7 Night Ancient Mediterranean Treasures Cruise aboard the Viking Mars
Get ready for seven nights of leisurely sailing on the Mediterranean when you embark on the Viking Mars from Istanbul to Athens.
With this sailing you'll visit usual ports like Piraeus in addition to rare ports like Canakkale. This is a frequent route for the Viking Mars, But this is the least expensive sailing.
Don't miss out-- if you act now you can get a balcony balcony room for the interior price! This is the total you pay for a balcony cabin, no surprises.
The Viking Mars
The Viking Mars Viking Ocean Cruises, based in the Mediterranean and built less than four years ago in 2022, is a top-rated Star class vessel that can accomodate comfortably over 900 cruisers.
The Viking Mars Viking Ocean Cruises boasts a jacuzzi, a gym, and a spa.
- Ship class
- Star
- Built
- 2022
- Guests
- 928
- Crew
- 465
- Length
- 748 ft
- Passenger decks
- 10
Your Itinerary
This cruise spends six days in port and zero sea days. Major features include visits to extremely rare ports like Canakkale plus long stops in Rhodes, Crete, and Kuşadası.
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Book Your Cruise
Since it was first listed on July 18th of last year, The cost of this sailing has fluctuated between $4,599 and $4,999 for a balcony cabin, including taxes and port charges. Now this sailing is just $400 higher than the all time low of $4,599 so secure your balcony room now before it goes up.
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Penthouse Junior Suite
Photos show a typical cabin in each class. Layout and decor vary by category.
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Stay connected on board
A GigSky eSIM works on the ship and ashore in Europe, so your phone just works without the ship's Wi‑Fi package.
Unlimited data for your 8 days $128.99 $109.64
500 MB a day at full speed, then 500 kbps; messaging, email and maps apps stay unlimited.
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 Sea, Viking Jupiter, Viking Neptune, Viking Mira, Viking Libra, Viking Astrea, Viking Lyra, and Viking Vega. The Viking Saturn, Viking Venus, Viking Star, Viking Vesta, and Viking Vela sail routes with the same stops but slightly different schedules.
More dates on the Viking Mars
- May 1 Sat, 2027 $5,999 $857/day
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Apr 4 Tue, 2028 This sailing
The same route on other Viking Ocean Cruises ships
- Nov 14 Sat, 2026 · Viking Star $3,424 $489/day
- Nov 21 Sat, 2026 · Viking Saturn $3,099 $443/day
- Dec 9 Wed, 2026 · Viking Vesta $2,899 $414/day
- Dec 22 Tue, 2026 · Viking Neptune $2,599 $371/day
- Jan 13 Wed, 2027 · Viking Mira $2,799 $400/day
- Jan 20 Wed, 2027 · Viking Vesta $2,599 $371/day
- Mar 10 Wed, 2027 · Viking Mira $3,999 $571/day
- Mar 25 Thu, 2027 · Viking Vesta $4,399 $628/day
- May 21 Fri, 2027 · Viking Neptune $5,599 $800/day
- Jul 31 Sat, 2027 · Viking Neptune $3,999 $571/day
- Sep 25 Sat, 2027 · Viking Neptune $6,199 $886/day
- Oct 23 Sat, 2027 · Viking Jupiter $4,499 $643/day
- Oct 31 Sun, 2027 · Viking Astrea $4,299 $614/day
- Jan 5 Wed, 2028 · Viking Mira $2,999 $428/day
- Jan 25 Tue, 2028 · Viking Vela $3,299 $471/day
- Mar 2 Thu, 2028 · Viking Mira $4,299 $614/day
- Apr 13 Thu, 2028 · Viking Sky $4,799 $686/day
- Aug 19 Sat, 2028 · Viking Jupiter $4,399 $628/day
- Oct 11 Wed, 2028 · Viking Sky $4,999 $714/day
- Oct 20 Fri, 2028 · Viking Lyra $4,799 $686/day
- Nov 1 Wed, 2028 · Viking Libra $4,599 $657/day
- Nov 15 Wed, 2028 · Viking Astrea $3,999 $571/day
- Dec 27 Wed, 2028 · Viking Astrea $2,999 $428/day
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Data as of Oct 24, 2026