Viking Ocean Rome (Civitavecchia) Cruise Reviews

We have sailed on Viking twice before. Once on a river cruise and one ocean. Both times before were much better than this cruise. The ship was nearly full, but staffing seemed a little light. The cruise director was missing, not sure why and the assistant director seemed like she was doing the minimum required. Maybe caught off guard? Also, used to the Captain speaking more, and that was not ...

Everything on this trip was very safe and very clean. The staff is top notch. Every cabin has a veranda, which is very nice. We would have liked more different meals at the main restaurant. Also, would liked to have even one meal at the specialty restaurant. These were not available to the least expensive (but still not cheap) tickets. The tour of the Cordoba Marble quarry was really ...

This was our 4th try at a Viking cruise due to previous cancellations during COVID. We have taken their river cruise on the Seine and decided to try the Mediterranean ocean cruise. We booked our air through Viking and were scheduled on Delta. Unfortunately Delta cancelled the JFK to Rome flight the day of, and we were unable to reach Rome on time to embark the ship, a Viking agent helpfully ...

We were invited to join good friends who had made multiple cruises on Viking. We were not disappointed. The service was consistently top notch, the food was excellent and appealing, the itinerary was worthwhile, and our ship was clean and as safe as possible in these times. We found our room to be comfortable and reasonably spacious for an ocean accommodation. There was plenty to do on the ship. ...

This was our second Viking ocean cruise, two weeks from Civitavecchia to Piraeus via the Adriatic. Viking reps met us right by the luggage carousels at Rome airport but embarkation was slowed down by health screening at the quay. Our departure transfer was at a civilised 9.45 am though still dropped us at Athens airport 1½ hours before our check-in opened. Along with ships’ modern Nordic ...

This was our second Viking Cruise. Our last was a river cruise in Russia in 2019. We were not sure what to expect due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the heightened controls and procedures that were being implemented at the time of our cruise. Viking made it feel as seamless as possible. The ship was beautiful. It felt very clean and the protocols that were in place were mildly restricting, however ...

We have always heard about Viking and how good a company it is. We are not big cruisers but thoroughly enjoyed this trip. My only, and small, complaint was that on disembarkation and travel to the cruise terminal, we were just directed to go places without an explanation of what we were doing. There is some anxiety involved in travel and not knowing the purpose of our leaving the bus and then ...

We wanted to go to Italy to visit my spouse's ancestral home, so we booked the Italian Sojourn on Viking and included a pre-package that allowed us to go to the village. This trip was while Viking and Italy had strict Covid policies. Viking did everything they could to make us safe and comfortable in dealing with the restrictions during the pre-package, cruise and post-package to Verona and Lake ...

We took this cruise to fulfill a bucket list item. We committed a year prior to the cruise, and planned all the port explorations during that time. Covid was just beginning to lift, so there were many conflicting requirements between the airports, the airlines, the hotel and the cruise company. There were ample cruise staff to help interpret the requirements, and to get us through the ordeal. ...

This cruise was originally called: "Cities of Antiquity & The Holy Land" and was renamed merely "Cities of Antiquity" after Israel and Cyprus were removed from the itinerary. We had a wonderful time and saw some truly remarkable sites. The ports of Pompeii, Heraklion, Rhodes, Malta, Turkey, Athens, and Santorini were beautiful and filled with so much history. Boarding We flew into Rome, ...