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

Settle in for twenty-eight nights of stimulating cruising through the sea when you set sail with the Viking Mars from Istanbul to Barcelona.

With this cruise you'll tour through classic stops like Barcelona and Civitavecchia in addition to once-in-a-lifetime stops like Canakkale and Sibenik. This route is a special one for the Viking Mars, But this is the least expensive sailing.

The price includes all all meals, entertainment, port charges, and taxes. No surprises!

Day 18: Bari
Day 20: Messina

The Viking Mars

Over 900 guests can cruise on this top-rated Ocean class ship, based in Europe and built less than four years ago in 2022.

The Viking Mars Viking Ocean Cruises boasts a gym, a spa, and a jacuzzi.

Viking Mars
Day 21: Naples

Your Itinerary

This sailing spends twenty-seven days in port and zero days at sea. Highlights include visits to exotic ports like Canakkale and Sibenik plus long stops in Civitavecchia, Rhodes, Crete, Monte Carlo and more.

DatePortArriveDepart
Sat, May 1Istanbul, Turkey
Sun, May 26:00pm
Mon, May 3Canakkale, Turkey 7:00am2:00pm
Tue, May 4Kuşadası, Turkey (Ephesus)7:00am6:00pm
Wed, May 5Rhodes, Greece 7:00am6:00pm
Thu, May 6Crete, Greece 7:00am6:00pm
Fri, May 7Athens, Greece 7:00am
Sat, May 86:00pm
Sun, May 9Katakolon, Greece (Olympia)12:00pm7:00pm
Mon, May 10Corfu, Greece 8:00am5:00pm
Tue, May 11Kotor, Montenegro 8:00am10:00pm
Wed, May 12Dubrovnik, Croatia 7:00am6:00pm
Thu, May 13Split, Croatia 7:00am6:00pm
Fri, May 14Venice, Italy 12:00pm
Sat, May 15
Sun, May 165:00pm
Mon, May 17Sibenik, Croatia 8:00am6:00pm
Tue, May 18Bari, Italy 8:00am6:00pm
Wed, May 19Crotone, Italy 8:00am6:00pm
Thu, May 20Messina, Sicily 8:00am5:00pm
Fri, May 21Naples, Italy 8:00am5:00pm
Sat, May 22Civitavecchia, Italy (Rome)5:00am8:00pm
Sun, May 23Livorno, Italy (Florence)9:00am
Mon, May 246:00pm
Tue, May 25Monte Carlo, Monaco 8:00am9:00pm
Wed, May 26Marseille, France 8:00am6:00pm
Thu, May 27Sete, France 8:00am9:00pm
Fri, May 28Barcelona, Spain 8:00am
Sat, May 29
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May 1st, 2027  - Mediterranean's Iconic Shores Cruise on the Viking Ocean Cruises Viking Mars
Your Route
Day 10: Corfu
Day 11: Kotor
Day 7: Athens
Day 5: Rhodes
Day 14: Venice
Day 6: Crete
Day 12: Dubrovnik

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 Venus. The Viking Neptune, Viking Vesta, Viking Mira, and Viking Jupiter 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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This graph indicates the cost over time for all types of cabin. Since being listed twenty months ago, The cost of this itinerary has varied between $18,796 and $23,096 for a balcony room, inclusive of $0 in taxes and port fees.

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Last Updated: Jul 8, 2026

Last Modified: Jul 8, 2026

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