selectedincluded. regional Plus airports. fly from from LondonFlights 2020 RIVER CRUISES EUROPE X RUSSIA X UKRAINE X CHINA X SOUTHEAST ASIA X EGYPT THE WORLD’S LEADING RIVER CRUISE LINE...BY FAR® X Viking Longship in Dürnstein, Austria Viking has been awarded Best River Cruise Line at the British Travel Awards for the tenth year running. 4 vikingcruises.co.uk THE VIKING DIFFERENCE Destination focussed. Culturally enriching. Carefully curated. As THE WORLD’S LEADING RIVER CRUISE LINE,® we believe in offering you extraordinarily well-designed cruises that bring you closer to the cultures of the world. PAGE THE THINKING PERSON’S CRUISE® 10 Created for curious travellers, with true explorer spirits. THE SMALL SHIP EXPERTS 12 Viking takes you closer to your destination with large, expansive windows, and the ability to dock in the heart of small towns. VIKING LONGSHIPS® 14 Award-winning, state-of-the-art sister ships. SERENE SCANDINAVIAN SPACES 16 Every room is beautiful and functional, quiet and fi lled with light. UNPAR ALLELED STATEROOM CHOICES 20 The Viking patented design allows for more variety than other ships; plus we off er the fi rst-ever true (two-room) suites on Europe’s rivers. DESTINATIONFOCUSSED DINING 24 The most al fresco dining on the rivers, featuring regional cuisine and always available international classics. AWARDWINNING SERVICE 26 Genuine warmth and thoughtful attention from our Swiss-trained, English-speaking staff . ONBOARD ENRICHMENT 28 Bringing culture and history to life. ONSHORE EXPERIENCES 30 With an included excursion in every port, plus The Viking Way® of exploration. VIKING INCLUSIVE VALUE 32 Viking built the river cruise category — and we off er the best experience, with all you need included plus the ability to customise. X St. Basil’s Cathedral, Moscow Call a Viking Expert on 020 8780 7900 or see your Travel Agent 5 Set sail with us on a journey that will awaken, nourish and expand your mind—and truly allow you to explore the world in comfort. 6 vikingcruises.co.uk JOURNEYS OF DISCOVERY 2020 Voyages PAGE THE RIVER WORLD OF VIKING 8 EUROPE NEW Douro's Valleys & Vineyards — 8 Days: Porto to Porto 34 Rhine Getaway — 8 Days: Basel to Amsterdam 40 Danube Waltz® — 8 Days: Budapest to Passau 46 NEW A Tale of Three Rivers — 8 Days: Trier to Bamberg 52 Tulips & Windmills® — 10 Days: Amsterdam–Antwerp–Amsterdam 56 Romantic Danube® — 8 Days: Budapest to Nuremberg 58 Elegant Elbe® — 10 Days: Prague to Berlin 62 Passage to Eastern Europe — 11 Days: Bucharest to Budapest 68 Grand European Tour — 15 Days: Budapest to Amsterdam 74 NEW Rhine & Moselle Discovery — 8 Days: Basel to Trier 78 Lyon & Provence — 8 Days: Avignon to Lyon 82 Châteaux, Rivers & Wine — 8 Days: Bordeaux–Saint-Émilion–Bordeaux 100 Paris & the Heart of Normandy — 8 Days: Paris–Rouen–Paris 104 RUSSIA & UKR AINE Waterways of the Tsars® — 13 Days: St. Petersburg to Moscow 88 Kiev, Black Sea & Bucharest — 12 Days: Bucharest to Kiev 106 CHINA & SOUTHEAST ASIA Imperial Jewels of China® — 15 Days: Beijing to Shanghai 94 Magnifi cent Mekong® — 16 Days: Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City, plus Angkor Wat 110 EGYPT Pharaohs & Pyramids — 12 Days: Cairo–Luxor–Nile–Cairo 114 PROGR AMMES & DETAILS Deck Plans 118 Ocean Cruises 124 Booking Conditions 128 X ® Cover: Viking Longship on the River Rhine X This page: Viking Longship in Aschaffenburg, Germany Call a Viking Expert on 020 8780 7900 or see your Travel Agent 7 THE RIVER WORLD OF VIKING Wherever you choose to go—Europe, Russia, Ukraine, China, Southeast Asia, Egypt or beyond— Viking takes you to places you can only fully appreciate by river, and takes you there in comfort. THE NETHERLANDS NORTH GERMANY ENGLAND SEA Hoorn Berlin POLAND Amsterdam Warsaw The Hague Arnhem Magdeburg Potsdam Gouda Oxford ELBE Bruges Ghent Antwerp RHINE Würzburg Bamberg Brussels Cologne Koblenz MAIN MAIN–DANUBE Gold Beach BELGIUM MOSELLE Melnik Omaha Beach CANAL Kraków Rouen LUXEMBOURG Prague CZECH REPUBLIC Trier Giverny Mainz Nuremberg Paris Rothenburg SLOVAKIA Strasbourg RHINE SEINE Kelheim Passau Munich Bratislava Salzburg Vienna Basel Zürich Budapest LAKE AUSTRIA DANUBE SAÔNE Lucerne GENEVA HUNGARY FRANCE SWITZERLAND Lake Como RHÔNE Lyon CROATIA Osijek Saint-Émilion Bordeaux Tournon ITALY DORDOGNE RHÔNE Belgrade GARONNE Avignon Arles Nice Belogradchik Marseille SERBIA DOURO RIVER Porto Salamanca PORTUGAL Madrid SPAIN Lisbon KEY Cruise embarkation & disembarkation Select cruise & tour destinations N 8 FINLAND Kizhi LAKE LADOGA LAKE ONEGA SVIR RIVER VIETNAM Hanoi Helsinki Ha Long Bay St. Petersburg VOLGA-BALTIC Kuzino WATERWAY GULF OF NEVA RIVER TONKIN RYBINSK RESERVOIR THAILAND SOUTH Yaroslavl MEKONG CHINA VOLGA RIVER Angkor SEA RUSSIA Uglich Bangkok Wat CAMBODIA Siem Reap MOSCOW CANAL TONLE SAP LAKE Kampong Cham Kampong Chhnang MEKONG Phnom Penh Cái Be Ho Chi Minh City Moscow GULF Sa Ðéc (Saigon) OF M˜y Tho THAILAND ISRAEL MEDITERRANEAN SEA Jerusalem Amman Kiev Bethlehem JORDAN Dead Sea Cairo UKRAINE Petra DNIEPER EGYPT NILE Qena Luxor Esna RED SEA TRANSYLVANIA Odessa Edfu Kom Ombo Aswan ROMANIA DANUBE Bucharest Giurgiu Russe BLACK SEA Beijing Veliko Tarnovo Xian BULGARIA CHINA THREE GORGES DAM Lhasa, Tibet YANGTZE Shanghai Shibaozhai Wuhan Chongqing THREE GORGES Yueyang DONGTING YANGTZE LAKE Guilin Hong Kong 10 vikingcruises.co.uk THE THINKING PERSON’S CRUISE Created for curious travellers, with true explorer spirits WE ALL TRAVEL TO EXPLORE, TO LEARN, TO UNDERSTAND. At Viking, we believe travel should be more than just a trip—it should be a doorway to cultural insight and personal enrichment. That is why our cruise itineraries are designed to help you explore and engage with your destination through its food, culture, countryside and customs. BEFORE you travel, we provide you with materials to help you plan and anticipate your journey, from filmographies that inspire wanderlust to recommended reading that informs and enlightens. ONBOARD activities are designed for the thinking traveller seeking enrichment and renewal. We offer informative lectures on history and art, cooking demonstrations, restaurant menus inspired by local cuisine and other opportunities to share your region’s culture with fellow travellers. ASHORE, you might accompany the ship’s chef on a visit to a local market; step behind the scenes at a famous theatre company; tour a glassblower’s workshop; or view private collections and hidden vaults at world-class museums. CONNECT with like-minded travellers on board our ships, designed with a comfortable intimacy to encourage lifelong friendships and an ease of discovery that unfolds with the leisurely pace of the river. By journey’s end, our aim is to help you feel more connected—to your newfound friends and the world. X X Library Local market X Meet locals in Budapest Call a Viking Expert on 020 8780 7900 or see your Travel Agent 11 THE SMALL SHIP EXPERTS Viking takes you closer to your destination with large, expansive windows, and the ability to dock in the heart of small towns THE BEST WAY TO IMMERSE YOURSELF in new cultures is to explore the world by river. That is why we designed elegant, intimate ships with all the amenities of a fine hotel. Our ships gently carry you to the world’s greatest cities, deliver you to the centre of charming towns and villages, and connect you to your destination. IT IS PURE PLEASURE TO TRAVEL WITH SUCH EASE…to unpack just once and relax to an ever-changing canvas of breathtaking landscapes…to dock in the centre of small towns and stroll right off to begin your exploration. Viking puts the Danube, Rhine, Seine, Portugal’s Douro, China’s Yangtze and many other rivers right outside your door, revealing the true character of each region through its historic waterways. THE DESIGN OF OUR SHIPS ENHANCES YOUR JOURNEY. Inventive and innovative, our Viking Longships have set the new standard in river cruising, expertly crafted to bring the outside in, so your destination is always within reach. With the most al fresco dining options on the rivers and vast windows that bathe the interiors in sunshine, you can enjoy the fresh air, natural light and exhilaration of the outdoors. Because we own and operate our ships, no detail escapes our attention—this is what sets us apart. We also never forget that looking after you is how we became the world’s #1 River Cruise Line. Join us, and learn why our guests return again and again. And why we have consistently been the most awarded river cruise line worldwide. Viking River Cruises Viking River Cruises Best River Cruise Line Enrichment Best River Cruise Line Itineraries X Top: Viking Longship near Würzburg X Bottom: Viking Longship in Boppard 12 vikingcruises.co.uk VIKING LONGSHIPS Award-winning, state-of-the-art sister ships GUESTS: 190 LENGTH: 443 FT. DECKS: 4 STATEROOMS: 95 Solar Panels Walking Track Viking Lounge Help make our ships The perfect place for exercise Linger over the tunes from the greenest on the and taking in fresh air. a baby grand piano while rivers. comparing notes about the day’s discoveries with new friends. 2 Explorer Suites Organic Herb Garden Feature 445 square feet, A delightful green separate sleeping and space that enhances sitting rooms and a private your cuisine with fresh, wraparound veranda just-picked fl avour. with 270° views. Energy-Effi cient Hybrid Engines Reduce vibrations for a remarkably smooth ride with no motion sickness. 7 Veranda Suites Atrium Feature 275 square feet on the Our soaring lobby, awash in Upper Deck, separate sleeping light, where our Guest Services quarters with a French balcony and staff can help you customise sitting room with a full veranda. your explorations ashore. 39 Full-Size Veranda Staterooms Library 22 Staterooms with French Balconies Read up on your next The largest deluxe staterooms destination with our thoughtfully afl oat on Europe’s rivers.