To visitors, Europe is a colorful world of picturesque landscapes, legendary rivers, lush vineyards and hilltop castles. As you travel through Europe with Viking River Cruises, its rich history is arrayed before your eyes—Roman ruins, magnificent monasteries, hallowed universities, rural villages and sophisticated cities, and a vibrant collage of food, music, dance, costumes and languages recalling thousands of years of human history. Traveling with Viking River Cruises gives you the opportunity to experience and learn about all these aspects of your cruise destinations.
Though Europe is the worlds second-smallest continent in terms of area—covering about 2.0% of the Earths surface—it is densely populated, housing slightly more than one-ninth of the worlds people. This close inhabitation gives Europe a similarly dense concentration of culture and industry, which our river cruises explore fully. Each river that flows through Europe has shaped both the landscape and the regions history. European river cruises are the best way to see the Continent in depth.
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Experience a tour of the Viking Century Sun with Viking River Cruises on the Yangtze in China. Celebrity Host of the most listened-to cruise-related talkshow, Cruising Authority, brings you on a tour of the Viking Century Sun. For more about this vessel and cruise / tour with Viking River Cruises to China please visit www.AmazingChinaCruise.com This is Part One of a Three-Part series
Experience a tour of the Viking Century Sun with Viking River Cruises on the Yangtze in China. Celebrity Host of the most listened-to cruise-related talkshow, Cruising Authority, brings you on a tour of the Viking Century Sun. For more about this vessel and cruise / tour with Viking River Cruises to China please visit www.AmazingChinaCruise.com This is Part THREE and the conclusion of a three-part series.
A cruise along the Yangtze River is one of the highlights of any journey to China. Viking cruise program directors and cruise ships make it easy and enjoyable to see the heartland of a nation that can otherwise be a challenging destination to navigate. Viking River Cruises guests enjoy the comfort and convenience of being escorted by our deeply experienced staff from the moment of arrival in China through departure. Viking River Cruises offers several exciting itineraries in China, all of which show guests the highlights of Beijing, Shanghai and Xian (including the Terra Cotta Warriors) and include a Yangtze River cruise. The river cruise portion of the journey travels through the spectacular Three Gorges region on a sumptuous cruise ship with all balcony staterooms; one of our itineraries takes you farther along the river to see the birthplaces of Chinese silk and porcelain and much more. All cruise travelers also have the chance to visit a school near the Yangtze River and meet the children—a highlight for many people. A Viking cruise takes visitors on fascinating excursions off the river as well, with fully escorted land tours of major attractions in China including the Forbidden City, Summer Palace and the Great Wall. Cultural activities, such as a dramatic performance of selected Peking Opera highlights, a Tang Dynasty dinner show and a breathtaking Chinese acrobatic show, are unique opportunities to experience the true heart of China. Choose the cruise tour itinerary that most interests you: see Chinas cultural delights on a longer Yangtze cruise, or take three days at the roof of the world, Lhasa, Tibet.
In 1939, Winston Churchill called Russia a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. For centuries, journeys in Russia were fraught with difficulties, regardless of the method of travel. Today, a Viking River Cruises journey provides the perfect way to experience Russias countryside, culture and two great cities, Moscow and St. Petersburg. Moscow, Russias capital, boasts some 2,500 historical and architectural monuments, 70 museums, 50 theaters, 4,500 libraries and 540 colleges and research institutions. There is so much to see and experience there—Red Square, with the colorful onion domes of St. Basils Cathedral, the tomb of Vladimir Lenin and the massive 120-year-old GUM department store, the nearby Kremlin, and of course the citys world-famous Metro system. St. Petersburg provides gentler and more graceful pleasures with its romantic canals, baroque palaces and lovely avenues and squares designed along European lines. You will want to visit the Hermitage, both the historic Winter Palace and a world-class art museum with an extensive collection of works ranging from da Vinci and Michelangelo to Cézanne and Picasso; you will gaze in wonder upon the Peter and Paul Fortress with its baroque cathedral inside; and you will enjoy strolling and shopping along Nevsky Prospekt, the citys main promenade, with its lively culture of street artists and performers.