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Rick Steves

Born

in Edmonds, Washington, The United States

May 10, 1955

Website

http://www.ricksteves.com/

Genre

Travel, Nonfiction

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Richard "Rick" Steves is an American author and television personality on European travel. He is the host of a public television series, and a public radio travel show, and the author of many travel guidebooks and autobiographies. ...more

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Comrades No More: Thoughts on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Today is a profoundly sad day. Russia’s aggressive action is heartbreaking for the death, suffering, and economic turmoil it will cause in Ukraine and, indirectly at least, beyond. Here at Rick Steves’ Europe, we hope that a diplomatic solution can be found and peace will return to that fragile and long-suffering part of our world.

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Rick Steves’s books

Average rating: 4.29 · 48,065 ratings · 3,650 reviews · 547 distinct works • Similar authors

	Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door 4.27 avg rating — 5,531 ratings — published 1982 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rick Steves' Travel As a Political Act 4.09 avg rating — 3,810 ratings — published 2009 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rick Steves' Italy 2007 4.43 avg rating — 2,872 ratings — published 1995 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rick Steves' Paris 2007 4.36 avg rating — 2,088 ratings — published 2000 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer 3.94 avg rating — 2,184 ratings — published 2025 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rick Steves Ireland 2018 4.32 avg rating — 1,671 ratings — published 2001 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rick Steves' London 2007 by Rick Steves, Gene Openshaw 4.36 avg rating — 1,461 ratings — published 2008 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rick Steves Rome by Rick Steves, Gene Openshaw 4.43 avg rating — 1,150 ratings — published 2000 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories 4.13 avg rating — 1,213 ratings — published 2020 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rick Steves Spain 2018 4.30 avg rating — 1,052 ratings — published 2004 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Self-consciousness kills communication.”
― Rick Steves

tags: advice, communication, confidence, self-consciousness, speech, travel

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“Be fanatically positive and militantly optimistic. If something is not to your liking, change your liking.”
― Rick Steves

tags: optimism, positivity

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“I would like travelers, especially American travelers, to travel in a way that broadens their perspective, because I think Americans tend to be some of the most ethnocentric people on the planet. It's not just Americans, it's the big countries. It's the biggest countries that tend to be ethnocentric or ugly. There are ugly Russians, ugly Germans, ugly Japanese and ugly Americans. You don't find ugly Belgians or ugly Bulgarians, they're just too small to think the world is their norm.”
― Rick Steves

tags: travel

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