My wife's father was in the D-day invasion and we wanted to visit the Normandy beaches.
Pros of this line and ship:
Excellent staff
Good itinerary
Good food
Clean
Excellent handling of air reservations and pick up and drop off at airport
Informative enrichment programs
Cons
Wi-Fi is not secure
Staterooms were tiny
Only four TV stations: Sky Sports 1 CNN Fox News ...
We chose Viking's The Heart of Normandy in the fall in order to see Paris without the heavy tourist population of warmer weather and also to travel in Normandy. First of all, the ship's crew and the cruise director were all faultlessly polite and efficient. They performed flawlessly and were superb.
The issue is that this is the cruise that wants to be a cruise but isn't. This was our 3rd ...
I have been on two river cruises in Europe with two different companies and can't help but compare. While we enjoyed our cruise with Viking, I felt Uniworld was a better experience.
First, as others have noted, docking in Le Pecq instead of Paris is very inconvenient. Their smaller ships can dock in Paris, so why not ditch the longship and dock in Paris? The shuttle Viking provides to/from ...
The adverts looked very appealing...and the time fit in with a visit to Italy. We were disappointed that the boat was NO WHERE NEAR PARIS...and their offered tour of Paris was more or less a drive by view from a bus. Being a fairly seasoned traveler, I was forearmed and our group was able to schedule our own time pre-cruise in Paris thereby enabling us to spend more quality time at must see ...
1. Summary: After reading & watching the Viking advertisements and paying top dollar, we were disappointed; we paid for gold, but the Vikings delivered only bronze. We did see a lot of Paris and we did see a lot of other parts of northern France. However, the itinerary could have easily been adjusted to give more time in Paris, Versailles, and Normandy and less time in little villages/towns that ...
We returned from our Paris- Normandy cruise on May 25th. We were on the Rinda. It is one of their newer ships- so we were obviously looking forward to that. Unfortunately, the fact that it was newer- and longer than their other ships- had a negative impact on the cruise. If you are taking this river cruise (Paris – Normandy), you will not be staying in Paris. You will be a minimum of 40 ...
This trip was to start and end in Paris. Join the boat on Monday, stay in Paris Tuesday and return for a full day at the dock in Paris on Sunday to disembark on Monday. The dock was pictured on the Seine not far from the Eiffel Tower. The booklet from Viking showed the dock (p. 29) near the Pont de Grenelle. The online docking information showed it at Quai Maurice Berteaux, Le Pecq. The map said ...
Itinerary, Shore Excursions, Embarkation, and Disembarkation
A review has recently be posted for this sailing of the Rinda titled “Disappointment” by biscuit12. We were also disappointed by the change in docking from central Paris to La Pecq, which is a considerable distance from the city center. We had been notified almost 2 weeks prior to sailing by our travel agent of the change in ...