teaches many lessons, and for famous American travel writer Rick Steves, one of those is that “Love thy neighbor” need not depend on proximity. The biblical phrase has been on Steves’ mind of ...