Around 200 miles north of Lisbon is Porto, Portugal, a coastal city with a rich European heritage. Nowhere is this heritage more evident than in the Porto's historic center. Here, storybook buildings ...

I’m really into “second cities” these days. For generations, Industrial Age powerhouses in Europe turned into what we would call “the rust belt,” while their elegant “first city” counterparts enjoyed ...

Rick Steves is arguably the country’s most beloved travel writer and guide since Mark Twain, and millions know him from his long-running series on traveling through Europe. But his latest book is a ...

The dramatic coastline of the Algarve still bears visible traces of its Moorish past while it lures sun worshippers to its beaches. The idyllic fishing village of Salema features unspoiled shore and ...

For Americans of a certain age and income bracket, Europe is synonymous with Rick Steves, a one-man travel impresario whose guidebooks and tour groups have introduced the continent to thousands of ...