Rick Steves

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Of course not. That's something I think about quite a bit: www.ricksteves.com/climate

Also, if you need celebrity endorsements to encourage you, local legend @ricksteves.bsky.social (!) donated $30K.

Thanks for sharing and especially for donating. I truly do appreciate it.

Graphic for the upcoming “Rick Steves’ Europe: A Symphonic Journey” tour. Rick Steves smiles in a suit, gesturing with both hands, in front of an orchestra wearing red jackets. Below the Rick Steves logo, the large orange word “EUROPE” fills the top, over laid by a cream banner that says, “A SYMPHONIC JOURNEY,” with “ON TOUR” below. Tour dates and cities are then listed: Nov. 6 Raleigh, NC Nov. 7 Raleigh, NC Nov. 8 Portland, ME Nov. 9 Portland, ME Nov. 10 Columbia, SC Nov. 13 Charleston, SC Nov. 14 Phoenix, AZ Nov. 15 Phoenix, AZ Nov. 16 Phoenix, AZ Mar. 27 Detroit, MI Mar. 28 Detroit, MI Mar. 29 Merrifield, VA And the footer reads: “Ticket info at ricksteves.com/where”

I’ve performed "A Symphonic Journey" with great orchestras across the country — and next, I’m bringing the show to North & South Carolina, Maine, Arizona, Michigan & Virginia.

Ticket info is at www.ricksteves.com/where — or stream the concert for free on the @pbs.org app or at www.ricksteves.com/tv

Happy travels!

Happy travels, Dave!

Join Us for Monday Night Travel

The Monday Night Travel team has lots more in store for you, including a virtual trip to Dresden with Seema Prakash on July 21 & an exploration of hut-to-hut hiking in the Alps with Sheri Goodwin on July 28.

Register now (it’s free and easy) at www.ricksteves.com/mnt, and keep on travelin’!

Rick’s Summer Trip Report: Filming in Rome, Research in Prague, and More Enjoy our live Monday Night Travel party with this video recorded on July 14, 2025. Rick returns to Monday Night Travel to share photos and stories from his three trips so far this year: filming in R...

Watch Now — My Summer Trip Report!

This week on Monday Night Travel, I shared photos and stories from my three trips (so far) in 2025: filming in Rome & Istanbul, guidebook research in Barcelona, Prague & London, and back to London for more time on camera.

I'm excited to share this recording:

Whatever works best for you!

Today only, the ebook edition of "On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer" is just $3.99: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rick-...

Enjoy!

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For more than 20 years, I’ve worked with @normlorg.bsky.social to end the prohibition against marijuana across this great country, one state at a time.

Our hard work and smart advocacy are making a big difference, and we could use your help — especially now! Learn more at www.norml.org.

Rick Steves Talks Travel, Cannabis and Freedom The celebrated PBS television host’s plant advocacy is legendary as is his take on the current state of international cannabis.

I’m a hardworking, taxpaying, churchgoing, grandkid-raising American citizen. And if I work all day long and want to go home, smoke a joint & just stare at the fireplace for 3 hours…that’s my civil liberty. ‪

@sarapayan.bsky.social‬ reports on my mission to end America's prohibition on marijuana:

This Pride, Take Pride in Broadening Your Perspective I endeavored to visit gay bars in Bulgaria and Turkey last year not because I’m a party animal, but because I’m a cultural chameleon. Turkey scores a 36/100 on the global LGBTQ+ equality index — and i...

On his recent Best of Bulgaria tour, Rick Steves’ Europe team member Gabe Gunnink visited one of the country’s few gay bars. This Pride Month, he reflects on the local connections he made on the dancefloor and what Americans today can learn from the unsteady history of human rights in Europe.

Why culture shock is a valuable part of ‘thoughtful travel,’ according to Rick Steves Millions of Americans are expected to go on a European vacation this summer. Many of those going for the first time are likely to be following the advice of travel writer Rick Steves, host of “Rick St...

John Yang recently flew to Edmonds to interview me for @pbsnews.org, and we had a wonderful time strolling through my hometown, participating in a little civil disobedience, unearthing my 1977 journal & sharing laughs as he artfully drilled into my travel philosophy.

Got 10 minutes? Check it out!

Just finished listening to Rick’s ‘Travel as a Political Act.’ The chapter on his travels to Iran were moving and once again so relevant.

Thank you, Jane. All my best to you and her!

Thanks, Gil. Keep on travelin'!

I used to teach about the beauty of Iran and the Persian people. I used this show in my class to highlight what life was really like, not the propaganda news tells you. Glad to see @ricksteves.bsky.social on Bluesky, reminding us that we're all just humans.

Symphonic Journey: Italy’s Patriotic Opera Before 1870 there was no Italy. But Italian-speaking states ruled by other powers dreamed of and fought for independence. Giuseppe Verdi’s dramatic <em>Nabucco</em> Overture, typical of his Romantic-e...

Before 1870, there was no Italy—just Italian-speaking states ruled by other powers and dreaming of independence. Verdi’s “Nabucco: Overture” stoked the Italian cry for statehood like a bugle call. Travel with me back to the Risorgimento in this clip from "Rick Steves’ Europe: A Symphonic Journey."

Public broadcasters like PBS, NPR aid democracy | Rick Steves Op-Ed As our president aims to defund PBS and NPR, I’m reminded why, for more than 30 years, I’ve shared thoughtful programming with public broadcasters.

“I fear that the same swaths of our country that struggle to find nutrition in ‘food deserts’ will also find themselves in ‘media deserts’ if federal funding cuts make it impossible for stations to bring quality programming to rural and less affluent areas.“ - @ricksteves.bsky.social

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Iran Join Rick as he explores the most surprising and fascinating land he's ever visited: Iran. In a one-hour, ground-breaking travel special on public television, you'll discover the splendid monuments of...

If you want to be a savvier consumer of the news as Israel and Iran duke it out in 2025 and as the USA considers joining in, please educate yourself by watching this special: www.ricksteves.com/watch-iran. Shalom and Salam.

Iran Join Rick as he explores the most surprising and fascinating land he's ever visited: Iran. In a one-hour, ground-breaking travel special on public television, you'll discover the splendid monuments of...

Rather than getting mired in politics, this documentary simply humanizes the Iranians by telling their story — the story of a society America knows almost nothing about, even though it’s constantly in our news... the story of a proud nation with a rich and complex heritage.

Iran Join Rick as he explores the most surprising and fascinating land he's ever visited: Iran. In a one-hour, ground-breaking travel special on public television, you'll discover the splendid monuments of...

I remember the moment it dawned on me, in the nasty wake of 9/11 — watching American bombs light up the sky over Baghdad on the evening news — that I could do my country a service by producing a one-hour TV special on Iran, which I feared Bush might target next.

The news that Trump is flirting with the idea of bombing Iran breaks my heart. Why? Because, along with the humanity of the Israeli people — which I shared in my 2014 Holy Land special — I recognize the humanity of the Iranian people, who have lived under a brutal theocratic dictatorship since 1979.

Iran Join Rick as he explores the most surprising and fascinating land he's ever visited: Iran. In a one-hour, ground-breaking travel special on public television, you'll discover the splendid monuments of...

In the spring of 2008, I feared America was on the verge of war with Iran — and, believing that it’s good style to get to know people before you bomb them, I made “Rick Steves’ Iran,” a one-hour special that could (and would) only debut on PBS. Sadly, this special has become pertinent again today.

Symphonic Journey: England’s Regal March Edward Elgar’s stirring march, “Pomp and Circumstance,” expresses the grandeur and confidence of Britain at its peak…the first global superpower. In the late 1800s, Queen Victoria ruled a quarter of t...

Edward Elgar’s stirring march, “Pomp and Circumstance,” expresses the grandeur and confidence of Britain at its peak… the first global superpower. Travel to mighty England with me in this clip from “Rick Steves’ Europe: A Symphonic Journey”:

Hurray for @ricksteves.bsky.social ! He’s so right about what’s happening in his home travel base under Trump….good piece

Was at the #NoKings rally in Edmonds, WA. Great turnout to hear @ricksteves.bsky.social , Sen. Marko Elias among others speak to the crowd. Keep up the pressure! Indifference is how we lose. Thanks to @snocoindivisible.bsky.social for organizing! #Dontlookaway

Symphonic Journey: The Czech Republic’s Unofficial Anthem “The Moldau,” by Bedřich Smetana, honors the river that ties the Czech people together. At its 1882 premiere, it struck a chord with the Czechs, who felt its flowing melody evoked the struggle of thei...

Smetana's “Moldau” honors the river that ties the Czech people together. At its 1882 premiere, it struck a chord with the Czechs, who felt its flowing melody evoked the struggle of their small nation surrounded by mightier neighbors. Czechs still get a lump in their throats when they hear it today.