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 route is a rare one 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 14: Venice
Day 7: Athens

The Viking Mars

Based in Europe and built only three years ago in 2022, over 900 travelers can travel on this highly-rated Ocean class cruise ship.

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

Viking Mars
Day 21: Naples

Pricing Information

Since being listed seven months ago, the cost of this cruise has remained at $18,796 for a balcony cabin. This graph displays the price over time for each class of cabin. Now this sailing is at its lowest price, so lock in your balcony room now before it rises.

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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
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
May 1st, 2027  - Mediterranean's Iconic Shores Cruise on the Viking Ocean Cruises Viking Mars
Your Route
Day 20: Messina
Day 5: Rhodes
Day 11: Kotor
Day 6: Crete
Day 18: Bari
Day 10: Corfu
Day 12: Dubrovnik

Alternate Sailings

The same itinerary is also sailed by the Viking Venus. The Viking Saturn, Viking Jupiter, Viking Sea, Viking Sky, Viking Neptune, Viking Vesta, and Viking Mira 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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