The sidewalk along the Aare River is congested with wet and happy Swiss, hiking upstream in swimsuits just to float back into town. I join them – marveling at how this exercise brings out the silly in ...

Switzerland is one of Europe's most stunningly beautiful countries, and according to travel guide author and TV host Rick Steves, it's also home to the best scenic train rides on the continent. If you ...

One of the best things about travel guru Rick Steves is that he doesn't just spotlight the best places to visit in Europe or Asia. He also loves to spread local insider knowledge that you don't often ...

Tune in at 7 p.m. on Monday, July 28 for an evening of travel inspiration with Rick Steves—featuring expert tips, alpine adventures, live studio broadcasts, local hosts, and your first chance to get ...

I learned to respect the power of nature in the shadow of Switzerland’s towering Jungfrau, just south of Interlaken in the Lauterbrunnen Valley. Avalanches are a part of life here — where humble yet ...

I’m high in the Swiss Alps in a tiny mountain hut on a perch called Ebenalp. Here, a spry grandpa in a sweater as worn as his face pulls a wide-eyed child onto his lap to teach him to drum with old ...

Pretty, pristine, and lakeside, and at the foot of a towering hulk of a mountain, Luzern has long been Switzerland’s tourism capital. Since the Romantic era in the 19th century, it’s been a regular ...

Two centuries ago, there were dozens of independent states in the part of Europe that was German-speaking. Today, there are only four: Germany, Austria, Switzerland … and Liechtenstein. I like the way ...

Gimmelwald set amid the grandeur of the Bernese Oberland, remains pleasantly stuck in the past. There’s nothing but air between Gimmelwald and the rock face of the Jungfrau three and a half miles away ...

Two centuries ago, there were dozens of independent states in the part of Europe that was German-speaking. Today, there are only four: Germany, Austria, Switzerland … and Liechtenstein. I like the way ...