Rick Steves' Europe: Test Drive a Tour Guide

Test Drive a Tour Guide!

Saturday, January 17

Take a fun ‘test drive’ with Rick and his tour guides!

Liven-up your travel dreams! Join Rick Steves and his tour guides for more than a dozen fun, one-hour slideshow presentations on Europe’s top destinations for 2009. You’ll get a vivid preview of where each tour goes and all that’s included. You’ll also have time to casually chat with Rick Steves’ guides and tour alums — an opportunity you can’t get anywhere else!

It’s all free and fun — but you need to reserve your classes in advance. We look forward to seeing you! The day’s presentations are split between the Edmonds Theater and the Edmonds Center for the Arts — just 3 blocks apart in downtown Edmonds, WA.

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Edmonds Center for the Arts		Edmonds Theater
Best of Europe with Rick Steves and Rolinka Bloeming 9:00am - 10:00am From the great cities of Italy to Alpine peaks to Paris and beyond, the Best of Europe delivers the classic Grand Tour experience — in 14-day, 21-day and family versions.		Greece with Reid Coen 9:15am - 10:15am Greece offers an odyssey of time-travel thrills, from the top of the Acropolis in Athens to sun-drenched harborside villages along the Peloponnese coast.
Turkey + Istanbul with Mary Ann Cameron and Lale & Tan Aran 10:15am - 11:15am Turkey is exotic, affordable, and packed with history. And Istanbul makes a marvelous gateway to both European and Islamic culture.		Paris + Villages & Vineyards of France with Steve Smith 10:30am - 11:30am France offers travelers the best of both worlds: the sophistication of Paris and the quieter delights of its villages and vineyards.
Italian Cities with Rick Steves and Francesca Caruso 11:30am - 12:30pm Venice, Florence and Rome: come on, you know you need to see all three — on a single trip or several.		Heart of Holland + Belgium with Rolinka Bloeming 11:45am - 12:45pm The “Low Countries” walk the talk of environmental consciousness, and enjoy Europe’s greatest concentration of bicycles, beers and chocolates.
France + Paris with Steve Smith 12:45pm - 1:45pm Both Paris & the Heart of France and Paris & the South of France blend the castles, coastlines and cuisine that make visits to France simply merveilleux.		Ireland with Pat O' Connor and Stephen McPhilemy 1:00pm - 2:00pm The Emerald Isle will charm you with its rugged landscape, cozy harbors, inviting pubs and locals blessed with the gift of gab.
Italy + Sicily with Rick Steves and Francesca Caruso 2:00pm - 3:00pm Italy is best savored through repeated, refocused visits — including Sicily, South Italy, the Best of Italy, and the Heart of Italy.		England + London + Scotland with Lisa Friend 2:15pm - 3:15pm From Big Ben to bagpipes, from the moors to the Tower, Britain features some of Europe's best scenery, top museums, quaintest villages and friendliest locals — all without (much of) a language barrier.
Eastern Europe + Adriatic Coast + Prague with Ben Curtis and Etelka Pari 3:15pm - 4:15pm From Krakow to Prague to Dubrovnik, Eastern Europe feels as culturally exotic as ever, and our team of guides for the region is truly first-rate.		Scandinavia + St. Petersburg-Tallinn-Helsinki with Dave Fox and Renee Van Drent 3:30pm - 4:30pm Scandinavia is enjoying a renaissance of popularity as a destination for Americans, and the opening up of the Baltics and St. Petersburg are giving even experienced travelers new ‘wows’ they never expected.
Spain-Portugal + Barcelona-Madrid + Basque Countryside with Rick Steves and Federico Barroso 4:30pm - 5:30pm Interest in Iberia is booming, and we’re offering more ways to discover the region than ever before.		Germany-Austria-Switzerland + Berlin-Prague-Vienna with Pat O'Connor and Margaret Hemmen 4:45pm - 5:45pm Welcome to storybook Europe, filled with craggy castles, Alpine vistas, romantic art and folk tales galore...and topped off with an icy cold beer.
An Irreverent History of Rick's Tours with Rick Steves 6:30pm - 8:00pm Rick will take you back to the beginnings of his tour business 30 years ago, when he drove all the minibuses and hotel reservations were for wimps...to today’s program that takes more than 10,000 Americans through Europe each year.

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Rick Steves 2009 Tours New itineraries, Tour News, alum discounts, tour scrapbooks.