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Here is a preview of all you will enjoy during a Christmas Market cruise with Viking. Stay current with special offers, news and destination-focused content. Celebrate an Old World Christmas on one of Europe’s great rivers. Glittering cities across France, Germany, Austria and beyond light up with Christmas markets offering hand-carved toys ...
- Christmas Markets | Videos | Viking Cruises
Budapest to Passau. 8 Days | 6 Tours | 4 Countries. From...
- Christmas on the Main & Moselle - Viking River Cruises
Celebrate the holiday season as you immerse yourself in...
- Christmas Markets | Videos | Viking Cruises
Jan 15, 2023 · Satellite Beach, FL. #1. Posted January 15, 2023. Here are the highlights of our experience with Viking's "Christmas on the Elbe" in December 2022. Booking and Viking before cruise: We found booking with Viking easy and found the information provided prior to the cruise useful, including tour timings to help plan our free time.
- How Is A Christmas Market River Cruise Different from A Regular One?
- What Are The Cruise highlights?
- Who Goes on Viking River Cruises?
- What Is The Ship like?
- What Is There to Do on The Ship?
- How Often Do You stop?
- How Much Free Time Do You get?
- What's included?
- What About Before and After The Cruise?
- What Impressed You The most?
Like I mentioned above, you can book Viking's Rhine Getaway cruise at any time of year. The cruise sails between Amsterdam and Basel, with multiple departures each month. In the weeks leading up to Christmas, however, the itinerary focuses on the Christmas markets that Europe is so known for. The itinerary doesn't change, though, and the tours offe...
The Rhine Getawaycruise sails down the Rhine, the busiest river in all of Europe. Port calls are almost all in Germany and France, and you make at least one stop – sometimes two – per day. My personal highlights included: 1. A stop and tour at Kinderdijk to see the famous traditional windmills that help keep the Netherlands above sea level. 2. A fu...
Speaking of those Viking cruisers, there's a common belief among people who have never been on a river cruise that they are mostly “for” an older crowd. And while there werelots of older couples and groups of friends on my Christmas market cruise, there was also a fairly sizable younger crowd, too. There were about a dozen 20-somethings traveling w...
Viking River Cruises is a Scandinavian company, and the design of its ships reflects this. Clean lines and neutral colors are the norm. The ship I was on was the Viking Idi, which holds just under 200 passengers. The state rooms are built with function in mind, with either two twin beds or one queen, depending on how you're traveling. The bathrooms...
Here's the thing about a river cruise: since you sail right into cities, you're not actually meant to spend a ton of time on the ship. That's why you won't find a theater or casino or any of the things you'd find on a large ocean liner. Elliot's mom and I took advantage of just about every minute of time we had off the ship, meaning we were usually...
River cruising in Europe is great because so many cities are built right ON the large water ways. This means that getting to/from the main attractions is really easy in many ports. On the Rhine Getaway itinerary, we stopped somewhere at least once a day. A couple of days we stopped somewhere in the morning, and then met up with the ship somewhere e...
How much free time you end up with in each port totally depends on what you decide to do. There's a free tour offered in just about every city, and on this itinerary they are often walking tours. I LOVE walking tours in cities I've never visited before, because they usually give you such a great overview of the city's main sites and history. In thi...
A big question people ask about river cruises is what you get for the money you pay. And the answer is: a whole lot. Just about everything onboard is included: your room, the service of the incredible staff and crew, all your meals, and even wifi. There's usually one included tour in each port, too, and everything surrounding those tours (guides, t...
Viking makes it really easy to put together a stress-free vacation – they'll even book your flights for you if you want! For most of their cruises, they also offer pre- and post-cruise add-ons that can extend your time in a destination. For the Rhine Getaway, you had a choice of a pre-cruise program in Amsterdam, and post-cruise time in either Base...
There are a lot of things I really like about river cruising, from the small ships to the freedom to sit wherever you want at dinner. But the thing that impressed me the most was definitely the Viking Idi's staff and crew and how seamlessly everything seemed to run. Even though I'm sure plenty of stressful things happen behind the scenes, you would...
Jul 31, 2023 · It is no secret that I love Viking river cruises. Our Viking content on Backroad Planet includes some of our most popular posts, especially our 24 Viking River Cruise Insider Tips and Top 11 Viking River Cruise Ship Amenities posts. As a Viking fan, I heard about their European Christmas river cruises long before I had the privilege of doing one.
May 10, 2024 · Danube Christmas Delights Cruise, Viking Ingvi, 4 – 18 Dec 2022, Budapest to Passau with 2 nights Budapest pre and 3 nights Prague post Background: I think most “reviews” do not provide much actionable information. They just relate whether the people liked it, or not.
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