This week on the Travel with Rick Steves radio show: Learn about the societal roles and everyday lives of the women of Pompeii. Then get recommendations from a Greek tour guide for some islands that should be on your radar for your next visit. And take a walk on the Emerald Isle's weird side with a local collector of all things offbeat, outlandish, and delightfully Irish. Find your local station, subscribe to the podcast, or listen online at ricksteves.com/radio. #RickSteves #RickStevesEurope #K

The Rick Steves Athens & the Heart of Greece tour is an odyssey of time-travel thrills, from Athens' majestic Acropolis to the must-see ancient sites of Delphi, Olympia, Epidavros, and Mycenae. With knowledge and a nudge from your Rick Steves guide, you'll walk among marble monuments where Plato pondered, splash in the turquoise Aegean where Odysseus sailed, gaze up at god-dwelling mountains, sample family-crafted olives and wines — and maybe learn to play backgammon at a whitewashed taverna on

Welcome to Greece! On Day 2 of the Athens & the Heart of Greece in 14 Days Tour, we explore the oldest district in Athens — the Plaka. Take a peek at the neighborhood in this clip from Rick Steves’ Europe — and check out our full tour itinerary at www.ricksteves.com/tours/greece-turkey/greece. | Rick Steves' Europe

Our Athens & the Heart of Greece in 14 Days tour is an odyssey of time-travel thrills, from Athens' majestic Acropolis to the must-see ancient sites of Delphi, Olympia, Epidavros, and Mycenae. With knowledge and a nudge from your Rick Steves guide, you'll walk among marble monuments where Plato pondered, splash in the turquoise Aegean where Odysseus sailed, gaze up at god-dwelling mountains, sample family-crafted olives and wines — and maybe learn to play backgammon at a whitewashed taverna on t

We encourage our guides to work with us in finding fun experiences for our groups. We’ll see the great art, of course, but we can make art as well (as you’ll see tour guide Angelos from Athens demonstrate). Anna Piperato (Siena & Italy Tours with Anna), one of our lead guides from Siena, introduced us to her friend Caterina Balletti, who has a “flash art” studio in Florence (Caterina Balletti Flash Art). The visit costs about $100 for the entire group, it comes with Prosecco, and a couple of tou

Watch Now: Monday Night Travel — Food Tours Across Europe with Rick Steves Last night, 7,000 households joined my big Monday Night Travel party — and together, we savored my favorite food-tour moments on a nibble-fest across Europe. Munching our way from Lisbon to Athens to Reykjavik was a lot of fun. But if you missed the party, you can still pour yourself some Ouzo (licorice-flavored Greek firewater) and enjoy the recording right here — or check out this (and other past MNT events) anytime at