Book your balcony cabin on the Viking Neptune and prepare for fourteen nights of cultural cruising across the sea from Istanbul to Rome!
During this Christmas and New Years trip you will visit favorite ports such as Athens and Naples as well as extremely rare ports such as Canakkale and Souda Bay. This route is a rare one for the Viking Neptune, But this is the lowest price sailing on it.
We include all meals, entertainment, port charges, and taxes in our price, so there are no sneaky extra fees. What makes this cruise special is that right now you can book a balcony balcony room for the interior price!
The Viking Neptune Viking Ocean Cruises, based in Europe and built less than four years ago in 2022, is a top-rated Ocean class cruise ship that can house comfortably over 900 travelers.
The Viking Neptune Viking Ocean Cruises wows guests with a spa, a jacuzzi, and a gym.
This cruise spends one day at sea and twelve port days. High points include visits to very uncommon destinations like Canakkale and Souda Bay.
| Date | Port | Arrive | Depart |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Dec 22 | Istanbul, Turkey | ||
| Wed, Dec 23 | 5:00pm | ||
| Thu, Dec 24 | Canakkale, Turkey | 9:00am | 5:00pm |
| Fri, Dec 25 | Kuşadası, Turkey (Ephesus) | 9:00am | 5:00pm |
| Sat, Dec 26 | Rhodes, Greece | 9:00am | 5:00pm |
| Sun, Dec 27 | Crete, Greece | 9:00am | 5:00pm |
| Mon, Dec 28 | Athens, Greece | 9:00am | |
| Tue, Dec 29 | |||
| Wed, Dec 30 | 5:00pm | ||
| Thu, Dec 31 | Kuşadası, Turkey (Ephesus) | 9:00am | 5:00pm |
| Fri, Jan 1 | Souda Bay, Crete | 9:00am | 5:00pm |
| Sat, Jan 2 | At Sea | ||
| Sun, Jan 3 | Messina, Sicily | 9:00am | 5:00pm |
| Mon, Jan 4 | Naples, Italy | 9:00am | 5:00pm |
| Tue, Jan 5 | Civitavecchia, Italy (Rome) | 9:00am |
The Viking Neptune sails this route once this year. The same itinerary is also sailed by the Viking Star, Viking Saturn, Viking Vela, Viking Vesta, Viking Mira, and Viking Astrea. In the accompanying graphic you can see a visualization of when this ship sails as well as the relative price for a balcony cabin.
This graph displays the price over time for the different classes of cabin. Since it was first listed on November 21st of last year, The price of this sailing has ranged between $4,698 and $5,998 for a balcony cabin, inclusive of $0 in taxes and port charges. Right now this itinerary is just $400 more expensive than the all time low of $4,698 so reserve your balcony stateroom now before it goes up.
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Last Updated: Jun 3, 2026
Last Modified: Jun 3, 2026