The 12 Days Of Viking Christmas: The Viking Longships

The new longships of Viking River Cruises have a variety of accommodations to suit the needs of most travelers.  What we won’t find are cabins that can accommodate 3, 4 or 5 guests; Viking is looking for couples.  Solo travelers are OK, Read More …

Continuing Curiosity After Travel

Embracing Your New-Found Interest Cruising enables inquisitive travelers to sample a number of destinations as they travel, some of which they may want to visit again one day.   By ocean or river, a one day stop at any given Read More …

Viking Health Protocols = Zero Positive Travelers

Highlighting a solid advantage of small ship sailing, health protocols on our recent Viking river cruise added up to zero passengers testing positive for COVID. That was the announcement on the very last day of our 8-day sailing from Basel Read More …

Journey To The Top Of Cologne (Photo Storybook)

On a 15-day Grand European Tour with Viking River Cruises, we visited a number of interesting places while traveling from Budapest to Amsterdam. Weighted heavily on German destinations, one of the most interesting was a long stay in Cologne.  The Read More …

Viking Cruises To All Seven Continents Now

Viking Cruises made their way to Antarctica this week, luxuriously checking the box on visiting all seven continents. Viking Octantis will spend the Austral summer in Antarctica, before traveling north to be named in April 2022 in New York City by Read More …

2021 Viking Seine River Ships, Detailed

Viking announced new details about its 2020 river cruise season recently. Of particular note: the addition of four new ships custom built to navigate the Seine River in the heart of Paris. Inspired by their award-winning Viking Longships, the four new, Read More …

Viking River Class Of 2019

Happening now, the 2019 Viking River Cruises Christening in Basel, Switzerland. Here, new Viking Longships will be launched including Viking Einar. After the ceremony, we will sample the latest from Viking River Cruises on a short mini-cruise. Before, during and Read More …

Viking Continues Conde Nast List Domination

Viking has been voted the Best River Cruise Line by the readers of Condé Nast Traveler in the 2018 Readers’ Choice Awards. That’s a consistent win,  something they have done every year since the river cruise category was introduced. Viking was also Read More …