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Rick Steves, America's leading authority on European travel, returns to transport viewers to the continent's bustling cities, quaint villages and picturesque countryside.

Join Rick Steves on an alpine adventure, from Italy to Austria to Switzerland to France.
We marvel at Stone Age cave paintings, mighty megaliths, and mysterious goddesses.
Soaring Gothic cathedrals of radiant stained glass, plus art celebrating worldly pleasure.
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The turbulent century and its rule-breaking art—Picasso, Surrealism and edgy architecture.
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.
Shimmering Impressionist canvases by Monet and Renoir, plus Van Gogh, Gauguin and more.
Roaming Europe, we admire stately Neoclassical buildings and dramatic Romantic paintings.
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.
Greece’s timeless art: Golden Age temples, alluring Venuses, and exuberant Winged Victory.
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.
Florence’s bold “rebirth” is powered by the genius of Leonardo, Rafael, and Michelangelo.
Soaring Gothic cathedrals of radiant stained glass, plus art celebrating worldly pleasure.
Traveling across Germany, we trace the roots of Nazism in the aftermath of World War I.
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.
Exploring the Nile Valley from north to south, we see the highlights of Egypt.
In times of crisis and challenge, we ask ourselves: What is the true value of travel?
Switzerland draws travelers from around the world for its legendary mountains.
After exploring the proud cuisine capital of Lyon we head for Chamonix.
In the Alps of Austria and Italy, we celebrate both nature and culture.
Let's enjoy Sicily's Palermo, Monreale, Agrigento, Villa Casale, Taormina, and Mt. Etna
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.
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.
Let's stroll through Lisbon and listen to some fado music.
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.
Traveling to Santorini, Mykonos and Rhodes, we’ll see how cruising can help you island-hop
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
Rick vists quaint Cotswold villages, Wells and Glastonbury
Rick travels the southeast coast of England, from Canterbury to Dover.
Rick explores salty pirates' towns and Dartmoor National Park.
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
Hamburg, Germany’s mighty port city has risen from the ashes of World War II
Extras
Art of Europe’s “Age of Faith”: Romanesque, Gothic, Byzantine, Moorish, and even Viking.
Bubbly Baroque art and austere Neoclassicism; divine kings, Revolution, and Napoleon.
The rise and fall of Rome through its architecture and art (statues, mosaics, frescoes).
Groundbreaking statues, paintings, and architecture—humanism in Florence and beyond.
Romanticism, Impressionism, Art Nouveau; Cubism (Picasso) and Surrealism (Dalí).
Prehistoric cave paintings; Egyptian pyramids and temples; classical Greek statues.
This special is a sonnet to travel as Rick celebrates the joy of exploring our world.
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