Viking River cruises offer vacations along the rivers of Europe, Russia and China. With these floating hotels, you will find European Viking river cruises offer a mode of transportation that gives you the ability to explore fascinating destinations up close and in comfort.
Viking River Cruises are all-inclusive vacations include roundtrip air, cruises, shore tours with English-speaking guides, deluxe river-view cabins and gourmet meals.
Viking River Cruises
Better than an ocean cruise or bus tour, you'll find Viking Russian River cruises and Russian River cruises offer you the vacation of a lifetime, showing you the best of your destination from cosmopolitan cities to quaint villages.
Onboard Activities and Amenities
Europe, all meals aboard are prepared by European chefs and consist of European-style food adjusted for Americans. In China, Western European hotel management oversees all aspects of your dining experience, and they ensure your meals onboard and ashore meet high standards of quality and choice.
Generally, breakfast is a substantial America-style buffet. Lunch offerings are generally lighter and may include soup, salad, sandwich bar and/or a pasta dish, choice of entree and dessert. Dinner is a multi-course meal with a selection of entrees.
In China, you will have a number of Western lunches and dinners as well as some that will be Chinese cuisine served family-style. Many tours, both in China and Europe Viking River cruise tours, include one or more festive meals featuring regional specialties.
All of the ship rooms include private bathrooms with showers and air conditioning/heat. All rooms on ships in China have balconies. Most ships have hotel-style beds and windows that open. All ships in Western Europe and China have in-room televisions with English language programming. Russian and Ukrainian ships have a public color television and a supply of movie videos. All ships have in-room phones for calling cabin-to-cabin; cabin phones on European can also dial outside the ship. Hairdryers and in-room safes are also provided on most ships.
Destinations & Itineraries
In Europe you can travel on an unforgettable journey along legendary rivers, winding from the North Sea through the heart of Europe to the Black Sea. You will enjoy the natural wonders like the beautiful Wachau Valley and the engineering marvel of the Main-Danube Canal. Hilltop castles, lush vineyards and gorgeous countryside are right outside your ship's windows.
China is an exciting cruise and vacation destination, and the company brings its outstanding hotel and cruise management expertise to Asia, giving travelers a wonderful vacation option on the Yangtze.
The line is also the only Western company to own and operate ships in Russia. With their experience in Europe and China, they excel at knowing how to give you an authentic experience Viking Russian River cruise. On your journey you can see Moscow’s legendary onion domes to the beautiful canals of St. Petersburg; or sail on the Dnieper River through exotic Ukraine, and discover the ancient traditions and learn more about these distinct cultures.
