7 Night Ancient Mediterranean Treasures Cruise aboard the Viking Mars
Prepare yourself for seven nights of relaxing cruising on the Mediterranean when you embark on the Viking Mars from Istanbul to Athens.
With this trip you'll spend time in favorite ports like Piraeus as well as once-in-a-lifetime ports like Canakkale. This route is a frequent one for the Viking Mars, But this is the lowest price sailing on it.
This price is the total you pay for a balcony cabin, no sneaky extra fees. To make the deal even better, today you can get a balcony balcony cabin for the interior price!
The Viking Mars
Based in the Mediterranean and built just four years ago in 2022, more than 900 people can cruise comfortably on this highly-rated Star class vessel.
The Viking Mars Viking Ocean Cruises offers guests a gym, a spa, and a jacuzzi.
- Ship class
- Star
- Built
- 2022
- Guests
- 928
- Crew
- 465
- Length
- 748 ft
- Passenger decks
- 10
Your Itinerary
This sailing spends zero days at sea and six days in port. High points include visits to extremely rare ports like Canakkale plus long stops in Rhodes, Crete, and Kuşadası.
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Book Your Cruise
Since being listed twenty-three months ago, The price of this itinerary has fluctuated between $4,349 and $5,999 for a balcony stateroom, including taxes and port fees.
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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
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May 1 Sat, 2027 This sailing
- Apr 4 Tue, 2028 $4,999 $714/day
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