Viking Venus
Luxury Experiences with Viking Ocean Cruise Venus
Viking Venus is the perfect choice for adult education-minded travellers who want an upscale experience. The 930-passenger ship offers comfortable cabins with balconies, USB ports, heated floors, and toiletries. For relaxation, there's the LivNordic Spa, infinity pool, and Aquavit Terrace bar. Enrichment activities are plentiful, with a historian and guest lecturer joining each cruise and shore excursions focused on history and culture. At night, you can enjoy the Torshavn nightclub with rock music and dancing, or the Wintergarden tea, Viking Bar specialty coffees, and World Cafe buffet. Families with kids under 18 and those expecting a party atmosphere should look elsewhere. Viking Venus is the ideal choice for a smart and luxurious cruise, with outstanding amenities plus health protocols for safe travel.
Dining
Dining
Indulge in a wide choice of culinary offerings, featuring a daily-changing menu highlighting local cuisine with locally sourced ingredients.
Manfredi's Italian Restaurant
Manfredi’s is an Italian cuisine restaurant featuring an open kitchen and floor-ceiling windows. The menu includes traditional Mediterranean food specialties such as fried calamari, Osso Bucco, sea bass fillet, veal scallopini, bistecca Florentine, plenty of pasta and risotto dishes, a daily special, gourmet desserts. Early reservations are highly recommended.
The Restaurant
Indulge in a wide choice of culinary offerings, featuring a daily-changing menu highlighting local cuisine with locally sourced ingredients.
World Café
Featuring American classics, European fare, Chinese cuisine, Japanese sushi and more, savor a range of cuisines from around the world. Relax in a casual atmosphere and enjoy al fresco dining.
Aquavit Terrace
Dine al fresco in the evening at the Aquavit Terrace.
The Chefs Table
The Chef's Table is a unique multi-course culinary experience in which cultural enrichment comes in the form of regional cuisine. All courses are inspired and prepared by acclaimed guest chefs, guaranteeing surprises at every meal. Meals are specially paired with wines by onboard experts, filling out the dining experience with fragrance and flavor.
Pool Grill
For a relaxed lunch or afternoon snack, the Pool Grill serves casual fare prepared to order. Choose from Viking Burger, Seared Ahi Tuna, and much more. A small salad bar is also available for a lighter meal.
Manfredi's Italian Restaurant
Manfredi’s is an Italian cuisine restaurant featuring an open kitchen and floor-ceiling windows. The menu includes traditional Mediterranean food specialties such as fried calamari, Osso Bucco, sea bass fillet, veal scallopini, bistecca Florentine, plenty of pasta and risotto dishes, a daily special, gourmet desserts. Early reservations are highly recommended.
The Restaurant
Indulge in a wide choice of culinary offerings, featuring a daily-changing menu highlighting local cuisine with locally sourced ingredients.
World Café
Featuring American classics, European fare, Chinese cuisine, Japanese sushi and more, savor a range of cuisines from around the world. Relax in a casual atmosphere and enjoy al fresco dining.
Aquavit Terrace
Dine al fresco in the evening at the Aquavit Terrace.
The Chefs Table
The Chef's Table is a unique multi-course culinary experience in which cultural enrichment comes in the form of regional cuisine. All courses are inspired and prepared by acclaimed guest chefs, guaranteeing surprises at every meal. Meals are specially paired with wines by onboard experts, filling out the dining experience with fragrance and flavor.
Pool Grill
For a relaxed lunch or afternoon snack, the Pool Grill serves casual fare prepared to order. Choose from Viking Burger, Seared Ahi Tuna, and much more. A small salad bar is also available for a lighter meal.
Bars & Lounges
Bars & Lounges
Enjoy a cocktail in the Viking Bar, which is located on the ground floor of the atrium.
Torshavn
Torshavn Lounge & Bar is the ship’s piano bar / dancing lounge / disco nightclub. The entertainment options range from daily live performances , music revues in the evenings and nightly live band music dancing parties.
Explorer Lounge
Inspired by the trade routes of Vikings, the Explorers’ Lounge is the ideal place for guests to share their discoveries over an aquavit or a craft beer while sampling fine Scandinavian fare. Central to the Explorers’ Lounge is Mamsen’s, a casual gourmet deli inspired by Norwegian cuisine, from smoked salmon to open-faced sandwiches and locally sourced charcuterie and cheeses. The daily “Waffle Hour” provides mouth-watering samples of the beloved treat.
Torshavn
Torshavn Lounge & Bar is the ship’s piano bar / dancing lounge / disco nightclub. The entertainment options range from daily live performances , music revues in the evenings and nightly live band music dancing parties.
Explorer Lounge
Inspired by the trade routes of Vikings, the Explorers’ Lounge is the ideal place for guests to share their discoveries over an aquavit or a craft beer while sampling fine Scandinavian fare. Central to the Explorers’ Lounge is Mamsen’s, a casual gourmet deli inspired by Norwegian cuisine, from smoked salmon to open-faced sandwiches and locally sourced charcuterie and cheeses. The daily “Waffle Hour” provides mouth-watering samples of the beloved treat.
Entertainment & Nightlife
Entertainment & Nightlife
Torshavn Lounge & Bar is the ship’s piano bar / dancing lounge / disco nightclub. The entertainment options range from daily live performances , music revues in the evenings and nightly live band music dancing parties.
The Theater
The Theater, features live performances that bring you closer to the culture of the destinations. Sometimes, the destination that connect you to exists solely in the realm of an otherworldly theatrical journey, as is the case with beautifully themed shows.
The Theater
The Theater, features live performances that bring you closer to the culture of the destinations. Sometimes, the destination that connect you to exists solely in the realm of an otherworldly theatrical journey, as is the case with beautifully themed shows.
Onboard Activities
Onboard Activities
The ideal setting for relaxation and conversation, The Viking Living Room draws guests together. Spacious seating, melodic piano tunes, live entertainment and planned activities foster rich camaraderie. And its well-curated Viking Library informs even the best-read traveler. Adorned with nautical touches from Viking days, including the clinker-built bar inspired by ancient longships, it is the most inspired living room at sea.
Atrium
Relax in the soaring atrium and mingle with like-minded guests as you enjoy a cocktail from the Viking Bar.
The Wintergarden
When you yearn for serenity, there is no better place on ship than a visit to the Wintergarden. This charming, airy space around the main pool is perfect for relaxing in clean, uncluttered Scandinavian-designed environment.
Shops
The Shops are the ship's duty-free shopping arcade of retail shops and boutiques. A jewelry boutique sells brand jewelry, watches, and accessories. A fashion store also offers luxury sunglasses, bags, and top-quality sweaters. A convenience store sells liquors, tobaccos, sundries, sweets, and snacks. Another shop sells name-brand cosmetics and perfumes. On select evenings, at the shops are also held trivia games and promo events.
The Kitchen Table
Immerse yourself in local culture and cuisine on an optional interactive culinary journey. At onboard cooking school, experience firsthand how ships’ world-class chefs bring distinct, local flavors from market to table.
Atrium
Relax in the soaring atrium and mingle with like-minded guests as you enjoy a cocktail from the Viking Bar.
The Wintergarden
When you yearn for serenity, there is no better place on ship than a visit to the Wintergarden. This charming, airy space around the main pool is perfect for relaxing in clean, uncluttered Scandinavian-designed environment.
Shops
The Shops are the ship's duty-free shopping arcade of retail shops and boutiques. A jewelry boutique sells brand jewelry, watches, and accessories. A fashion store also offers luxury sunglasses, bags, and top-quality sweaters. A convenience store sells liquors, tobaccos, sundries, sweets, and snacks. Another shop sells name-brand cosmetics and perfumes. On select evenings, at the shops are also held trivia games and promo events.
The Kitchen Table
Immerse yourself in local culture and cuisine on an optional interactive culinary journey. At onboard cooking school, experience firsthand how ships’ world-class chefs bring distinct, local flavors from market to table.
Outdoor Activities
Outdoor Activities
The heated Main Pool and hot tub provide a calming oasis in any weather. The retractable roof allows for any-time swims and soaks.
Wellness
Wellness
Ship also reinvented the spa experience; drawing upon the holistic wellness philosophy of Nordic culture. To stimulate your circulatory system visit the snow grotto where snowflakes gently descend from the ceiling through chilled air, then invigorate yourself in the sauna, following a centuries-old Nordic tradition.
Salon
Beauty Salon is served by certified beauty therapists and hairdressers. It offers hair and nail services for women , There is a separate barber shop.
Fitness Center
The Fitness Center is adjacent to the Spa. This is a small gym room with floor-ceiling windows and modern TechnoGym equipment – treadmills, elliptical trainers, stationary bikes, free weights, resistance machines, TRX trainers, Kinesis machines. Personal training is available at extra charge.
Salon
Beauty Salon is served by certified beauty therapists and hairdressers. It offers hair and nail services for women , There is a separate barber shop.
Fitness Center
The Fitness Center is adjacent to the Spa. This is a small gym room with floor-ceiling windows and modern TechnoGym equipment – treadmills, elliptical trainers, stationary bikes, free weights, resistance machines, TRX trainers, Kinesis machines. Personal training is available at extra charge.
