2026 Tour Schedule - Planning Very Early - Rick Steves It was our first Rick Steves tour, and it was FANTASTIC!! I know 2026 is a way off, but if you want some inspiration, please check out our digital scrapbook Adventures of the Empty Nesters - Best of Europe in 21 Days We were thrilled that our scrapbook won first place in the contest, so we are now planning for our second RS tour
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Hotel Recommendations in Paris - Rick Steves Travel Forum Rick suggested getting the larger room and we did It was worth it Hotel Beaubourg The best thing about this hotel was the location! The Pompidou was right down the street (Lots of restaurants in this area and markets to buy water and other needs ) A short walk to Hotel de Ville, Notre Dame and the river Great connections for the Metro and
Tour Company Comparison - Rick Steves Travel Forum And or with Rick Steves Tours? Where? How do the companies compare? Price, activity agenda, pace, fellow companion traveler compatibility might vary with different companies or destinations, and I wonder with what company you’d go on another tour? I am most interested in a comparison of OAT and Road Scholar for non-European international travel
Rome Hotel Recommendations - Rick Steves Travel Forum Our two favorite hotels in Rome are in the Termini area -- Sonya and Aberdeen Wife prefers Sonya -- across from Opera House - because she thinks the lattes are better than the Aberdeen If they are, it is small margin of difference We prefer the Termini area just for easy access to transit -- buses, trams Good restaurants - Target, behind Aberdeen and other good options
Azores Islands Travel Advice - 2024 Update - Rick Steves Carl, a well-established member of this forum, has maintained an extensive pdf guide to the Azores and has shared this free resource with many hundreds of travelers in the Rick Steves Travel Forum over the years His 321 (!) page guide has naturally grown into quite a job to maintain (update: now 533 pages in his second edition)
What to see and do in Bologna? - Rick Steves Travel Forum WHAT TO SEE: 1 Piazza Maggiore This is the most important Piazza in the city, the center of the civil and religious activity It contains the most famous monuments, palaces and church in Bologna: Neptune's fountain, Municipal Palace, Palace of the Whites, Basilica of San Petronio, and the Palace of the Podesta' (Mayor) 2 Torre degli Asinelli (just a short walk from Piazza Maggiore) 3