Barcelona to Europe - Eastern Mediterranean Viking Ocean Viking Sea Cruise Reviews

We chose the Mediterranean Odyssey because we had never travelled to the Med area and wanted to experience this part of the world. Our hope was to explore a variety of locations and get an overview idea of where we might want to travel for more concentrated exploration of history, culture and people. This cruise did give us a wonderful opportunity to visit 5 countries and see amazing beauty and ...

This cruise had a good mix of ports throughout the Mediterranean and Adriatic seas. I had never been to Europe before and this cruise gave me a good overview of many cities. We later took a river cruise so that between the two cruises I saw the majority of what I wanted to see in Europe. The ship was very spacious and clean. It was very nice having a maximum of 950 passengers - that made it ...

Collectively, my wife and I have been on over 40 cruises and this was our favorite. The Paul Gauguin's itinerary - Society and Cook Islands - was arguably a bit better (hey, we're talking the South Seas!), but for overall service, food, layout and ambiance, the Viking Sea wins. The ship itself is a dream. It's beautiful - outside and in. The clean lines and sharp bow make it a very pretty ...

We had taken the Grand European river cruise with Viking and thought the quality of the vessel, the staff, the excursions, and food were such that we thought Viking would be the best for our ocean cruise. Although the cost initially appeared higher than other cruises lines, we compared what we got for the money with Viking versus other lines and stayed with Viking. I would suggest Viking make a ...