To get in touch with the civilizations that came before us, for thousands of years,

there's no better place than to be along Turkey's Aegean coast.

It's like the layers of a baklava, monhistorical level, on top of historical level.

Coming up, expert guides recommend city and backroad adventures designed to stoke your spirit.

In Italy, try a walk around Florence after dark.

Because if you want to do a night walk of Florence

when most of the crowds are gone,

that's, in my opinion, the best time of the day.

It's a living museum.

And in Denmark, there are plenty of day trips

and small town options beyond Copenhagen.

Places to help you relax and enjoy the moment Danish style.

These are small harbor towns where you can buy fresh fish, sit on a bench, grab a picnic lunch.

That's a very Danish thing to do.

Stick around for the hour ahead as we chill out in Western Turkey, Tuscany, and Denmark.

It's Travel with Rick Steves.

It's been ranked as the second happiest country in the world since 2019 by the World Happiness Index.

In just a bit, guides from Denmark recommend how you can get a taste of the modest good life

the Danes enjoy in the cozy coastal towns and countryside beyond the capital city of Copenhagen.

And guides from Italy offer their advice for savoring the idyllic landscapes of Tuscany,

both in historic Florence and in their favorite medieval hilltop towns.

Let's open today's travel with Rick Steves along the western coast of Turkey.

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