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Travelers can count on Rick Steves to tell them what they really need to know when traveling in Vienna, Salzburg, and Tirol. Self-guided walking tours lead visitors to the Hofburg Castle and the magnificent gardens in Salzburg. Experience the culture like a local with a bike ride in the countryside or indulge in Viennese chocolate at Demel?s Caf?. With up-to-date advice on which sights are worth your time and money and suggestions on good-value hotels and restaurants, Rick (more…)

Travel connects people with people. It helps us fit more comfortably and compatibly into a shrinking world. And it inspires creative new solutions to persistent problems facing our nation. We can’t understand our world without experiencing it. Traveling as a Political Act helps us take that first step.There’s more to travel than good-value hotels, great art, and tasty cuisine. Americans who “travel as a political act” can have the time of their lives and come home smart (more…)

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Relax in the Sz?chenyi Medicinal Baths, observe the incredible neo-Gothic architecture of the Parliament building, and stroll along the historic banks of the Danube at sunset ? Rick Steves? Budapest allows any traveler to experience all that the country has to offer ? economically and hassle-free. Rick knows the best ways to explore Budapest, offering tips on accommodations, transportation, and must-see sights that will save visitors time and money. Whether your interests (more…)

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Steves clearly knows his stuff – the archaeological sites he does remarkably well – and his guide has a ringing actuality about it….It’s full of informative and very readable maps, including a driving chart that not only gives the distances between places, but the time it takes to get there – the two don’t always correlate in Greece. Given its candid and humorous style, you’re bound to see plenty of well-thumbed copies (it comes in a pocket-friendly elongated size) in to (more…)

Buon giorno! From ordering calamari in Venice to making new friends in Tuscan hill towns, it helps to speak some of the native tongue. Rick Steves, bestselling author of travel guides to Europe, offers well-tested phrases and key words to cover every situation a traveler is likely to encounter. This handy guide provides key phrases for use in everyday circumstances, complete with phonetic spelling; an English-Italian and Italian-English dictionary; the latest information on Euro (more…)

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Steves preaches a low-cost, low-to-the-ground style that not only saves money, but gets you closer to the real Europe, the way Europeans experience it.
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Check out works by Rembrandt and Van Gogh and bike along canals fringed with Dutch elm trees—with Rick Steves’ Amsterdam, Bruges & Brussels, travelers can experience the best of this world-class destination—economically and ha (more…)

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If you’re planning your Continental tour, or just heading Europewards and letting the winds of fate waft you this way and that, you’ll want some language assistance, preferably in a form that doesn’t require an extra set of luggage. Rick Steves, noted Europe expert and writer of candid, accurate, and entertaining guide books, has a phrase book and dictionary that contains the three major languages you’re likely to encounter in ramble around Europe or a tre (more…)

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“The more money you spend, the bigger the wall you build between yourself and the culture you traveled so far to visit. Stay in the small inns, eat in family-style restaurants, visit out-of-the-way places, rub elbows with the locals. You’ll spend less money and have a great time in the process.” This is Rick Steves’s “back door” travel philosophy. For more than 25 years, he has traveled and led tours around Europe, finding and sharing the joy of simplici (more…)

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Admire the architecture of Prague’s historic Old Town Square, check out Berlin’s hip art galleries, or find solitude on the remote beaches of the Italian Riviera—Rick Steves’ Best of Europe 2009 allows any traveler to experience all that Europe has to offer—economically and hassle-free. Rick offers honest and up-to-date advice on the top destinations throughout Europe, including Paris, London, Rome, Amsterdam, and Barcelona. Rick also includes tips on avoiding the crow (more…)