I have an affinity for Bulgaria — so overlooked and underappreciated, and yet so charming in a Slavic way. In my student days I spent lots of time exploring Bulgaria and its capital city, Sofia: ...

I have an affinity for Bulgaria — so overlooked and underappreciated…and yet so charming. In my student days I spent lots of time exploring Bulgaria and its capital city Sofia, playing chess in the ...

In Rick Steves’ Sept. 4 column on Bulgaria, he states that the country barred the deportation of approximately 50,000 Bulgarian Jews to the Nazi death camps. While it is true, it is not the full story ...

If you could take a road trip with your younger self, how well do you think the two of you would get along? Would you have an admiration for each other? Would you even recognize each other? Rick ...

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. Summer travel season is ready to take off.