The Italian island of Sicily is – perhaps more than any corner of Europe – a layer cake of civilizations. On one island, visitors can marvel at a well-preserved Greek temple, admire the glittering ...

This tour of Sicilian highlights starts in Palermo, where we'll sing with the merchants in the markets, join locals in their passeggiata, drop in on a contessa, and marvel at the Romanesque cathedral ...

Rick Steves makes no secret of his love for Sicily. He believes the island has some of Italy's best food and adores the colorful towns bursting with life. It feels like Sicily has everything it takes ...

It may lack the Botticellis, Guccis and touristic icons of Venice, Florence or Rome, but Sicily still packs a punch. This island, which is a little smaller than Massachusetts, is home to some of ...

In Palermo we'll sing with merchants, drop in on a contessa, and join in the passeggiata. Then we'll sip wine near Mount Etna, ponder Greek and Roman relics, and relax in Taormina. Rick Steves' Europe ...

Jabbing his pole like a one-pronged pitchfork into the slow red river of rock, the ashtray salesman pulled out a wad of hot lava. I scrambled back as he swung it by me and plopped it into a mold. His ...

Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS App and YouTube America's favorite travel guide returns to transport viewers to Europe's cities, villages and countryside.

Wichitans Sonia Greteman and Chris Brunner have been on a tour through a company operated by travel writer Rick Steves previously, so they knew what to expect when they signed up for an April trip to ...