14 Night Ancient Mediterranean Antiquities Cruise aboard the Viking Mira

Settle in for fourteen nights of stimulating sailing across the sea when you set sail with the Viking Mira from Rome to Istanbul.

On this New Years trip you will visit favorite stops like Athens and Naples in addition to extremely rare stops like Canakkale. This route is an uncommon one for the Viking Mira, But this is the least expensive sailing.

We include all all meals, entertainment, port charges, and taxes in our price, so that you can compare cruises easily.

Day 7: Athens
Day 2: Naples

The Viking Mira

Based in Europe, over 900 passengers can cruise comfortably on this Ocean class cruise ship.

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

Viking Mira
Day 13: Canakkale

Your Itinerary

This sailing is made up of one sea day and twelve days in port. Major features include long stops in Rhodes, Crete, and Kuşadası plus visits to once-in-a-lifetime ports like Canakkale.

DatePortArriveDepart
Wed, Dec 30Civitavecchia, Italy (Rome)6:00pm
Thu, Dec 31Naples, Italy 7:30am5:30pm
Fri, Jan 1Messina, Sicily 7:30am5:30pm
Sat, Jan 2At Sea
Sun, Jan 3Crete, Greece 8:00am5:00pm
Mon, Jan 4Kuşadası, Turkey (Ephesus)8:00am5:00pm
Tue, Jan 5Athens, Greece 7:00am
Wed, Jan 6
Thu, Jan 76:00pm
Fri, Jan 8Crete, Greece 7:00am6:00pm
Sat, Jan 9Rhodes, Greece 7:00am6:00pm
Sun, Jan 10Kuşadası, Turkey (Ephesus)7:00am6:00pm
Mon, Jan 11Canakkale, Turkey 11:30am6:00pm
Tue, Jan 12Istanbul, Turkey 7:00am
Wed, Jan 13
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December 30th, 2026  - Ancient Mediterranean Antiquities Cruise on the Viking Ocean Cruises Viking Mira
Your Route
Day 14: Istanbul
Day 5: Crete
Day 11: Rhodes
Day 3: Messina

Alternate Sailings

The Viking Mira sails this route once this year as well as two times next year. The same itinerary is also sailed by the Viking Neptune, Viking Vela, and Viking Vesta. 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 displays the cost over time for each type of cabin. Since being listed a year or so ago, The cost of this cruise has varied between $4,998 and $5,798 for a balcony stateroom, including $0 in taxes and port charges. Today this sailing is only $200 higher than the all time low of $4,998 so reserve your balcony room now before it goes up.

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Last Updated: Jul 15, 2026

Last Modified: Jul 9, 2026

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