Rick Steves: Exploring the hill ... Most tourists hit Andalucía's three great cities – Granada, Córdoba and Sevilla – or the Costa del Sol. ... (Ruta de los Pueblos Blanchos).

For Rick Steves, that place is Costa Rica, and it's easy to see why. It's full of sheer tropical beauty, surfing, swimming, and animal encounters, such as diving with sharks or seeing sloths up close.

European travel guru Rick Steves gets away from it all in Costa Rica, not Europe. Share story. By . Rick Steves' Europe. Tribune Content Agency. When I want to take a vacation, I don’t go to Europe.

we start in granada, enjoy nerja on the costa del sol, and finish in cordoba. SPRAWLING AT THE FOOT OF THE SNOW-CAPPED SIERRA MOUNTAINS, GRANADA IS A THRIVING CITY OF ABOUT 300,000 PEOPLE.

Costa del Sol, along the southern edge of the country in Andalucia, runs from La Línea de la Concepción to Nerja, and it's a popular destination for European tourists.

Half of Costa Rica lives in a relatively moderate climate in the central plain. But we stayed where it’s muggy to the max. On the west coast, laundry doesn’t even dry when hung in the sun.

Join Rick as he visits Sevilla, Córdoba, Granada, Costa del Sol, and Gibraltar. Join Rick as he weaves Andalucía's rich mix of culture, cuisine, history, and natural wonders into a one-hour ...

A recent transplant from Boston Massachusetts, drummer/percussionist Rick Costa has quickly become a fixture in the Southwest Florida music scene. Graduating from the University of Rhode Island with a ...