Celebrating 2014 and Looking Ahead to 2015 at Our Tour Reunion
1:00 01/01/1970
The annual Rick Steves’ Tour Reunion has dominated our work for the last ten days. The event is a twofer: a huge party celebrating tour members who joined us in Europe last year, and a “guide...
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A guide to the temples of Bagan – the best secret spots
1:00 01/01/1970
Situated in the Mandalay Region of Burma (Myanmar) is the ancient and fascinating city of Bagan. During its heyday, between the 11th and 13th centuries, more than 10,000 Buddhist monasteries, temples...
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24 hours in Lecce: 10 things to do and see
1:00 01/01/1970
Lecce is an ancient and beautiful city known as the ‘Florence of the South’ because of its ornate Baroque buildings made from the pale-coloured local stone, called pietra leccese. It is one of the...
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Heading for Tokyo and Singapore... your recommendations, please!
1:00 01/01/1970
Next week I shall be travelling to Tokyo and Singapore courtesy of ANA – All Nippon Airways. I’m really looking forward to the trip as it’ll be my first time in each of these destinations....
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The Hamster Wheel States of America
1:00 01/01/1970
Thank you for the many thoughtful comments on my recent Seattle Times editorial (which you can read at the end of this post) about how media and corporations are working together to create “The...
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Cambodia – a journey by book
1:00 01/01/1970
Cambodia’s history spans from the magnificence of Angkor to the tragedy of the Khmer Rouge years. There are hundreds of books worth reading before or during your travels; some provide valuable...
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Photograph of the week: View over the Ecrins
1:00 01/01/1970
This viewpoint over the dramatic Ecrins mountains in the Southern French Alps was discovered by a fixer for a film company tasked with finding a unique, dramatic and romantic end shot with easy to...
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Luxury in the land of Maharajas: India’s top palace hotels
1:00 01/01/1970
In amongst India’s 1.2 billion population, this extraordinary country enthralls its visitors with ancient inhabited cities, astonishing colourful festivities and beautiful landscapes; it’s a real...
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The Most Beautiful Travel Souvenir
1:00 01/01/1970
TripIt, a popular app designed to help you organize your travels, just did a quality job of producing a series of four-minute interviews with me about my travel philosophy. These “fireside chats”...
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How to Learn Irish Swear Words... and Other Tips on Going Local
1:00 01/01/1970
TripIt, a popular app designed to help you organize your travels, just did a quality job of producing a series of four-minute interviews with me about my travel philosophy. These “fireside chats”...
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