Viking River Cruises

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Viking Cruises

Viking provides good itineraries—a great value.

A Viking journey includes:

  • ExceptionalAccommodations

  • AttentiveService

  • Enriching Daily Shore Excursions

  • Engaging Cultural Enrichment

  • All Onboard Meals

  • Complimentary wine, beer & soft drinks with lunch & dinner

  • Free onboard internet service

  • Has 64 ships deployed in Europe by my count. 54 are longships (135 m or 443 ft) & carry 190 passengers.

  • Has over 25 % of all river cruises ships in Europe.

  • Heavy advertising campaign—brand is most well known river cruise company. 

Viking Fleet

By my count Viking has 54 Longships in Europe. They have 4 Douro River Cruise Ships, 2 Elbe Ships and 4 ships on the seine. They plan on adding 5 longships in 2025 and another 5 in 2026.

Viking Longships

Use This to Take a Ship Tour of viking longships

 
 
Viking Longships


Europe Sailing Routes (16 of 18 Completed)

(Excluding the Elbe River and 6 Christmas Routes)

Learn About The Day To Day Routes By Clicking On The Button

We Do Not Recommend the Elbe River Due to Frequent Low Water Situations and as of 9/11/24 All Elbe River routes in Dresden are shut down due to a Collasped Bridge

Dutch And Belgium Waterways (2 Cruises)

Amsterdam Canal

 
 
 
 
Holland and Belgium

Amsterdam to Antwerp 10 Days

Amsterdam to Antwerp 10 Days


Painting show the fight for the Bridge Too Far in Arhem, Netherlands in the Airborne Museum in Arnhem

 
Tulips and Windmills

Amsterdam Roundtrip 10 Days


The Rhine, Main And Moselle (7 Cruises)

American Cemetery, outside of Luxembourg

 
Cities of Light

Paris to Prague (Sails from Trier to Nuremberg) 12 Days


Fresco Ceiling, Wurzburg, Germany

 
Grand European Tour

Amsterdam to Budapest 15 Days


Temple of Augustus & Lavia in Vienne, France Photo Hank Schrader

 
Lyon, Provence and the Rhineland

Amsterdam to Avignon 15 Days


Cochem Germany

 
Paris to the Swiss Alps

Paris to Zurich 12 Days


Warrior Display Marksburg Castle

 
Rhine Getaway

Amsterdam to Basel 8 Days


Treaures of the rhine

Under Construction New for 2024 Basel to Amsterdam 10 Days


Gothic Schoner Brunnen which translated to English means Beautiful Fountain in Market Square, Nuemberg, Germany

 
 
 
 
 
Rhine and Main Explorer New 2025

New for 2025 Nuremberg to Basel 11 Days


Miltenberg Castle Photo Anne Schrader

 
 
European Sojourn

Amsterdam to Bucharest 23 Days


The Danube (4 Cruises)

Slovak National Theater Bratislava, Slovakia

 
Danube Waltz

Budapest to Passau 8 Days


Kalemegdan Fortress Belgrade Serbia

 
Passage to eastern europe

Budapest to Bucharest 11 Days


Passau Germany where the Danube, Ill and Itz Rivers meet

 
Romantic Danube

Budapest to Regensburg 8 Days


The Barbacan, a gate tower of the old castle, Pecs Hungary

 
 
Capitals of Eastern Europe

Vienna to Bucharest 17 Days


French River Cruises (5 Cruises)

Tournon Castle at night, Tournon, France

 
France’s Finest

Paris to Avignon 15 Days Combines Paris & the Heart of Normandy and Lyon & Provence


Arles —Roman Amphitheater

 
Lyon and Provence

Lyon to Avignon 8 Days


American Cemetery Normandy, France

 
Paris and the heart of normandy

Paris—Rouen—Paris 8 Days


Saint Emilion France. This is the entrance are for the under ground church

 
 
Chateaux, Rivers and Wine

Roundtrip Bordeaux 8 Days


Overview of the D Day Invasion Plan Churchill War Museum

 
London, Paris, and D Day New 2025

London and then round trip Paris 12 Days


The Douro (1 Cruise)

Portugal’s Rivers of Gold

Under Construction Lisbon to Porto 10 Days


Christmas Cruises (6 Cruises)

Christmas on the rhine

Under Construction Basel to Amsterdam 8 Days

Christmas on the rhine and moselle

Under Construction Zurich to Paris 12 Days (Sails Basel to Bernkastel)


Christmas on the Main and Moselle

Under Construction Prague to Paris 12 Days (Sails Trier to Nuremberg)


Christmas on the seine

Under Construction Roundtrip Paris 8 Days


Christmas on the Danube

Under Construction Regensburg to Budapest 8 Days


Danube Christmas Delights

Under Construction Passau to Budapest 8 Days