River Cruises - Europe Cruise Reviews

This cruise isn't about enjoying a luxury liner as much as it is about getting off the coast and into the mainland. The Rhine and its towns are historic and gorgeous. We loved every excursion, sometime doing two in a single day. We evening did two evening trips for meals and entertainment -- and loved them all. Staying on board the ship and the small rooms doesn't seem to be very inviting, but the ship is a great way to see place you could not otherwise visit. Highly recommended.

We are satisfied Viking service. Especially, there are host assistants to help in the hotel during our post excursion and the helpful assistants in the both transportation to airport and in the Hungary airport custom as well.

You need to be in Good Health a lot of uneven surfaces and hills I would have liked one day on the ship to take it easy but there are excursions every day and I didn’t want to miss anything!

Excellent first time river cruise! Highly recommend Viking, this ship and itinerary. We are already searching for our next trip!

Suite was cramped. Food was mediocre, particularly vegetarian offerings. Viking knew people were getting sick and did absolutely nothing. 11 of our group of 16 got Covid.

the cruise was a great learning experience and with so few people on board it made things easy to do.

I really enjoyed the river cruise and the Viking experience. The food was delicious and the staff were very supportive.

I will highly recommend this cruise to people I know. The care and concern of the crew, the caring attention to its cleanliness and order, the thorough approach to excursion logistics, the quality of the meals and service, the thoughtful adaptations to the river's challenges--all taken together, one can only say expectations were exceeded. And for that, I am grateful.

Kevin was extremely helpful throughout the Wine Destination trip with AMA Waterways. He is extremely quick to respond and helped to answer any additional questions we had. A pleasure to work with. The cruise was wonderful, with several interesting ports and towns. Enjoyed every one of our included excursions. Staff was meticulous and extremely attentive and fun to be around.

Portugal is a wonderful place to visit. People are friendly; and in July, the weather is spectacular. The only negative comment was the port stop (night stop only — ship’s aren’t allowed to be underway at night on the narrow river) in Pinhão.

A wonderful cruise on the Rhine. All excursions were very well planned and the towns we visited were beautiful.

This was our first Viking river cruise. We were not disappointed. We learned so much about the Netherlands and the culture. We got to experience going through a number of locks during the cruise, and that was very interesting. The food was excellent. It was fun sampling foods from the region at each dinner. The Viking staff was great and very attentive to our needs. We met so many great people on the ship. We are looking forward to doing another Viking cruise, perhaps an ocean cruise next time.

All four in our group (2 suites) agree this was an outstanding cruise. However all four of of us are fully vaccinated and all returned with Covid. Two very mild and two moderate flu symptoms. If we had scheduled a post extension in Amsterdam it would have been ruined.

this was by far the best cruise I've taken the small ship makes all the difference in the world! go book yours now.

we had to wait 3 years to finally go on our cruise because of covid and it was even better than we imagined. The staff from housekeeping to managers were wonderful. The servers were wonderful, and the Chef did an amazing job with the food. We were only a few days in and already thinking of booking our next Viking Cruise.

Cruise is very scenic with a lot of fascinating history. Bring your walking shoes, we covered a lot of ground. Cruise is relaxing with little onboard entertainment but that is what we anticipated. Intimate environment leads to making acquaintances onboard. Our cruise was organized by Vivian who is always a pleasure to work with and our vacation went smoothly as planned. She has great insights / recommendations and has planned many, many vacations for us. We have recommended her to many of our friends over the years.

Lovely itinerary along the Rhone. The larger towns and city (Avignon, Arles, Lyon) were of more interest and provided quality local guides. Disappointment with day tour to Ardeche in terms of small-town visit. The excursion to Beaujolais was very disappointing. The chateau on our tour was run down and wines were poor quality compared to some other passengers' experience. I found this with their Bordeaux trip as well. Viking needs to do better quality control to ensure that all passengers are having the same quality experience. That said, I would recommend this cruise and will travel Viking again but feel they have lost some of their quality perhaps as a result of its expansion to ocean and expedition cruises.

Our 9th Viking cruise. 5* service. Good food, but limited menu. Afternoon onboard activities were minimal with most days nonexistent. A lot of time for rest and naps. Older ship (2013). Bathroom has translucent window in shower and when bathroom light is turned on at night, the whole room gets lit up. Not good if your spouse is sleeping. Our shower drain backed up twice during the cruise. Staff did an outstanding job and always friendly. At times, felt that they were a little short-staffed in lounge, as we experienced longer than expected waits. Ports were OK, nothing exciting or places we would ever visit again. Wish we would have went in March-May to enjoy the tulip season. June is too late.

My first river cruise and based on the service quality, food, and overall experience we have already booked our next adventure.

For those who want a low-key relaxing experience in Europe I highly recommend doing a River Cruise