SHORE EXCURSIONS Guest: Ms Celia Ruth Engler Booking Number: 5318602 Basel to Amsterdam Viking Sigrun May 01, 2019 Enrich Your Journey We believe the best journeys enrich and enlighten you, so we’ve developed great optional excursions that show you local culture-from architectural treasures to artistic masterpieces, natural wonders to historic marvels, and long-cherished traditions to culinary delights. What Sets Viking Excursions Apart Our excursions are carefully designed by experienced, licensed and insured tour planners to provide the perfect overview of must-see cultural and historic highlights, with some delightful surprises. Professional, English-speaking guides give you an insider’s view of their country and culture, bringing you closer to the art, architecture, history and people that define your destination. In many ports, we’ve timed our shore excursions for maximum immersion, letting you join up to three in one day if the schedule permits. Reserve Online at MyVikingJourney.com Your invoice will tell you when your shore excursions are open for booking. Once they are available, log in to your account at MyVikingJourney.com and reserve them online for priority processing; there’s no phone call to make. Though you can book your shore excursions up until 7 days before your sail date, we recommend reserving as soon as possible . You can do so with peace of mind as our website securely accepts credit card payments. After we process your payment, we will send your confirmation by email. If you prefer, you may call your Travel Agent to reserve your shore excursions. About Your Excursions Your cruise features one included excursion in each port of call; some are walking tours and others are via motor coach or a combination of walking and coach. Our excursion motor coaches are often just a few years old, are usually air conditioned and typically include restrooms. Drives rarely take more than two hours; nearly all have frequent sightseeing stops. Sundays & Holidays In many countries, shops, public buildings and banks are closed Sundays and public holidays; also, businesses in smaller towns may close for several hours midday. In these cases, a particular excursion or portion of visit may not be available, and your itinerary will vary. If you’re exploring on your own on these days, your Program Director or Viking Concierge can suggest alternatives. Optional Excursions To further enhance your experience, we sometimes offer optional excursions should you want to visit an additional site or maximize your time in port. Details on these follow. Note that the order of visits may vary. SHORE EXCURSIONS Guest: Ms Celia Ruth Engler Booking Number: 5318602 Activity Levels Walking tours are often over uneven ground or cobblestones and may include stairs and inclines. We’ve graded all our tours by activity level below, but feel free to ask your Program Director should you have any questions. Easy Walking portions are generally over easy surfaces, but may be uneven in parts and contain some step-ups and slight inclines. Total time walking or standing is normally not longer than 1.5 hours. Guests may need to board and disembark transport, including coaches, trains and boats. Moderate Walking portions may be long and somewhat challenging with occasional step-ups, stairs, inclines and uneven ground. Total time walking or standing normally ranges from 1.5 to 3 hours. Guests may need to board and disembark transport, including coaches, trains and boats. Demanding Physically challenging activities, including extensive walking, hiking, riding, water sports and excursions at high altitudes. Activities by foot may contain difficult and unpaved surfaces and/or multiple stairs and steep inclines. Total time walking or standing may exceed 3 hours. Guests may need to board and disembark transport, including coaches, trains and boats. Wheelchair (available on Ocean cruises only) Activities are suitable for wheelchair users. Guests in wheelchairs must be aided by an able-bodied companion; Viking staff is unable to assist with pushing wheelchairs or bringing them on or off the ship. EXCURSION TYPE ACTIVITY LEVEL FEATURES Sightseeing Easy Meal Special Interest Moderate Snack Active Demanding Shopping Natural World Wheelchair Recommended Local Life UNESCO Working World After Dark Privileged Access SHORE EXCURSIONS Guest: Ms Celia Ruth Engler Booking Number: 5318602 Como ITOMOSEI01 Como Walking Tour & Funicular Duration: 3.00 Hours Tour Price: $0.00 USD Date: April 29, 2019 Morning A Colorful and Historic City on a Sparkling Lake -- Enjoy an enriching overview of Como, featuring hilltop views and an informative walking tour. Drive with your guide to board the historic funicular, in operation since 1894. Your electric car will lift you up a forested hillside to the village of Brunate. From its hilltop setting, enjoy the typical small-town ambience and splendid vistas of Lake Como. Later, continue to Como and its Piazza Cavour to begin your walking tour among the square’s charming cafes and pastel-hued historic buildings. You will visit the Como Cathedral, the last Gothic cathedral built in Italy. Admire its cavernous nave, soaring dome and rose window before continuing down charming narrow streets that connect the many piazzas. In the Old Town, walk past charming buildings dripping with the character of their day. After your tour, you will have free time to explore and make your way back to your hotel at your leisure. Page 3 of 21 SHORE EXCURSIONS Guest: Ms Celia Ruth Engler Booking Number: 5318602 Lucerne CHLUCPSO01 Pearls of Switzerland Duration: 13.00 Hours Tour Price: $299.00 USD Date: April 30, 2019 Morning to Evening Heavenly Heights and Earthly Delights -- Marvel at Switzerland’s vast panoramas and some of its intimate details, gaining insight about a local Benedictine Order and the dairy industry. After an escorted walk to the pier on Lake Lucerne, meet your guide and embark a scenic cruise. Breathtaking alpine vistas soar to the sky wherever you turn as you glide along pristine waters and enjoy informative commentary. Later, disembark and board a cog railway to one of the region’s spectacular peaks (Mt. Pilatus or Mt. Rigi, depending on the date). Enjoy free time at the observation post, perhaps walking along one of the trails for more incredible views. After lunch on the summit on your own, descend the mountain by gondola and drive to view the sprawling Einsiedeln Benedictine Abbey. Continue to a local dairy farm, where you can enjoy a tour and help produce your own bergmutschli, or cheese. Then sit down to a delicious fondue dinner. Page 4 of 21 SHORE EXCURSIONS Guest: Ms Celia Ruth Engler Booking Number: 5318602 Como ITOMOSEI02 Lake Como Boat Cruise (Included) Duration: 6.00 Hours Tour Price: $0.00 USD Date: April 30, 2019 Morning and Afternoon A Storied Lake Surrounded by Glorious Mountains and Italian Villas -- Cruise the shimmering waters of Lake Como to Bellagio, learning about the lakeside villas you will see on the way. On this excursion, you will embark on a two-hour guided cruise along this lake’s legendary waters. Elegant villas, grand hotels and soaring mountains surround you as you make your way to Bellagio, set on a long arm jutting into the lake. You will have free time to wander this picturesque gem, often called one of the prettiest towns on Earth, lined with graceful, century-old buildings and medieval churches. You might visit some of its many villas that are open to the public. While on your own in the historic center, you may wish to explore the Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni, with its stunning tree-lined gardens and elegant interiors. After, you may return to Como the way you came; if you prefer, take an express shuttle at your own expense. Page 5 of 21 SHORE EXCURSIONS Guest: Ms Celia Ruth Engler Booking Number: 5318602 Basel CHBSLSEI01 Basel Walking Tour (Included) Duration: 2.00 Hours Tour Price: $0.00 USD Date: April 30, 2019 Morning A Cultural Capital at the Intersection of Three Countries -- Tour this fascinating city where three nations converge: Switzerland, France and Germany. Basel’s Old Town is an inviting cluster of medieval buildings spread on a hilly riverbank. You will begin your walking tour there, visiting the Marktplatz, or Market Square, surrounded by guild halls of late Gothic, Renaissance and baroque styles. Admire the ornate spires of the Rathaus, or Town Hall, and the thin towers of the 13th-century Romanesque Munster, or Cathedral. Its unusually red sandstone was quarried from the nearby Vosges Mountains in neighboring France. Behind the cathedral, an open terrace affords views of the Rhine River and the traditional cable ferries that use the river’s current carry passengers back and forth. The city’s open air market runs daily here, except Sundays, and is stocked with all kinds of vegetables, fruits and flowers from the surrounding Swiss countryside. You might find a favored local treat, Basler Lackerli cookies. Page 6 of 21 SHORE EXCURSIONS Guest: Ms Celia Ruth Engler Booking Number: 5318602 Lucerne CHLUCPSI01 Lucerne Walking Tour (Included) Duration: 2.00 Hours Tour Price: $0.00 USD Date: April 30, 2019 Morning A Charming City in a Stunning Alpine Setting -- Get to know one of Switzerland’s most engaging cities, overflowing with charm and rich in history, by foot. Lucerne enjoys a breathtaking backdrop, straddling Lake Lucerne and overlooking snowcapped Alps. You will meet your guide to examine its main sights up close. Stroll past the many half-timbered burgher houses and cross the Reuss River via the Chapel Bridge, the famous covered pedestrian span built in the 14th century and reconstructed in 1993 after a fire. Thirty of its fine 17th-century interior paintings have been restored. You will also see the Church of St.