Europe - Eastern Mediterranean Cruise Reviews

This was my first ever cruise. I didn't know what to expect. While I suspect my experience my be different from the average, as I sailed during the height of the pandemic, Viking made the experience exceptional. From the moment I was brought on board, the staff was so professional, friendly, and attentive. The cabins were always kept spotless, and our cabin steward was always around and ...

We actually boarded the world cruise on December 24th in Fort Lauderdale. Cruise Critic did not allow us to pick that as our sailinh date. In regard to embarkation, I gave it a 3 star rating because the CDC got in the way of Viking's amazing COVID screening process. As a matter of fact, the CDC exposed us to a greater risk of COVID because they interfered with their own testing process. ...

We booked our first ever world cruise in June 2019 to sail in January 2021. That cruise was canceled because of covid, but we took the 125% and rebooked for 2022. It had our dream itinerary, going from LA to Australia, New Zealand, etc. Many itinerary changes were made over the months to come, but the day before we were to embark, we learned that we would be sailing to South America and the Far ...

Viking took extreme care of us with their Covid protocols. The crew at Viking are exceptional across the board and treated us like family, top professionals all. The Viking Star always immaculate and luxurious, perfect size for a World Cruise......five star. Restaurants, cafes, room service are amazing, kudos to all chefs and galley staff and service. Excursion Team provided phenomenal ...

After much consideration of the challenges that may get in our way (e.g. Omicron surge, testing requirements, masking, airline restrictions), we are so glad that we took this cruise and it lived up to our expectations. My husband and I, along with our adult son and his girlfriend booked this cruise last summer when Viking was offering deals upon reopening the World, we were looking for a holiday ...

We decided to take it as we usually spend the holidays all by ourselves as our children have families of their own. Two dear friends were with us. Starting in Athens, we wound our way around the northern mediterranean seeing many great new sights. Ending in Barcelona, which was a treat, so much to see. We already have a similar voyage this summer, going out of Venice, then around the islands ...

This wonderful Viking cruise was over Christmas and New Year's. We began by sailing down the west coast of Italy down the Amalfi coast to Sicily. The people on the Sky were wonderful. The ship was decorated beautifully with Christmas trees, gingerbread houses, sparkling lights and all. Then we sailed to Greek islands and Athens and Ephesus and Turkish delights. It was a trip of a lifetime. My ...

We had been on several large ocean cruises before and to be honest I hated all of them due to the number of people, kids running crazy and unsupervised, loud casinos, photographers forcing me to take pictures I didn't want and the mediocre food. So I was very hesitant to book another ocean cruise. However, we took a Viking River Cruise and loved it so we thought lets try the ocean cruise. Free ...

We had travelled to Greece and Turkey before but there were several new ports for us to see as well as side trips that we had not done before. We loved the experiences with the archaelogical sites, the mythological and the religious and historical sites of Corinth and Ephesus (to which we had been before). Ephesus rates as one of our top five sites we have enjoyed travelling to. The ability of ...

Having long heard and read about Viking, I booked their odyssey to Greece, which I had wanted to visit since glimpsing the Acropolis on a page in my 7th-grade geography textbook. For a year I imagined gliding along the blue waves of the Aegean, walking in the shadow of the Parthenon and gazing out from a cafe perched on the isle of Santorini. Viking turned out to be everything I hoped it would ...