Euro-centric travel company offers tips and trips.

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In Short
Get all your European vacation questions answered by the well-traveled staff at Europe Through the Back Door, a service-oriented travel center. Started in 1976 by guidebook author Rick Steves, the company runs 160 trips to the Old World each year, centered around Steves' budget-minded, connect-with-the-locals philosophy. Inside a brick building sprouting gargoyles energetic staffers help visitors book tours or select railpasses. Watch travel videos or browse the library--packed with over 800 travel books, maps and magazines.