14 Night Ancient Mediterranean Antiquities Cruise aboard the Viking Neptune

Prepare for fourteen nights of exciting cruising across the sea when you reserve your balcony cabin on the Viking Neptune from Istanbul to Rome.

With this Christmas and New Years sailing you will spend time in usual ports such as Athens, Naples, and Istanbul plus very uncommon ports such as Canakkale. This route is a rare one for the Viking Neptune, 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 5: Rhodes
Day 7: Athens

The Viking Neptune

Based in Europe and built less than three years ago in 2022, more than 900 travelers can sail comfortably on this top-rated Ocean class ship.

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

Viking Neptune
Day 3: Canakkale

Pricing Information

Since being listed seven months ago, the cost of this cruise has remained at $5,798 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 twelve days in port and one sea day. Major features include visits to extremely rare stops like Canakkale in addition to long stops in Rhodes, Crete, and Kuşadası.

DatePortArriveDepart
Tue, Dec 22Istanbul, Turkey
Wed, Dec 236:00pm
Thu, Dec 24Canakkale, Turkey 7:00am2:00pm
Fri, Dec 25Kuşadası, Turkey (Ephesus)7:00am6:00pm
Sat, Dec 26Rhodes, Greece 7:00am6:00pm
Sun, Dec 27Crete, Greece 7:00am6:00pm
Mon, Dec 28Athens, Greece 7:00am
Tue, Dec 29
Wed, Dec 305:30pm
Thu, Dec 31Kuşadası, Turkey (Ephesus)8:00am5:00pm
Fri, Jan 1Crete, Greece 8:00am5:00pm
Sat, Jan 2At Sea
Sun, Jan 3Messina, Sicily 7:30am5:30pm
Mon, Jan 4Naples, Italy 7:30am5:30pm
Tue, Jan 5Civitavecchia, Italy (Rome)5:00am
December 22nd, 2026  - Ancient Mediterranean Antiquities Cruise on the Viking Ocean Cruises Viking Neptune
Your Route
Day 13: Messina
Day 14: Naples
Day 6: Crete
Day 15: Rome

Alternate Sailings

The Viking Neptune sails this route once next year, but doesn't sail it this year. The same itinerary is also sailed by the Viking Star, Viking Sky, Viking Saturn, Viking Vesta, and Viking Mira. 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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Last Updated: Jul 3, 2025

Last Modified: Jul 3, 2025

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