14 Night Ancient Mediterranean Antiquities Cruise aboard the Viking Neptune

Step aboard the Viking Neptune and settle in for fourteen nights of breathtaking travel across the sea from Rome to Istanbul!

While aboard this cruise you will tour through usual ports like Athens and Naples in addition to extremely rare ports like Canakkale. This route is an interesting one for the Viking Neptune, But this is the best deal on it.

This price is the total you pay for a balcony cabin, no surprises at checkout.

Day 14: Istanbul
Day 5: Crete

The Viking Neptune

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

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

Viking Neptune
Day 13: Canakkale

Your Itinerary

This itinerary consists of one sea day and twelve days in port. High points include long stops in Rhodes, Crete, and Kuşadası plus visits to exotic ports like Canakkale.

DatePortArriveDepart
Tue, Dec 8Civitavecchia, Italy (Rome)6:00pm
Wed, Dec 9Naples, Italy 7:30am5:30pm
Thu, Dec 10Messina, Sicily 7:30am5:30pm
Fri, Dec 11At Sea
Sat, Dec 12Crete, Greece 8:00am5:00pm
Sun, Dec 13Kuşadası, Turkey (Ephesus)8:00am5:00pm
Mon, Dec 14Athens, Greece 7:00am
Tue, Dec 15
Wed, Dec 166:00pm
Thu, Dec 17Crete, Greece 7:00am6:00pm
Fri, Dec 18Rhodes, Greece 7:00am6:00pm
Sat, Dec 19Kuşadası, Turkey (Ephesus)7:00am6:00pm
Sun, Dec 20Canakkale, Turkey 11:30am6:00pm
Mon, Dec 21Istanbul, Turkey 7:00am
Tue, Dec 22
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December 8th, 2026  - Ancient Mediterranean Antiquities Cruise on the Viking Ocean Cruises Viking Neptune
Your Route
Day 11: Rhodes
Day 2: Naples
Day 3: Messina
Day 7: Athens

Alternate Sailings

The Viking Neptune sails this route once this year. The same itinerary is also sailed by the Viking Vela, 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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Since being listed twenty months ago, The price of a balcony cabin on this sailing has varied between $5,398 and $5,798 including $0 in taxes and port charges. The accompanying graph shows the cost over time for each class of cabin. Right now this sailing is priced $100 under the previous all time low of $5,398 so reserve your balcony stateroom now before it moves upwards.

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$378.43/day
$499.86/day
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Last Updated: Jul 13, 2026

Last Modified: Jul 9, 2026

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