14 Night Ancient Mediterranean Antiquities Cruise aboard the Viking Neptune

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Join the Viking Neptune and prepare yourself for fourteen nights of breathtaking cruising across the sea from Istanbul to Rome!

On this Christmas and New Years sailing you'll call on favorite destinations such as Athens and Naples in addition to rare destinations such as Canakkale and Souda Bay. This route is an interesting one for the Viking Neptune, But this is the lowest price sailing on it.

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Day 5: Rhodes
Day 6: Crete

The Viking Neptune

The Viking Neptune Viking Ocean Cruises, based in Europe and built just four years ago in 2022, is a highly-rated Ocean class ship that can carry comfortably over 900 people.

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

Viking Neptune
Day 3: Canakkale

Your Itinerary

This itinerary spends twelve port days and one day at sea. Major features include visits to very uncommon ports like Canakkale and Souda Bay in addition to long stops in Rhodes, Crete, and Kuşadası.

DatePortArriveDepart
Tue, Dec 22Istanbul, Turkey
Wed, Dec 236:00pm
Thu, Dec 24Canakkale, Turkey 9:00am4:00pm
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 1Souda Bay, Crete 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
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December 22nd, 2026  - Ancient Mediterranean Antiquities Cruise on the Viking Ocean Cruises Viking Neptune
Your Route
Day 14: Naples
Day 13: Messina
Day 15: Rome
Day 7: Athens

Alternate Sailings

The Viking Neptune sails this route once this year. The same itinerary is also sailed by the 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.
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This graph displays the price over time for the different types of cabin. Since it was first listed on November 21st of last year, The cost of a balcony room on this cruise has varied between $4,698 and $5,998 inclusive of taxes and port charges. Now this cruise is only $600 more than the all time low of $4,698 so secure your balcony stateroom now before it goes up.

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Last Updated: Jul 16, 2026

Last Modified: Jul 9, 2026

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