Global Picks
Rick Steves’ Surprising Choices
for World Travel
Best mode of travel
“Seat of my pants. Actually, taxi, airplane or
bicycle — whatever is most efficient at the time.”
Two countries he’s
crazy about
Bali and Thailand. “Bouncing cross-country in Thailand in
a Jeep with no windshield, with bugs bouncing off your teeth, with guys
out of a Star Wars bar scene — that’s travel.”
Where he would take his
next tour, if he had the choice
“Personally, I like traveling in Russia,
but it’s hard to get my readership to go along.”
Country with most interesting
cuisine
“Japan. Every few hours, I take a dipstick to see if I have any
more room for the great food.”
Best way to tell a great local restaurant
from a tourist mecca
“The local restaurant has a handwritten menu in the
local language and just a few items, market-fresh. Locals are sitting
there, not tourists.”
Best way to tell a great hotel
“It’s family-run,
centrally located and doesn’t cost too much. Don’t spend your money on
a fancy hotel. The next day, with the money you saved, you can hire a
private guide to show you around, and you’ll get a great education.”
Best
times on a Europe Through the Back Door tour
“On Sundays, I would cultivate
and encourage times to be quiet together and reflect on what it meant
to be in a different part of the world. I called it Back Door Fellowship.
I’d encourage my staff to allow time for that on their tours as well.
People appreciated that. It kept the tours from becoming superficial.”
Three
places he would like to know more about
Budapest, Poland and Nicaragua. “These
places would offer me a steep learning curve.”
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