Join us for the Heart of Portugal in 12 Days: www.ricksteves.com/tours/spain-portugal/portugal On Day 7, we visit the grand Monastery of Santa María, a symbol of Portuguese pride and its victory over Spanish domination 600 years ago. | Rick Steves' Europe

This week on the Travel with Rick Steves radio show and podcast: Tour guides from Lisbon paint audio pictures of the vivid art that colors the streets of Portugal, then a journalist and former diplomat tells of how curiosity led him to meet with healers in the jungles of Nicaragua and Belize. And travel writer Richard Grant explains how a particularly bitter Yukon winter in Dawson City inspired Jack London to write one of his most famous tales of the North. Plus, Rick's in-house art expert gives