Common Sense Media Review
By Melissa Camacho
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Popular travel guide offers up history and practical tips.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 8+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Watch
What's the Story?
RICK STEVES' EUROPE follows well-known travel writer Rick Steves as he travels the European continent and offers viewers information and advice about enjoying the best it has to offer. Each episode follows the host in a different country, region, city, or village in Europe, where he shares historical background about some of the local attractions. He also offers handy travel trips and specific hotel, dining, and sightseeing recommendations.
Is It Any Good?
The series offers an interesting look at some of Europe's top destinations through the eyes of its articulate host. Steves' descriptions often take on a poetic quality as he describes some of each area's works of art, parks, and churches. The show is a promotional vehicle for Steves' many guidebooks, and many of his recommendations are obvious endorsements of local businesses. But that's appropriate within the context of a travel guide show, and it's not jarring within the series' gentle, positive take on Europe, which is both informative and helpful.
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TV Details
- Premiere date : April 1, 1991
- Cast : Rick Steves
- Network : PBS
- Genre : Reality TV
- TV rating :
- Last updated : September 20, 2019
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