Rick Steves’ worst and best picks of Europe spark online reader revolt at the Seattle Times


Skift Take

You have to love it when a cherished travel writer gets blunt, like in this assessment of Scotland: "It's so boring that the Romans decided to block it off with Hadrian's Wall."

A recent online version of Rick Steves' column with his "don't-go" advice on some of the worst places in Europe (as well as the best), was one of the most-read stories at seattletimes.com for more than four days running. Readers weighed in, arguing over his advice and naming and defendin