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Experience Europe with Rick Steves! Rick is your perfect travel partner, guiding you through his favorite European cities, villages, and off-the-beaten-path getaways. In this all-new collection of 11 Rick Steves' Europe TV shows from the 2013-2014 season, you'll marvel at some of Europe's most appealing destinations. This two-disc set includes the following shows: Venice: City of DreamsVenice and Its LagoonFlorence: Heart of the RenaissanceFlorentine Delights and Tuscan Side TripsRome: Ancient GloryRome: Baroque BrillianceRome: Back Street RichesParis: Regal and IntimateParis: Embracing Life and ArtLondon: Historic and DynamicNorth England's Lake District and Durham The DVD and Blu-ray discs are of the highest broadcast quality with closed-captioning. The format is NTSC which is standard format for North, Central, and South America. Not compatible for countries that use PAL format.
About the Author
Guidebook author and travel TV host Rick Steves is America's most respected authority on European travel. Rick took his first trip to Europe in 1969, visiting piano factories with his father, a piano importer. As an 18-year-old, Rick began traveling on his own, funding his trips by teaching piano lessons. In 1976, he started his business, Rick Steves' Europe, which has grown from a one-man operation to a company with a staff of 100 full-time, well-travelled employees at his headquarters in Washington state. There he produces more than 50 guidebooks on European travel, America's most popular travel series on public television, a weekly hour-long national public radio show, a weekly syndicated column, and free travel information available through his travel center and ricksteves.com. Rick Steves' Europe also runs a successful European tour program. Rick Steves lives and works in his hometown of Edmonds, Washington. His office window overlooks his old junior high school.
