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Rick Steves' Europe
Rick Steves Art of Ancient Rome
The Romans gave Europe its first taste of a common culture, and awe-inspiring art. From its groundbreaking architecture to its statues, mosaics, and frescos, Rome engineered bigger and better than anyone before. At its peak, the Roman Empire was a society of unprecedented luxury, with colossal arenas for entertaining the masses and giant monuments to egotistical emperors. And then it fell.
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The half-timbered charm of Rouen, Monet's lily ponds, Honfleur's harbor, Mont. St. Michel
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Castile sparkles with Roman Segovia, walled Avila, student-filled Salamanca, holy Toledo!
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Madrid's lavish Royal Palace, flamenco dancers, El Escorial and the Valley of the Fallen
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If Heidi is alive, she's in this sky-high corner of the Swiss Alps on breathtaking ridges.
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In Munich, where locals specialize in good living, we visit boisterous markets
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Cruising the Rhine River, we dodge riverboat traffic and the legendary siren, Lorelei.
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We find the story of Ireland strewn along its fascinating south coast
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Dublin's story is of feast and famine: from its 18th-century Golden Age to today