Granada, Córdoba, and Sevilla – or the Costa del Sol. But for something more authentic, I like exploring the region’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Television host and travel guidebook author Rick Steves in Bern, Switzerland. (Courtesy of Rick Steves) On Feb. 23, Rick Steves ...

You can blame my Norwegian heritage, but I'm not so hot on the Swedish countryside. Even so, you can't say you've seen Sweden if you've only been to Stockholm. Rural Sweden—especially the province of ...

Italy's Cinque Terre is comprised of villages featuring plenty of the attributes that make Italy so special. Cinque Terre is bursting with color as narrow, winding streets lined with rustic buildings ...

Sandra Mears refused to believe the Lynnwood Hygiene Center would close, even as she planned its goodbye party. Around 700 unsheltered people in south Snohomish County relied on the center for hot ...

The Seattle Times’ Project Homeless is supported by Campion Foundation, Raikes Foundation and Seattle Foundation. The Seattle Times maintains editorial control over Project Homeless content. Sandra ...

Rick Steves, the popular TV travel guide host and writer, has pledged to keep open a Seattle-area community hygiene center that was set to close this month. In November, the Jean Kim Foundation said ...

An anonymous donor stepped in last month to save a Seattle-area community center that was slated to close. Last week, community members learned that the new owner was travel writer and TV host Rick ...

LYNNWOOD, Wash. — A Lynnwood facility that provides free daily showers and restrooms for people experiencing homelessness has been saved from closing, thanks to travel writer and TV host Rick Steves, ...