Viking River Cruises announces new 2007 Europe, Russia & China itineraries. Company announces best deal of the year: travelers can now save $900 on any 2007 sailings (Jun. 27, 2006)

Viking River Cruises announces new 2007 Europe, Russia & China itineraries. Company announces best deal of the year: travelers can now save $900 on any 2007 sailings
Viking River Cruises, the world's leading river cruise line, 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.

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:

July 31, 2006: They save $450 per person ($900 savings per cabin maximum)

October 18, 2006: Save $350 per person ($700 per cabin maximum)

December 18, 2006: Save $250 per person ($500 per cabin maximum)

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. Century Star

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:

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.

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.

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.

2007 BROCHURES FOR EUROPE AND CHINA AVAILABLE NOW
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; both available now from your Travel Agent or by calling 1-877-66VIKING (1-877-668-4546) toll-free.

(Source: Viking River Cruises)