Rick’s Summer Vacation Trip Report: Venice, the Dolomites, and the Cinque Terre
Enjoy our live Monday Night Travel party with this video recorded on September 15, 2025. Rick, just back from his annual vacation in the Alps, r...
Rick’s Resources: Italy
For your Best of Italy tour, we've curated this collection of Rick Steves' Europe videos, articles, and radio interviews to help you get your tour ...
Visiting Antarctica; The Journeys of Trees; Italy's Northern Lakes
A travel writer shares how a trip to Antarctica helped him see that continent through the eyes of the early polar explorers. Then a reporter focuse...
Monet's Passion; The French House; Marrying Into Italy
Listen in as an artist who helped restore Monet's gardens explains why the French painter first created these colorful gardens at his house outside...
Ciao from Rick: Italy’s Parade of Travel Thrills
Last month, I took a different type of trip to Europe. I wasn't updating my guidebooks, filming a public television show, or hopping on a Rick Stev...
Lake Como
Hello… Planning to be at Lake Como visiting Bellagio, Ravenna, Como, etc. on the Fall. I would love to meet some travelers for a bite to eat, and...
Lake Como
We are planning a trip to Lake Como Sept. 2025 for 4 nights as part of a longer trip. I am looking at Bellagio, Varenna or Menaggio as base and vis...
Lake Como
My wife and I are planning to go to Lake Como next September and staying in Varenna. I'm looking for day trip suggestions. So far I'm looking at ...
Lake Como
Im looking to go to Lake Como next May & I'm looking for suggestions where to stay. I'm traveling with 5 people & having to get 3 hotel roo...
Lake Como or Lake Garda?
We have never been to either Lake Como or Lake Garda, and are trying to decide which one to visit. We only have time to visit one of them. Suggesti...
Lake Como to Ortesei
Looking at the tail end of our trip in late spring; we will be getting to Stresa by train from Bologna and staying in Stresa on Lake Maggiore for 3...
Lake Como accommodations
I am planning a trip to the Lake Como area next summer in late August. We will be landing in Milan and plan on taking a train to wherever we stay....
Lake Como to Vienna
My wife and I are planning a trip for a wedding in early October, and we need to end in Vienna. I wanted to (and posted about) starting the trip i...
Lake Como in November
Hello my favorite travel hive. My wife and I are traveling to Milan along with Venice, and Piedmont this November. Just curious if anyone has visit...
Milan to Lake Como
Hi there, I would like to go to Lake Como while i am in Milan next month. Is it doable if i only have 1 day to spend in lake Como. Any suggestions ...