"The hotel in Salzburg was comfortable, conveniently located, and had a really good breakfast; however, it was located near the train station and did not feel like a safe area.Otherwise, we felt safe throughout...."Read More
Originally we were supposed to take the Russia River Cruise with Viking, so we had to choose an alternate cruise instead. This one sounded great as it included many ports that neither my husband nor I had been to. The Transylvania add-on was also a big motivator. We enjoyed the pre-cruise stays in Bucharest and Brasov, nice hotels and great locations. Once we boarded the Rinda, thinks began to ...
We had been on Viking River cruises before and enjoyed them. This trip was no exception. We had a wonderful trip.
It was a new itinerary for Viking. Although we had been to Vienna and Budapest with Viking on previous trips - there was still a lot more to see.
The program director, Leonard Miron, was fantastic. Very knowledgeable and entertaining. Since he was originally from Romania, ...
This was our first river cruise, having been on around 35 ocean cruises. We had heard a lot of good things about a river cruise. It’s a way to see out of the way places one otherwise would never get to.
You are in Port every day. There are no “sea“ days! This is actually a really good thing, because the ship itself is extremely spartan when compared to ocean cruises. There are basically two ...
Synopsis
Good river cruise
• Marred by horribly ineptly made air arrangements
• Failure to arrange the included pickup from the arrival airport to the included hotel
• Marred by not so good onboard enrichment, but
• With top-notch food & staff
We booked our Viking River Cruise traveling from Bucharest (actually the Black Sea Port of Constanța), Rumania on the Danube River to ...
We want to express our gratitude for sharing your experience with us, DaninVictoria. Your kind words about our crew mean a lot to us. However, we are saddened to hear that the voyage did not...
Our second Viking river cruise. First was Rhine: Basel-Amsterdam. Eastern Europe is very different!
About Viking:
As expected, ship, crew, everything wonderful. Viking really has their act together. Can't say enough good things about them.
About the itinerary:
Everywhere we went, we heard the guides and the locals tell us what hell it was to live under Communism, and how they are ...
Capitals of eastern Europe was our 10th cruise with Viking and a kind of a mix bag of feelings.
It’s obvious that Viking started to cut the corners: the food was not so exquisite like before sometimes bland or overcooked, time in ports was enough just to buy one of the optional excursion (very annoying sometimes as we like to explore ourself the places we visit), the RINDA ship was old with a ...
This was our 6 cruises with Viking and it was our best trip ever. We decided to take the new itinerary “Capitals of Europe” because we never had the chance to travel to this part of Europe.
Viking Rinda it was not a very new ship and of course needed a maintenance soon as us and couple of other passengers we had problems with smelly toilets, internet and temperature in our cabin.
But the ...
We chose Viking because it has great reviews and the smaller size ship, lack of children, and smaller excursion groups appealed to us. The excursions that Viking offered were very intimate, things that would not have been possible on a larger ship or in larger tour groups.
Like a lot of other holiday travelers, we experienced issues with our luggage...we did not get it. It was no fault of ...
Our arrival on board was made with ease and we initially found our cabin excellent. We made good use of the bar and comfortable lounge area. All meals on board were excellent in selection and presentation. My wife's extremely selective vegan diet was accommodated well by the Chef and staff.
Some of the tours seemed rushed, in the sense that the guides walked too briskly. Many of us older folk ...
Having never been to Europe before, I wanted to experience it in a more intimate setting. The ship was just the right size with just the right amount of people aboard and staff on hand. The shore excursions were small and intimate and made seeing the sights even better. The attention to detail on the ship far exceeded anything that I expected. I am planning another Viking cruise in August.
We ...