Highly recommend the Viking river cruise from Basel to Amsterdam. we were quite impressed with the new Viking ships. Food and hospitality aboard the boat was excellent The tour director , Georges, did a great job every day. Very glad that we upgraded to a Veranda Suite since it gave us a little more room. We were lucky that we [picked the trip in the direction form Basel to Amsterdam in our opinion. the trip started with more morning excursions along the small German/French cities withe more leisurely river cruising during the last 3 days. The is allowed for a less frantic ending of the trip rather than having the busier part of the trip near the end. We stayed an extra 2 days in Amsterdam which again was another positive, except that the Viking hotel was not a favorite of anyone who stayed the extra time..