1 of 2 | These massive harbor walls — lined with cannons — held off 40,000 Ottoman soldiers during the siege of Malta in 1565. (Rick Steves / Rick Steves’ Europe) ...

Rick Steves, mild-mannered travel expert, wants to radicalize you The guy who got "filthy rich" off helping American tourists travel without fear still refuses to sell out ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with travel writer and host Rick Steves about "overtourism" — when some locales prove too popular — and how not contribute to it.

“On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer,” features photographs, a foldout map and reproductions of journal pages.