My husband and I travelled on the brand new Viking Embla from Budapest to Nuremberg at the end of July, 2012. This is Viking`s Romantic Danube tour.

We had arranged our own 4-night stay in Budapest, before the cruise, and our package from Viking allowed for this and through them we had arranged the flight from our local international airport for a very reasonable additional charge. This made the package particularly attractive as it saved us from a 2.5hr drive to Luton. Instead a 15 min taxi ride to and from our local airport.

Upon arrival in our taxi on the embarkation day, Viking crew (all in red to match) were there to offer us a greeting and a warm welcome and were collecting the luggage up and smartly delivering it to our cabin (we later realized they were to be our very own waiters) Read more