A long distance hike in Europe can offer more than just getting away from it all.

Coming up, Cassandra Overby helps you gear up for exploring one of the historical footpaths of Europe.

It's actually about bringing people to the very best of civilization, the very best of history.

Ancient Greece is fascinating, but so is getting acquainted with today's Greece.

Guides from Athens tell us how much their city has improved with a youthful new energy.

We do have a history, but those of us growing up and living in Greece, we also wish and hope for the future.

And Christopher Woods recommends his favorite contemporary gardens around the world,

but be foremorned about what you'll find in Dubai's miracle garden.

Peacocks made out of Ptoenias and kind of Swiss village

made out of geraniums,

and it gets millions of visitors per year.

Get ready to walk across Europe and explore new frontiers in public gardens and in Greece

in the hour ahead.

It's Travel with Rick Steeves.

The Victorians left us some lovely gardens to enjoy, but Christopher Woods lets us in on some exciting new trends in landscaping and garden parks that we can explore around the world.

That's a bit later in the hour on today's travel with Rick

steves. Plus guides from Athens update us on the atmosphere in the Greek

capital. They'll recommend neighborhoods to explore where a youthful can-do

attitude is helping revive the Greek economy.

First, Cassandra Overby is back with more practical advice for planning a cultural hiking adventure on historic walking routes across Europe.

Thanks for joining us, Cassandra.

Thanks so much for having me.

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