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Shimmering Impressionist canvases by Monet and Renoir, plus Van Gogh, Gauguin and more.
Roaming Europe, we admire stately Neoclassical buildings and dramatic Romantic paintings.
Early Europeans produce diverse art: from Christians to Muslims and Byzantines to Vikings.
Rome’s rise, as seen in its supersized monuments, colorful mosaics, and marble Caesars.
Greece’s timeless art: Golden Age temples, alluring Venuses, and exuberant Winged Victory.
The turbulent century and its rule-breaking art—Picasso, Surrealism and edgy architecture.
Soaring Gothic cathedrals of radiant stained glass, plus art celebrating worldly pleasure.
Florence’s bold “rebirth” is powered by the genius of Leonardo, Rafael, and Michelangelo.
From Portugal to Germany, booming economies and new technologies produce exquisite art.
We marvel at Baroque’s over-the-top churches, palaces, bubbly fountains, and theatric art.
We marvel at Stone Age cave paintings, mighty megaliths, and mysterious goddesses.
The grand cities of ancient Rome’s vast empire and majestic churches of its fall.
Exploring the Nile Valley from north to south, we see the highlights of Egypt.
Rick uses Ethiopia as a classroom for understanding global hunger and extreme poverty
We visit teeming Cairo, straddling the Nile, exploring the back streets on a tuk-tuk.
Switzerland draws travelers from around the world for its legendary mountains.
In the Alps of Austria and Italy, we celebrate both nature and culture.
Traveling across Germany, we trace the roots of Nazism in the aftermath of World War I.
After exploring the proud cuisine capital of Lyon we head for Chamonix.
In times of crisis and challenge, we ask ourselves: What is the true value of travel?
Traveling to Santorini, Mykonos and Rhodes, we’ll see how cruising can help you island-hop
Let's enjoy Sicily's Palermo, Monreale, Agrigento, Villa Casale, Taormina, and Mt. Etna
Let's join the locals at Siena's Palio, Scotland’s Highland Games, Carnevale in Venice
Celebrate with the locals in Sevilla, Paris, Pamplona, Munich, Nürnberg and the snowy Alps
Let's relax in Cefalù, ponder ancient Siracusa, and fill up at a Sicilian banquet
In England we'll wander through Oxford, Cambridge, Blenheim Palace and Ironbridge Gorge.
We'll visit Portugal's cities of Nazare, Coimbra and Porto, and savor tasty port wine.
We'll learn how to get the most out of a cruise, and look at the joys and the downsides.
Let's visit Scotland’s Glencoe, Inverness, the Culloden battlefield and Loch Ness.
We'll wander across the Isles of Iona and Skye, then set sail for Orkney’s Scapa Flow.
Starting in Glasgow, we travel to Stirling Castle, and watch a sheepdog demo.
Rick explores salty pirates' towns and Dartmoor National Park.
Rick travels the southeast coast of England, from Canterbury to Dover.
Rick enjoys a front-row seat at Siena's wild horse race - the venerable Palio
Rick visits skyscraper-studded Frankfurt and Nürnberg, capital of the Third Reich.
Rick tours Romania's vibrant capital, Bucharest, the "Little Paris of the East"
Bulgaria, mysterious to most Americans, has a vivid identity as crossroads of the Balkans
Rick visits the two great cities of Saxony: the capital city of Dresden and Leipzig
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Rome’s Altar of Peace and the Trophy of the Alps are fine examples of art as propaganda.
Michelangelo sculpted “David,” painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling, and designed St. Peter’s.
Raphael’s sweet Madonnas set a new standard in High Renaissance painting.
Gothic church design is best illustrated by building one with 13 travelers.
Flemish paintings were happy slice-of-life scenes, feel-good, and affordable.
Oil paints freed artists like Jan van Eyck, Raphael, and Leonardo to raise the bar.
Brueghel was a master of slice-of-life scenes capturing country folk at play.
Albrecht Dürer’s meticulous attention to detail was ideal for his work as an engraver.
El Greco painted supernatural visions, faces that flicker, and otherworldly altarpieces.
Portugal had lacy Manueline architecture and Spain’s emperor had far-flung tastes.
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