St. Petersburg to Europe - River Cruise Viking Akun Reviews

I've always wanted to go to St. Petersburg. The rest of the itinerary just made the whole experience better. The ports of call were all interesting and fascinating. The staff and service were all just excellent as was our stateroom and the meals on board. A very important aspect of this trip, is that my husband and I are gay. I approached the trip with a little apprehension. Small boat, we ...

We took the optional Helsinki stays and enjoyed our exploration of the city and its sights. I especially wanted to do this add on, as we then traveled by train from Helsinki to St. Petersburg. Enjoyed seeing the countryside of Finland and our crossover into Russia. We had no Viking Rep with us on the train, but we told what to expect and our border crossing went smoothly. No problem with ...

After watching the Viking Waterways of the Tsars video, I saw how beautiful Russia was & we decided that trip would have to be our second Viking River Cruise. We were not disappointed. Russia is as beautiful & friendly as Viking makes it look. We booked our flights through Viking & they were acceptable. Learning from our first cruise, we opted to pay extra to change our return flights so ...

The experience itself was very good but the trouble I have had dealing with Viking administration before the cruise and then afterwards because I had an injury onboard and having to file a claim has been incredibly difficult. Because of their indifference to matters of this nature I would be very careful of dealing with Viking again! The ship was clean and housekeeping was excellent. The ...

I wanted to see Russia while I still can. It was amazing, a lot different than we thought it would be. Everything was very clean and safe. Except for a weather problem due to the date that we cruised(ice on the lake), everything proceeded without a hitch. The tour guides that accompanied us the ship were very knowledgeable and as were the local guides. The disparity between urban and rural is ...