Explore Europe with Rick Steves, best-selling travel author and host of public television’s “Rick Steves’ Europe” and public radio’s “Travel with Rick Steves.”
From Rick Steves’ Europe. Wódka (vodka) is a Polish staple — the word means, roughly, “precious little water.” Poles take vodka seriously and control its production assiduously. Its ingredients are domestically grown, and pure vodka contains some combination of just six ingredients: potatoes, rye, wheat, barley, oats, and the wheat-rye hybrid triticale. Żubrówka, the most…
From Rick Steves’ Europe. Though not the capital, Kraków is the cultural and intellectual center of Poland. While it’s Poland’s second-biggest city, the tourist’s Kraków feels small—from the main square, you can walk to just about everything of interest in less than 15 minutes. Most sights and recommended hotels and restaurants are in the Old…
From Rick Steves’ Europe. Get a 30-second glimpse of Rick Steves’ newest episode — premiering fall 2025 across the US on public television, and streaming (free!) at https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/video/tv-show Europe’s ultimate road trip is the 800-mile loop around Iceland on Highway 1 — the Ring Road. We visit the geothermal hot zone of Lake Mývatn, the…
From Rick Steves’ Europe. Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide © 2025 | This one-hour "best of Poland" special begins in Kraków, with a stunning square, historic castle, and nearby, communist-era Nowa Huta and Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp memorial. Then we head to bustling Warsaw for skyscrapers and Chopin, sample gingerbread in Toruń, and ogle red-brick Malbork…
From Rick Steves’ Europe. Watch Season 13 of Rick Steves’ Europe — premiering fall 2025 across the US on public television, and streaming (free!) at https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/video/tv-show Reykjavík is a world capital with a small-town feel. We tour the city’s endearing sights, get to know the uniquely Icelandic way of life, and take a dip in…