Why We Travel
In times of crisis and challenge, we ask ourselves: What is the true value of travel? Is it just hedonism...or something more powerful? After a lifetime of exploring Europe Rick Steves shares his reasons why. This special episode is a sonnet to travel — an introspective love story, set in Europe, that vividly celebrates the rewards of exploring our world and the joy that awaits those who travel.
Rick Steves, America's leading authority on European travel, returns to transport viewers to the continent's bustling cities, quaint villages and picturesque countryside.
Rick Steves' Europe Episodes

S11 Ep1107 | 25m 33s
Rick uses Ethiopia as a classroom for understanding global hunger and extreme poverty

Egypt’s Nile, Alexandria, and Luxor
S11 Ep1106 | 26m 15s
Exploring the Nile Valley from north to south, we see the highlights of Egypt.

S11 Ep1105 | 25m 2s
We visit teeming Cairo, straddling the Nile, exploring the back streets on a tuk-tuk.

S11 Ep1104 | 26m 16s
Traveling across Germany, we trace the roots of Nazism in the aftermath of World War I.

S10 Ep1001 | 25m 2s
In England we'll wander through Oxford, Cambridge, Blenheim Palace and Ironbridge Gorge.

S10 Ep1003 | 25m 2s
We'll visit Portugal's cities of Nazare, Coimbra and Porto, and savor tasty port wine

S10 Ep1004 | 25m 34s
We'll learn how to get the most out of a cruise, and look at the joys and the downsides

Greek Islands: Santorini, Mykonos and Rhodes
S10 Ep1005 | 25m 2s
Traveling to Santorini, Mykonos and Rhodes, we’ll see how cruising can help you island-hop

S10 Ep1006 | 25m 2s
Let's join the locals at Siena's Palio, Scotland’s Highland Games, Carnevale in Venice

S10 Ep1007 | 25m 2s
Celebrate with the locals in Sevilla, Paris, Pamplona, Munich, Nürnberg and the snowy Alps

S10 Ep1008 | 25m 18s
Let's enjoy Sicily's Palermo, Monreale, Agrigento, Villa Casale, Taormina, and Mt. Etna

S10 Ep1009 | 25m 1s
Let's relax in Cefalù, ponder ancient Siracusa, and fill up at a Sicilian banquet

S10 Ep1010 | 25m 2s
Let's visit Scotland’s Glencoe, Inverness, the Culloden battlefield and Loch Ness.

S10 Ep1011 | 25m 2s
We'll wander across the Isles of Iona and Skye, then set sail for Orkney’s Scapa Flow.

Egypt’s Nile, Alexandria, and Luxor
S11 Ep1106 | 26m 15s
Exploring the Nile Valley from north to south, we see the highlights of Egypt.