The tranquil isle of Iona; Staffa's puffin colony; Isle of Skye's Iron Age forts, thatched crofter huts and Trotternish Peninsula; sailing to Orkney; Scapa Flow.

Rick Steves takes a look at Rome's Colosseum and Pantheon, bike rides along the Appian Way, and learns about Roman engineering.

Rick Steves checks out Bernini statues, St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, a Roman dinner, and romantic nightspots.

Rick Steves explores the Trasteve district's historic Jewish Ghetto, and the secrets of the great Roman metropolis.

Michelangelo's "David"; Botticelli's "Birth of Venus"; Ghiberti's "Gates of Paradise"; Florentine artists live and work across the Arno.

Rick Steves sets out to explore the beauty of Florentine art and culture, from the Pisa y Lucca, to a tipsy tower, and Puccini.