Portugal River Cruise

Viking Helgrim Cruise Review to River Cruises - Europe

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 8

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5
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Viking Helgrim

9 Night Portugals River Of Gold (Lisbon To Porto)

Sail date: August 25, 2024

Ship: Viking Helgrim

Cabin number: 207

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 3 months ago

Review summary

Everything was excellent except the times when parked next to another boat. While we were in Porto we were completely closed in for 2 nights and had just had the night before in another port with the same thing. It’s not worth the extra money to get a veranda. The excursion in Porto was not good. They need to improve on that.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Very clean

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Size was good, shower was a bit small

Ship tip

When you pay extra for a veranda just know ahead of time at least 3 days you are parked next to another cruise boat with no view. You are peering into the next boat and the people’s room so you have to close the curtains which creates a dark closed in space.

Ports of call

Lisbon, Portugal

5 out of 5
Excellent and the tour was good

Porto, Portugal

4 out of 5
The excursion was a walk to only one site and hen spent way too long in the train station. I would suggest the sky ride and walking up to the tower. We were in the train station almost an hour. It was too much.

Regua, Portugal

5 out of 5

Barca D'Alva, Portugal

5 out of 5

Vega De Terron (Salamanca), Spain

5 out of 5
This was amazing and the excursion was excellent!!!

Pinhao, Portugal

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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4 Comments

cruising2004     3 months ago

Thank you for your river cruise review.

HeavySeas     3 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience

Gwbigdog     3 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

jofoster     3 months ago

I agree. We once paid for a verandah on a Giking ship. Between the triple park ups and all the locks the verandah definitely was not worth it.