My husband and I just returned from our first river cruise. When deciding what to do for our 25th anniversary celebration we knew it had to be a cruise. We’ve been wanting to do a river cruise for years and since I first heard about AmaWaterways, it captured my heart. My husband knew I would love to see the Christmas markets as this is my favorite time of year, so we booked the Iconic Christmas ...
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Sail Date: December 2022
Cabin Type: Stateroom with French balcony and outside balcony
This was a great cruise that hit the highlights, allowed a good amount of free time and the ability to see many Christmas markets. Europe during the holidays has a magical charm. Viking provided 5-star service from start to finish. The cabin was well kept and always clean. The staff of the Viking Alsvin were at the end of their tour year but you would have thought it was early in the year. They ...
We chose this cruise for it's itinerary. All the stops and excursions were extremely informative and enjoyable. We viewed many cathedrals and experienced many Christmas markets. The guides on our excursions were extremely knowledgeable. The ship board food was excellent. There were t theme based dinners for the areas that we traveled to. The events on board were very engaging with the captain ...
This is our second Viking river cruise and third cruise with Viking. We took the Viking Venus above the Arctic Circle on their "In Search of The Northern Lights" cruise last year.
Of the three - we have NOT been disappointed! Viking is an amazing cruise ship company that knows how to manage people and keep nearly everyone happy. The crew of the Viking Mani were very polite and sincere ...
We have wanted to see the Christmas markets for many years and this cruise was through old East Germany on the Elbe which we thought would be interesting. We started in Prague which had a wonderful market in the main city square. After 2 nights in the Hilton (walkable to the city square) we boarded the Astrild which is a smaller river ship-98 pax- compared to the other Viking river ships. There ...
This is our fourth Viking river cruises that we have taken in Europe. We have chosen Viking because they have always exceeded our expectations on each cruise.
My saying is that the only thing we have to concern ourselves with is getting on the plane.
We purchase the Silver Spirits package and book all our optional excursions on the My Viking Journey.
We love watching Europe sail by as we ...
We had never been on a cruise before and my partner had never been to Europe. We wanted a way to see parts of Europe without having to plan much on our own and a Viking cruise seemed like the perfect way to do that. From the moment we stepped on to the boat until we left on our last day we knew that we’d made the right choice. We were treated with graciousness and made to feel like we were the ...
We have taken this same route before, only during the summer. This was the first time we have done it during the Winter/Christmas season. To say this is the best cruise we have been on would be a tragic understatement! This cruise was absolutely wonderful!
As always, Viking goes above and beyond. All our guides were native to the location we were visiting (the one in Strausburg actually lived ...
Visiting Egypt and cruising on the Nile River were definitely bucket list items for us and Viking did a great job of fulfilling that dream. We visited museums, pyramids, temples and tombs all along the Nile while having an excellent Egyptologist as our guide to provide us with intriguing details about the history and legends of the Pharaohs and their legacies. Each day brought a new insight and ...
We started in Dusseldorf (not in the options for embarkation above). The previous night the ship had been in an industrial area miles out, so I was expecting to pay for taxis, but on the day they had moved to a berth right in the heart of the old town. Here and in Cologne (where the towns are actually on the Rhine) Tauck had the prime spot to walk into town from.
Unfortunately the weather at ...