"This was our first River Cruise and the Viking Grand European Tour was wonderful.We even have plans to do another Viking Tour with a couple we met...."Read More
It was an opportunity to visit parts of the world In style, ie., quality service, excellent & tasteful cuisine, comfortable environments, etc. The variety of beautifully organized excursions at each ports provided memorable opportunities to see the sights, eat the food & meet the people.
It was to-date THE Most relaxing cruise vacation I /we have ever taken. The size of the ship & number of ...
There were two reasons we chose the Grand European Tour for our celebration - Budapest and Koblenz! My second great-grandfather Harmon Weber was born in Koblenz, moved to the US as a child and lived into his 90's and through two marriages. I loved exploring this interesting city even if I didn't know exactly where to look
As for Budapest, my Latin teacher from high school grew up in Budapest. ...
I've wanted to take a river cruise for a long time. I originally planned to take a Mediterranean cruise, but a friend expressed an interest in visiting some European countries that wouldn't have been on one of those. A neighbor had taken the Grand European Tour and highly recommended it, so we decided to take that one. We had a wonderful experience. We liked the "small ship" experience without ...
Viking has shown us before the attention to detail in providing service and comfort on their cruises. So many extras are included in the cost of their cruises. The food quality is outstanding and rooms are very comfortable. The Ocean ships and Long Ships on the Rhine are both great and smaller than the mainstream cruise lines. The amount of people allowed on Viking ships makes it easier for ...
I had been looking at the Viking Cruise - Grand European Tour for several years and compared this cruise with the larger Pacific Ocean cruises to Alaska. I found the Pacific Ocean cruises to be much more expensive and with a larger number of passengers; somewhat worrisome since COVID-19. Last year several friends took the Grand European Tour cruise and raved about their experience. They posted ...
We wanted to explore the cities and towns along the Rhine, Main and Danube rivers in as efficient a manner as possible. So, we chose a river cruise to accomplish this goal, and selected Viking because of its strong reputation, abundant and high quality choices for shore excursions, and backseat of the incentives offered at the time we booked the cruise. The food and beverages were very good and ...
This was a cruise for my wife and two of her sisters. One of them had credit and chose the Grand European and my wife and the third sister decided to join the experience. We had always wanted to do a Viking cruise and the Grand European was enticing, but we generally felt it was too long for first-timers like us. The comfort of doing it with other family members, who have all been Viking guests in ...
Everything about this cruise was terrific! All the side trips as well as the included trips were excellent.
The only side trip to Amsterdam was disappointing as we were not told ahead of time that our guide was leaving us on our own for 4 hours. The description of the trip did not state this. We were also not able to visit the Peace Palace in The Hague which would have been nice to know ...
Some of my siblings and I were on this trip together. We all were able to plan our vacations to our skills and sites and yet get together every night for a "family" dinner. We celebrated 1 birthday and 2 wedding anniversaries on the trip. The staff was exceptional, they anticipate your every need. They take such good care of you, we felt like kings and queens. And will actually miss some of them. ...
We have wanted to do a river cruise for a long time. Viking was always on the top of the list of recommendations among friends and acquaintances. We were scheduled two years ago, but Covid changed those plans twice. For this cruise in September we were concerned about air travel with the stories out there most of the summer. We were also concerned about river levels. I joined a Facebook group ...