Viking River Cruises Offers Best Deals of the Year on 2007 Sailings
Viking River Cruises, today announced their Early Booking Discount offering travelers the best savings of the year – $900 off per cabin – on any newly-released 2007 sailings. Travelers can choose among 17 itineraries from the new 2007 Europe, Russia and China schedules, and sail the famous rivers of the world with included tours of landmarks like Beijing’s Forbidden City, Moscow’s Kremlin or Paris’s Eiffel Tower.
Travelers can save $900 on 2007 Vacations Through Early Booking Discounts
Viking River Cruises offers a 3-tiered Early Booking Discount, available by asking for “EBD Offer.” When passengers book and pay for a cruise in full by:
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July 31, 2006: They save $450 per person ($900 savings per cabin maximum)
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October 18, 2006: Save $350 per person ($700 per cabin maximum)
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December 18, 2006: Save $250 per person ($500 per cabin maximum)
Click "more" to find out about European and Chinese River cruise tour offerings, or call us at 888-286-9827 for more information about Viking River Cruises.
2007 European Offerings and New Escorted Extensions
Viking River Cruises offers 14 different itineraries in 2007 ranging from 7 to 14 nights along the Rhine, Main, Danube, Seine, Saône, Rhône, and Elbe Rivers, plus Russia’s Waterways of the Czars and Ukraine’s Dnieper River. Various itineraries highlight Amsterdam, Vienna, Paris, Budapest, Berlin, Prague and much more plus quaint smaller European towns and villages along the rivers, and all feature included tours with English-speaking guides, non-smoking shipboard environments, gourmet food, and an English-speaking crew. In addition, passengers can take advantage of NEW escorted extensions in Amsterdam, Budapest, Prague, Vienna, Krakow, Paris, and Helsinki accompanied by English-speaking guides.
China Cruisetours Introduce Travelers to Beijing, Shanghai, and the Yangtze’s Famed Gorges
Viking Century Sun and Viking Century Sky, 5-star sister ships each carrying 306 passengers, are the newest and most deluxe ships on the Yangtze. Viking River Cruises offers 3 different China cruisetour itineraries, each including a Yangtze River cruise plus overnight 5-star hotel stays in Beijing, Xian (home of the Terra Cotta Warriors) and cosmopolitan Shanghai.
China cruisetour offerings for 2007 are:
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Imperial Jewels of China (9 or 10 nights): 5-star hotel stays for 3 nights in Beijing (including tours of the Forbidden City, Great Wall, Summer Palace, and Tiananmen Square); 1 night in Xian plus Terra Cotta Warriors visit; 2 nights in Shanghai, plus a 3- or 4-night luxury Yangtze River cruise featuring the Three Gorges, Lesser Three Gorges, and Yangtze Dam.
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China’s Cultural Delights (15 nights): Features all the above plus a 9-night luxury Yangtze River cruise from Chongqing to Nanjing highlighting the above Gorges and Yangtze Dam plus tours to sacred Buddhist mountain temple Mt. Jiu Hua; the gardens of Suzhou; Jingdezhen, birthplace of Chinese porcelain; and China’s ancient capital, Nanjing.
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Roof of the World (13 nights): Features all the tours and highlights of Imperial Jewels plus 3 nights in Lhasa, Tibet, including visits with English-speaking guides to Portola Palace, Sera Monastery, Jokhang Temple and Barkhor Market.
Travelers can add to China cruisetours a 4-night Shopper’s Paradise extension with 5-star accommodations for 3 nights in Hong Kong and 1 night along the Li River in Guilin plus all tours.
Additional details about China itineraries are featured in the new 2007 China Expeditions brochure, and Europe and Russia itineraries are detailed in the new 2007 European & Russian River Cruise Journeys brochure
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Spotlight on Viking River Cruises
Recently one of the travel industry guides did a wonderful article on the growing trend to river crusies. These cruises are on smaller ships and yet aren't small on service. While exploring areas of the world unavailable by traditional cruise liners and spending more time in port than getting there, these cruises can be wonderful ways to explore new countries in unique ways.
Click on "More" for the full story from Recommend Weekly. As always, we are here to answer any questions you might have or book your next cruise vacation. 888-286-9827
Product of the Week: Viking Tours
February 8, 2006 Rick Shively
Viking River Cruises, which has always made a big splash with its worldwide river cruising products, is coming ashore with the introduction of a new product—Viking Tours, designed to bring travelers to the heart of Scandinavia, the Baltics and Poland.
This much-anticipated expansion, the company says, is in response to the strong demand to offer tours with the same award-winning quality and service Viking River Cruises is known for. Every aspect of these new all-inclusive packages, from the fine restaurants to the premium hotels, has been hand-selected by the same Swiss management team who carefully arranges every aspect of Viking River Cruises' cruise vacations, including in-depth tours of major cities with English-speaking guides.
“I’m delighted to bring the quality of service and Swiss hotel management for which Viking is famous to the lands of my Viking ancestors," says Viking River Cruises’ Founding Chairman Torstein Hagen. "Viking Tours’ fully escorted offerings with English-speaking guides, outstanding operations, and deep-seated knowledge of these countries gives tourists a unique, ultra-exclusive way to travel," Hagen adds. "Viking Tours is my way of fulfilling all the numerous requests from our passengers and travel agents for even more distinct and in-depth ways to travel."
Exclusively offered to select small groups on key 2006 dates, offerings include the Baltic Voyage Tour, highlighting the coastal cities of Sweden, Finland’s cosmopolitan capital and two overnights in Russia; the Norwegian Expedition Tour, visiting Norway’s stunning fjords, sparkling cities and rustic fishing village; and Eastern European Adventure, unlocking the mysteries of Warsaw, Kraków and Bratislava.
Baltic Voyage Tour
This 14-day tour that journeys from Stockholm to St. Petersburg features six countries: Sweden, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Russia. The program includes an overnight stay and city tour in Stockholm; a visit to the Vasa Ship Museum; a Curonian Spit excursion; Vilnius, Lithuania; Riga, Latvia; Tallinn, Estonia; Helsinki, Finland and two overnights in St. Petersburg with a Pushkin Palace tour, city tour and Hermitage Museum visit. It’s sold as a stand-alone tour or combinable with Viking River Cruises’ Waterways of the Czars Russian river cruise, St. Petersburg to Moscow (June 29; July 20; Aug. 10).
Norwegian Expedition Tour
This 12-day Bergen to Oslo tour features a 4-night coastal cruise on Norwegian Coastal Voyages highlighting Norway’s stunning fjords and the North Cape, plus the best of scenic land excursions highlighting Norway’s cities and natural beauty. It also includes an overnight stay in Bergen, with a seafood market visit and traditional seafood tasting, a Geiranger Fjord custom-chartered cruise, Dovrefjell National Park and Trondheim, a North Cape excursion and overnight stay in Oslo, with a Viking Ship Museum visit (July 2; Aug. 20, 27).
Eastern European Adventure
This is a 5-day fully escorted tour exploring Poland’s Warsaw and Krakow, and Bratislava, Slovakia. It includes two overnights in Warsaw; visits to the famed Black Madonna of Czestochowa; the poignant remains of Auschwitz; two overnights in Krakow and a tour of Bratislava, Slovakia’s capital. This extension can be added to select 2006 Vienna-Amsterdam river cruise departures (June 2, 26; July 20; Aug. 13; Sept. 6).
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