It's also home to what Rick Steves notes as the "Land's End of Europe ... Praia da Luz, and Salema. Burgau in particular has excellent beaches, as well as stunning, whitewashed buildings ...

How to be a “good” tourist, gain a global perspective, and truly explore other ways of living were among the topics highlighted.

(In this exclusive excerpt from Rick Steves’ “On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer,” Steves leaves his friend Gene Openshaw at a hotel to recover from ...