Viking River Cruise Line

Viking River Cruises was established in 1997 by a Scandinavian and Dutch consortium with extensive experience in passenger shipping, including past owners, board members and management of Royal Viking Line, Holland America Line, Kloster Cruise (NCL), and Silja Line. Following the purchase of KD River Cruises in 2000, Viking River Cruises became the largest river cruise line in the world. Its fleet of 30 boats ply the waterways of Europe and Russia, covering the Rhone, Seine, Volga, Yenisey, Ob, Rhine, Main, Danube, Elbe, Moselle and Po rivers.

• Albert Fairchild  Viking Kurov  Russia

  We thoroughly enjoyed Russia and all the places we visited. But the overall cruise experience on the Kirov, the level of service, food, and value for money were extremely disappointing. We would... read more

  2 users found this review helpful.
• Floyd Nevling  Viking Sun  Brussels to Basel

  The cruise on the Viking Sun was about the best trip I have ever taken. However, there are a few tips I would like to alert travelers to. The plane sceduling was bad. We left Pittsburgh at... read more

  34 users found this review helpful.
• Linda Fasteson
  
    Viking Sun  Treasures of the Rhine, Basel to Antwerp

  We have found that one of the most pleasurable ways of visiting a variety of destinations is by river, and there’s no more leisurely way than with the comforts afforded by the ships that... read more

  69 users found this review helpful.
• Doug and Carol Eads
  
    Viking Europe  Eastern Europe Vienna to Black Sea Round Trip

  Begin the Journey: Vienna has always been the city of musical genius ... a gathering place of culture where east meets west. Mozart, Beethoven, and the Strauss family lived and worked in... read more

  11 users found this review helpful.
• John R. Marler
  
    Viking Pride  Danube River Budapest-Vienna-Prague

  Romantic Danube Cruise on Viking River Cruises Viking Pride 8/3/2002 through 8/14/2002 I received a flyer from Viking River Cruises and it looked like the type of trip... read more

  36 users found this review helpful.
• Elisabeth Evans
  
    Viking Europe  Dutch Waterways

  This was a very enjoyable cruise and I would love to take it again, perhaps with a slight change of cities visited. The ship is new, built in 2001, and it is kept spotlessly clean. I had... read more

  6 users found this review helpful.
• David Thrower
  
    Venezia  Po River, Italy

  This was my first river cruise and is in a different category than an ocean cruise. It is more like a tour where your hotel is the ship and instead of coaching from one city to the next,... read more

  12 users found this review helpful.
• Steve Johnson
  
    Viking Star  Danube

  This is a review of our seven night Danube cruise aboard Viking Cruise Line’s Viking Star. Our cruise begins in Passau, Germany. The Star’s schedule is to make a quick 560 km run down... read more

  2 users found this review helpful.