Rick Steves' Europe Video

Skye's best home base is the town of Portree, nestled deep in its protective harbor. Portree, with its narrow streets and humble shops, restaurants, and hotels, is the island's largest town and tourism center. This clip comes from "Scotland's Islands," a brand new episode of Rick Steves' Europe Season 10. Check your local public television station for this new episode or watch it on https://www.ri...

Scotland's Inveraray Castle is a stately, turreted royal palace set in a delightful garden. The castle's public half is a museum filled with precious Campbell clan artifacts, and an impressive armory collection. This clip comes from "Scotland's Highlands," a brand new episode of Rick Steves' Europe Season 10. Check your local public television station for this new episode or watch it on https://ww...

Mozia is a tiny, historic island in Sicily's salt-making region. For thousands of years, locals have labored in its salt pools as part of this essential industry. It was a Carthaginian stronghold centuries before Christ, and you can still see Carthaginian ruins amid Roman ruins. This clip comes from "Sicilian Delights," a brand new episode of Rick Steves' Europe Season 10. Check your local public...

Sicily’s Villa Romana del Casale was the mansion of a wealthy Roman senator who traded in exotic animals. Its mosaics, made of dozens of different kinds of multicolored marble and glass chips, give us a colorful peek at the lifestyle of Rome's elite. This clip comes from "The Best of Sicily," a brand new episode of Rick Steves' Europe Season 10. Check your local public television station for this...

Rhodes is built upon layers of civilizations — Italian, Greek, and Turkish, with a dash of medieval Crusader lore from all over Europe tossed in. Today, luxury yachts crowd the harbor. This clip comes from "Greek Islands: Santorini, Mykonos, and Rhodes" — a brand new episode of Rick Steves' Europe Season 10. Check your local public television station for this new episode or watch it on https://www...

Santorini is an island you could explore for days, but with even a short visit, you sail away so glad you came. Whether you took the cruise excursion, or hopped a donkey, or just had lunch in the port, you'll take home unforgettable memories. This clip comes from "Travel Skills: Cruising," a brand new episode of Rick Steves' Europe Season 10. Check your local public television station for this new...

While touristy in the summer, Nazaré offers a good look at how bits of traditional Portugal survive. For example, the traditional way of preserving fish has carried on, unchanged for generations. This clip comes from "Portugal's Heartland," a brand new episode of Rick Steves' Europe Season 10. Check your local public television station for this new episode or watch it on https://www.ricksteves.com...

The Alfama and Bairro Alto neighborhoods in Lisbon are two of the city's most characteristic and charming districts. While new affluence and tourism is bringing inevitable change, bits of the Old World allure hang on. This clip comes from "Lisbon," a brand new episode of Rick Steves' Europe Season 10. Check your local public television station for this new episode or watch it on https://www.rickst...

Blenheim Palace is Rick's pick for the number-one stately home in Britain. As a sightseeing experience and for simple visual grandeur, Blenheim is among Europe's finest. This clip comes from "The Heart of England," a brand new episode of Rick Steves' Europe Season 10. Check your local public television station for this new episode or watch it on https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/video/t...

One out of every five Scots lives in greater Glasgow, and Glaswegians are friendly, unpretentious, and happy to rave about their town. The accent can be a little hard to understand, but you'll develop an ear for it. This clip comes from "Glasgow and Scottish Passions,” a brand new episode of Rick Steves’ Europe Season 10. Check your local public television station for this new episode or watch it...

Offering some of Scotland’s best scenery, the Isle of Skye is understandably popular. Narrow, twisty roads wind around Skye in the shadows of craggy, bald mountains, and the coastline is ruffled with peninsulas and “sea lochs,” or saltwater inlets. This clip comes from "Scotland's Islands,” a brand new episode of Rick Steves’ Europe Season 10. Check your local public television station for this ne...

Check your local public television station for this new Rick Steves’ Europe episode! Glasgow, once an industrial powerhouse, offers a fun look at Scotland's vibrantly gritty urban side — full of edgy street art, trendy dining, and the striking architecture of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Leaving town, we'll tap into Scottish passions as we tour historic Stirling Castle and nearby battlefields, sampl...

In Scotland, the Highlands have more than half the land and only 5 percent of the people. Still, it’s these Highlands — so vast, yet so sparsely populated — that give us the classic image of Scotland. This clip comes from "Scotland's Highlands,” a brand new episode of Rick Steves’ Europe Season 10. Check your local public television station for this new episode or watch it on https://www.ricksteve...

Check your local public television station for this new Rick Steves’ Europe episode! We'll begin on the tranquil Isle of Iona, where Christianity first reached the shores of Scotland. Then we'll visit another of the Inner Hebrides, road-tripping across the Isle of Skye, where we'll explore Iron Age forts, peat fields, a venerable distillery, thatched crofter huts, and the dramatic Trotternish Peni...

The ancient Greek city of Syracuse (in present-day Italy) is long gone. But wandering through its scant remains in the city’s archaeological park, you pick up hints of its former power. This clip comes from "Sicilian Delights,” a brand new episode of Rick Steves’ Europe Season 10. Check your local public television station for this new episode or watch it on https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-l...

Check your local public television station for this new Rick Steves' Europe episode! The Highlands stoke kilted dreams of Scotland...where legends of Bonnie Prince Charlie swirl around lonely castles. We visit the "Weeping Glen" of Glencoe, bustling Inverness, and the battlefield at Culloden. Then we'll make a pilgrimage to the spiritual capital of a major clan, and go prehistoric at Stone Age bur...

You feel Palermo's boisterous spirit in its markets. At the gritty Ballarò Market, you wander among a commotion of stalls — all competing for the buyer's attention. It's an entertaining scene complete with singing salesmen — each with his own unique style. This clip comes from "The Best of Sicily,” a brand new episode of Rick Steves’ Europe Season 10. Check your local public television station for...

Check your local public television station for this new Rick Steves’ Europe episode! Sicily serves up a full-bodied and tasty travel experience. We'll dine on fresh seafood at the fisherman's harbor in Cefalù, ponder ancient Greek greatness in Siracusa, commune with monks — alive and departed — in a Capuchin crypt, sleep in an olive orchard at an agriturismo, and eat our way through a classic Sici...

Of Europe's many great festivals, one of the wildest is Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany. Oktoberfest lasts for two weeks, from late September into the first few days of October. Filling a huge fairground, under a dramatic statue representing Bavaria, locals set up about 16 huge tents that can each seat several thousand beer drinkers. This clip comes from "European Festivals II,” a brand new episode...

Check your local public television station for this new Rick Steves’ Europe episode! This tour of Sicilian highlights starts in Palermo, where we'll sing with the merchants in the markets, join locals in their passeggiata, drop in on a contessa, and marvel at the Romanesque cathedral of Monreale. Then we'll sip wine on the slopes of Mount Etna, munch cannoli, ponder Greek temples at Agrigento, adm...

Communities throughout Scotland host a Highland Games, where kilted athletes from the surrounding countryside gather to show off their speed, strength, and grace. A Highland Games is an all-day celebration of local sport and culture, like a track meet and a county fair rolled into one. This clip comes from "European Festivals I,” a brand new episode of Rick Steves’ Europe Season 10. Check your loc...

Check your local public television station for this new Rick Steves’ Europe episode! In this second of two episodes on Europe's greatest festivals, we'll dance with Spaniards at Sevilla's April Fair, celebrate Bastille Day in Paris, run with the bulls at Pamplona, and hoist a frothy stein at Munich's Oktoberfest. And we'll celebrate a traditional family Christmas, browsing the holiday market in Nü...

The island of Delos was one of the most important places in the ancient Greek world, with temples honoring the birthplace of the twin gods Apollo and Artemis. Delos was important in three different ancient eras for three different purposes: as a religious site, as the treasury of the Athenian League, and as a commercial port. This clip comes from “Greek Islands: Santorini, Mykonos, and Rhodes,” a...

Check your local public television station for this new Rick Steves’ Europe episode! In this first of two episodes on Europe's greatest festivals, we'll cheer with the masses at Siena's crazy Palio horse race, toss a caber at a Scottish Highland Games, don a mask for Carnevale in Venice, and celebrate Easter in Greece. Dropping in on some of the Continent's top parties, we discover that each one i...

The French Riviera is ideal for the well-organized independent cruiser. Towns are about 20 minutes apart by train, allowing cruisers to fit in visits to Nice, Monaco, and Villefranche all within one day in port. This clip comes from “Travel Skills: Cruising,” a brand new episode of Rick Steves’ Europe Season 10. Check your local public television station for this new episode or watch it on https:/...