Sevilla, the capital of Spain’s southern Andalucía region, is as soulful a place as I’ve ever been. It’s a wonderful-to-be-alive kind of town, buzzing with festivals, heat, color, and guitars. The ...

Perched on a high ridge, the impossibly quaint hobbit hamlet of O Cebreiro welcomes visitors to Galicia – a hilly, damp, green region in northwest Spain that feels vaguely Irish. O Cebreiro is a ...

While the Catalans (and many visitors) enjoy strolling along La Rambla in Barcelona, the Spanish capital of Madrid is not to be outdone when it comes to iconic public spaces. Madrileños have Puerta ...

Rick Steves has built a business around his love of travel. Particularly travel to Europe. It’s hard not to run into Steves’ work: He hosts a TV show on PBS, produces a radio show, writes a travel ...

Jostling with enthusiastic eaters at the bar, I munch on my last spider-crab open-face sandwich. A tiny plate of toothpicks is all that's left of my meal. I keep them because this allows the bartender ...

On my last visit to Toledo, it seemed holier than ever: Dark El Greco clouds threatened overhead, stark against bright, clear horizons. Hail pelted the masses of people clogging the streets as they ...

If you could take a road trip with your younger self, how well do you think the two of you would get along? Would you have an admiration for each other? Would you even recognize each other? Rick ...