28 Night Mediterranean's Iconic Shores Cruise aboard the Viking Mars

Prepare for twenty-eight nights of exciting cruising across the sea when you reserve your balcony cabin on the Viking Mars from Istanbul to Barcelona.

With this sailing you will spend time in standard ports such as Barcelona and Civitavecchia plus very uncommon ports such as Canakkale, Sete, and Crotone. This is a standard route for the Viking Mars, But this is the least expensive sailing.

We include all all taxes and fees in this price, so there are no sneaky extra fees. What makes this cruise special is that if you book now you can get a balcony balcony stateroom for the interior price!

Day 6: Crete
Day 5: Rhodes

The Viking Mars

Based in Europe and built less than three years ago in 2022, more than 900 travelers can sail comfortably on this top-rated Ocean class ship.

The Viking Mars Viking Ocean Cruises wows guests with a gym, a spa, and a jacuzzi.

Viking Mars
Day 21: Naples

Pricing Information

Since being listed a year ago, The cost of a balcony stateroom on this cruise has fluctuated between $16,396 and $17,096 inclusive of $0 in taxes and port charges. This graph displays the price over time for each class of cabin. At only $400 higher than the all time low of $16,396 now is a great time to lock in your balcony room

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$16,796
$28,996
$599.86/day
$1,035.57/day
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Your Itinerary

This sailing spends twenty-seven days in port and zero days at sea. Major features include visits to extremely rare stops like Canakkale and Crotone in addition to long stops in Civitavecchia, Rhodes, Crete, Monte Carlo and more.

DatePortArriveDepart
Mon, Apr 6Istanbul, Turkey
Tue, Apr 76:00pm
Wed, Apr 8Canakkale, Turkey 7:00am2:00pm
Thu, Apr 9Kuşadası, Turkey (Ephesus)7:00am6:00pm
Fri, Apr 10Rhodes, Greece 7:00am6:00pm
Sat, Apr 11Crete, Greece 7:00am6:00pm
Sun, Apr 12Athens, Greece 7:00am
Mon, Apr 136:00pm
Tue, Apr 14Katakolon, Greece (Olympia)12:00pm7:00pm
Wed, Apr 15Corfu, Greece 8:00am5:00pm
Thu, Apr 16Kotor, Montenegro 8:00am10:00pm
Fri, Apr 17Dubrovnik, Croatia 7:00am6:00pm
Sat, Apr 18Split, Croatia 7:00am6:00pm
Sun, Apr 19Venice, Italy 12:00pm
Mon, Apr 20
Tue, Apr 215:00pm
Wed, Apr 22Sibenik, Croatia 8:00am6:00pm
Thu, Apr 23Bari, Italy 8:00am6:00pm
Fri, Apr 24Crotone, Italy 8:00am6:00pm
Sat, Apr 25Messina, Sicily 8:00am5:00pm
Sun, Apr 26Naples, Italy 7:00am5:00pm
Mon, Apr 27Civitavecchia, Italy (Rome)5:00am8:00pm
Tue, Apr 28Livorno, Italy (Florence)9:00am
Wed, Apr 296:00pm
Thu, Apr 30Monte Carlo, Monaco 8:00am9:00pm
Fri, May 1Marseille, France 8:00am6:00pm
Sat, May 2Sete, France 8:00am9:00pm
Sun, May 3Barcelona, Spain 8:00am
Mon, May 4
April 6th, 2026  - Mediterranean's Iconic Shores Cruise on the Viking Ocean Cruises Viking Mars
Your Route
Day 7: Athens
Day 11: Kotor
Day 12: Dubrovnik
Day 18: Bari
Day 10: Corfu
Day 14: Venice
Day 20: Messina

Alternate Sailings

The Viking Mars sails this route once next year, but doesn't sail it this year. The same itinerary is also sailed by the Viking Sky, Viking Jupiter, Viking Neptune, Viking Saturn, and Viking Mira. The Viking Sea and Viking Vesta sail routes with the same stops but slightly different schedules. In the accompanying graphic you can see a visualization of when this ship sails as well as the relative price for a balcony cabin.

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Last Updated: Jul 3, 2025

Last Modified: Jul 2, 2025

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