I lost my step dad Ian to prostate cancer and I deeply encourage everyone who has a prostate to get regularly checked, thanks for the important reminder Rick <3
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I lost my step dad Ian to prostate cancer and I deeply encourage everyone who has a prostate to get regularly checked, thanks for the important reminder Rick <3
Happy travels!
Ever wonder how our guidebooks are updated? Rick and a team of researchers spend over 300 days a year in Europe living out book recommendations, scouting new ones, and chatting with locals to make sure our coverage is accurate, up to date, and helpful for travelers like you.
Thanks, Chris. Keep on travelin'!
I am!
It's Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, and I’m asking our community of travelers to help me spread the word: the earlier prostate cancer is found, the better your chances are of beating it. Visit cancer.org/getscreened to learn more from @acscan.bsky.social & find a screening location near you.
Thank you, Chris. Keep on travelin'!
Yes, but did you have to pay for the account?
Thanks for letting me know. Are you seeing something different than this?
Listening to this episode of the “This is Love” podcast was such a palate cleanser. Such a wholesome way of looking at travel we should all hold space for.
Omg l can vouch for this. Met up with Rick a couple of years ago to show him around Sevilla and we ended up going to SIXTEEN TAPAS BARS in one evening 😅
It's a gift link — no subscription required.
I’m a big fan of @nataliecompton.bsky.social, and she did a great job capturing the challenges and joys we have making our TV shows. Check out her @washingtonpost.com article at wapo.st/4oKkUTl — and join us behind the scenes as my crew and I film our London special, coming soon to public TV!
Do you know that good feeling you get, after you’ve shared a deep yet relaxing conversation that goes places you didn’t expect to go and connects you with memories and experiences that had fallen out of your world, but shouldn’t have? Phoebe Judge had me on her podcast, and she did just that.
A reminder from Rick Steves: funding for public broadcasting amounted to $1.60 per American every year — but Republicans cut it, gutting local NPR and PBS stations. Listen to more of our conversation about public media cuts here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFl0...
Traveling is intensified living with moments that are transformative experiences — we call them “wow" moments. If you're ready for your own wow moment but aren't sure if a Rick Steves' Europe tour is right for you, watch Tours 101 on Aug. 20 at 6pm, PT. Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Thank you, Ash. Keep on travelin'!
Hey, teachers and everyone, fantastic learning tool. Rick Steves is the bestest! The videos come will full transcripts btw.
@ricksteves.bsky.social has been to and studied countless countries that fell into fascism, and he says that Trump is consolidating power and taking from an autocrat’s playbook. Watch our full conversation at the link below or listen wherever you get your podcasts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFl0...
Keep on travelin'!
Awesome to see my local PBS stations (shout out to Cascade PBS) showing Rick Steve's "The Story of Fascism in Europe". Linking to Rick's @ricksteves.bsky.social site, where it is available for free: www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-l...
As we head into the school year, I’m as grateful as ever for our nation’s hard-working educators. If you agree, please let the teachers & homeschoolers in your life know about Rick Steves Classroom Europe—a free & ad-free library of 600 video clips covering history, art, music, culture & geography.
A great episode! @ricksteves.bsky.social
NEW POD: I talked with my good friend and travel writer @ricksteves.bsky.social about what Americans can learn from traveling around the world, cuts to foreign assistance and public broadcasting, and more. Watch below or listen wherever you get your podcasts! www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFl0...
I spent much of last weekend catching up on recent letters from fans. Kathleen included a link to a video she created that shows the joy of travel (from my often-goofy POV), and I just had to share it with all of you. It reminds me how much we travelers have to be thankful for. Happy travels!
Happy travels!
The vast majority of my shows weren't filmed in front of a live audience. Where else have you seen her?
PBS passport is the absolute best! When my son was born, I would get up in the early morning with him, and on the weekends, he would sleep in my arms while I sipped coffee and binged watch @ricksteves.bsky.social.
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.
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!
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’!
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!
. @arlenedickinson.bsky.social - timely & touching, made me cry 🇨🇦 @ricksteves.bsky.social
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.
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:
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.
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.
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."
“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
Today's trending users: @bradlander.bsky.social @ricksteves.bsky.social @mollycranenewman.bsky.social @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social @teamsterbob.bsky.social source: @bluefacts.app
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
In the 1860s, Germany was fighting a war for its place on the map, and Romantic-era music cheered it on. Hold on to your pretzel during this clip from “Rick Steves’ Europe: A Symphonic Journey” as we appreciate how Richard Wagner’s operas mixed Teutonic myths, medieval traditions & Christian themes.
The music of Johann Strauss II embodied the elegance & joie de vivre of Habsburg society at its peak. As you enjoy this mini-concert from “Rick Steves’ Europe: A Symphonic Journey,” imagine Strauss whipping audiences into a frenzy with his whirling hits, which were all the rage in late-1800s Vienna.
@ricksteves.bsky.social thanks for the tip on your podcast to spend a Sunday in Rome at the Aqueduct Park. On a warm morning, it was a great place to relax like a local and let our kid run around!
I’m hosting my Symphonic Journey concert live this November in NC, ME, SC, SC, and AZ. Ticket information is available at www.ricksteves.com/where for all my November shows — and keep your eye on that page for more shows in March 2026, when I’ll be taking my musical tour to Grand Rapids and Detroit.
BTW, this is the kind of quality programming you’ll only find on @pbs.org — which, for some warped reason, is in our president’s DOGE crosshairs. The biggest support you can give public broadcasting right now is your voice on your congressperson’s phone: protectmypublicmedia.org/rsc-calls
You can stream the entire concert on the PBS app or watch it (along with all my TV specials) at www.ricksteves.com/tv.
I’m about to kick off a series of mini-concert posts that will take us on a musical journey across 7 European countries, plus a grand Beethoven finale & a crazy encore with me conducting. This intro clip sets up the entire concert with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra & Conductor John Morris Russell.
Special shout out to my friend Tiffany Derry’s show The Great American Recipe, and @ricksteves.bsky.social , who I got to meet this year during his book tour (which surprisingly was like a radical punk show with an epic mic drop ending—go see him live!).
It was on Normandy's beautiful beaches at the crack of dawn on June 6, 1944, that the Allies finally gained a foothold in France, and Nazi Europe began to crumble. Freedom was at risk — and to defeat Nazism, 47 nations worked together, heroically, for an ideal much greater than any one country.
Cool! @ricksteves.bsky.social, who has a lot of experience telling people where to go, is telling people to go to NoKings.org. See y'all in the streets on 6/14.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
This trip to London was inspired by @ricksteves.bsky.social. I have seen all his shows and we bought his travel guide to help plan. Love that we were able to make it happen and get the kiddo here
Happy travels!
“One takeaway from my travels is if a society wants to be safe—and that’s a reasonable need for an electorate—you’re not going to be safe by building walls,” @ricksteves.bsky.social tells VF's Eric Lutz.
Happy travels!
Hi, I’m Rick Steves — and this time, I’m stepping a little off the beaten path (and the boundaries of science...) with a few friends and fellow travelers to explore their new movie, Fountain of Youth, now streaming on Apple TV. Happy travels!
The most uninviting place I found this year in Rome: The Spanish Steps, long a romantic place for people to hang out & make the scene. These days, cops make sure no one “sits on the monument”... even though it was literally designed for sitting on. (How do you say “For crying out loud” in Italian?)
And we’re also well into filming Season 13 of “Rick Steves’ Europe” (airing this fall) and a four-hour miniseries featuring Europe’s greatest cities: London, Paris, Rome, and Istanbul (coming your way in 2026). Happy travels!
Our Rome show is still in the works, but four other specials are airing right now on public television, available on the PBS app using Passport, and streaming at www.ricksteves.com/tv: Rick Steves Iceland, Rick Steves Experiencing Europe, Rick Steves’ Europe: A Symphonic Journey & Rick Steves Poland
Let’s play “TV Producer”! You’re filming an exciting new one-hour show called “Rick Steves The Best of Rome.” Which frame is best for the opening shot? I love all the decisions, like this little puzzle, that we make on the fly to bring home “more of the best of Europe.”
Heading to Rome? A handful of the Eternal City’s most popular sights — St. Peter’s Basilica, the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, and the Trevi Fountain — have rolled out new admission procedures in hopes of smoothing out their visitor experience. Learn more: blog.ricksteves.com/insights/rom...
As Trump sets his sights on defunding @pbs.org and @npr.org, @ricksteves.bsky.social reminds us just how important public broadcasting is to all of us. Read: www.seattletimes.com/opinion/rick...
We got Rick Steves on The Simpsons! After years of trudging around places with his books and going to pizza places he recommends, I say, Thanks, Rick - you're an American travel hero.
So much good sense here from @ricksteves.bsky.social. For a relatively small investment, PBS and NPR provide benefits well beyond the obvious ones, especially to rural and disadvantaged communities. #pbs #npr #democracy
Guess who’s guest-starring on the next episode of "The Simpsons"? Tune in this Sunday, May 11, at 8pm (7pm CT) on FOX — or stream it Monday on Hulu. (Look for the episode called “Full Heart, Empty Pool.”)
Funding for public media is at risk. We need your help - visit ProtectMyPublicMedia.org to learn how you can take action.
This is a fascinating look at the region's communist history. The "two dolls" comments in the news recently reminded me of a time when a Communist government issued the same toys to each family.
That's the Contemporary History Forum in Leipzig: www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-l...
For Indie Bookstore Day, I bought a book by local hero @ricksteves.bsky.social at my local indie bookstore
The hard lessons of Germany’s dark history are speaking to us today. The message: It’s easier to lose your democracy than to regain it. Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.
Banger quote.
Over six years ago, my dear friend Kiernan Schmidt and I launched Out of Office: A Travel Podcast, and today, we’re officially 200 episodes in. Big thanks to travel icon @ricksteves.bsky.social for coming back to celebrate with us. outofofficepod.com/podcast/epis...
I’m coming up on one of those big birthdays next month…but I’m a firm believer that age only matters if you’re a cheese, and it’s never too late to have a happy childhood. @nextavenue.bsky.social wanted to get my thoughts, and Sabrina Crews did a great job with the interview:
Hi Mel! You can find my schedule here: www.ricksteves.com/about-rick/w...
Got into some good trouble on Saturday with @ricksteves.bsky.social and a thousand others in my town. This is a bipartisan resistance, so we wear purple 💜. #HandsOff #50501 #WeAreTheFlood #NoKings
To hear my take on the state of our democracy, check out my half-hour talk from Saturday here: drive.google.com/file/d/1ewaK.... (Thank you for the video, Natalie Rahn-Lane — and thanks for the photo, Kurt Kutay!)
Powerful words from Rick Steves today in Edmonds, WA: A community coming together to stand for decency, dignity, and democracy. No matter your party, these are values worth defending. Let’s keep showing up. #50501movement #NoKings #buildtheresistance #FiftyFiftyOne #HandsOff @ricksteves.bsky.social
As Jesus taught, Francis lived humbly and with a preference for the poor. Rather than exercise power for power’s sake, he was a leader who focused on mercy, caring for the marginalized, and stewardship of God’s great creation in a world of abundance. May the “People’s Pope” rest in peace. (4/4)
Francis reminded our world’s most powerful that “Love thy neighbor” has nothing to do with proximity — that we are all children of God…brothers and sisters…and suffering and need across the sea is just as real and deserving of love as suffering and need across the street. (3/4)
