Insanely extravagant, these palaces were primarily built by kings or bankers and financiers from the courts of the kings.

Vaux-le-Vicomte was the home of Nicolas Fouquet, France’s finance minister during the reign ... This article is used with the ...

When is the best time to visit southern France? Travel expert Rick Steves knows the best month to avoid the crowds and ...

Our goal: to learn from the hard lessons of 20th-century Europe, and to recognize that ideology in the 21st century. Rick Steves Special: The Story of Fascism in Europe 1/60 released on September ...

However, multiple destinations and former hidden gems around Europe ... Rick Steves is credited would have been discovered ...

Today, after decades of being nearly devoured by persistent “wall-peckers,” little remains of the grandest souvenir of Cold ...

Although little remains of the grandest souvenir of Cold War Berlin, you can retrace its history in the Berlin Wall Memorial.

Steves got his diagnosis while filming the 13 th season of his series Rick Steves' Europe. Like travel, he wanted to look at everything as an opportunity and not a setback. "I look at things ...

If 2016 was a shock, at least this time Europe has been trying to prepare. Senior EU officials have been meeting daily since the spring, while national capitals have been doing their own wargaming.

PARIS — European nations will have to make up for the United States' potential disengagement from Europe's security after NATO-skeptic ... top ministers from France and Germany said Wednesday. "With ...

Located close to the French border, San Sebastian offers the chance to have a foothold in two of Europe’s most important countries. The Basque Country — both in Spain and France — has a very ...

The tallies displayed on the bar’s window on a chilly Wednesday morning were another reminder of Donald Trump’s decisive victory — with uncertain consequences for France and Europe.