The champagne bottle has been cracked, the Viking Sky has been christened and 21 of the coolest itineraries await.
With so many excellent options, you can't go wrong with a cruise aboard the 930-passenger ship from Viking Cruises, especially when one considers that Viking has made a reputation for itself offering education-and culture-rich cruises.
Torn on which one to choose? Allow us to suggest the following cool runnings.
Baltic Jewels & the Midnight Sun (Stockholm to London)
Ten countries, 20 ports and 29 days. It doesn't get any better than this. Combining the Viking Homelands and Into the Midnight Sun itineraries, passengers will see the very best Scandinavia and the Baltic have to offer. From Stockholm's archipelago and the palaces of St. Petersburg to the striking fjords of Norway, this cruise is one for the books.
Venice, the Adriatic & Greece (Venice to Athens)
Spend two days in Venice before departing for Croatia's Dalmatian Coast, including Dubrovnik, which George Bernard Shaw once famously compared to paradise on earth. From there, it's off to Montenegro before crossing to the romantic Greek island of Corfu.
In Search of the Northern Lights (London to Bergen)
Experience a cruise like no other as you travel along the edges of the near-endless Arctic night. Passengers will float past ethereal snow-covered scenery set against the backdrop of the luminous Aurora Borealis. Other highlights include a sled dog ride, a visit to a Sami community and a tour of the former Viking settlement of Narvik.
From Miami into the Amazon (Miami to San Juan)
Spend 22 days traveling 1,000 miles up the Amazon, venturing through the verdant tropical rainforest. Along the way, you'll have the chance to explore Caribbean ports in St. Lucia and Grenada, as well as Amazonian ports such as Santarem and Manaus. Highlights include fishing for piranha and seeing where the Amazon and Black Rivers converge.
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Trade Routes of the Middle Ages (Bergen to Barcelona)
This journey lasting 15 days will have you visiting some of Europe's most picturesque cities including Amsterdam,
Bruges and Paris. Along the way, you'll have the chance to discover Le Havre (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), the neoclassical city of Porto, Falmouth (the gateway to Cornwall) and the Roman ruins of Cartagena.
In the Wake of the Vikings(Bergen to Montreal)
Legendary Viking Leif Eriksson sailed this same route as he and his fellow Norsemen crisscrossed the Atlantic some 500 years ago. Fast forward to today and passengers will have the opportunity to discover new lands for themselves, including Norway's mercantile city of Bergen, the Shetland and Faroe Islands, Newfoundland and finally Quebec City and Montreal.
Cities of Antiquity & the Holy Land (Rome to Athens)
Set sail on an inspiring 15-day cruise that includes stops in four countries and such ports-of-call as Naples and Crete. With a full day in Jerusalem, passengers will have plenty of time to tour the Holy City or combine it with a visit to Bethlehem. Other stops include Haifa, Israel, Limassol, Cyprus, as well as Rhodes and Mykonos, Greece.
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