7 Night Ancient Mediterranean Treasures Cruise aboard the Viking Neptune

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Reserve your balcony cabin on the Viking Neptune and prepare yourself for seven nights of refreshing sailing around the Mediterranean from Istanbul to Athens!

With this Christmas trip you will stop at usual ports like Piraeus plus extremely rare ports like Canakkale. This route is an unusual one for the Viking Neptune, But this is the lowest price sailing on it.

Our price is the total you pay for a balcony cabin, no sneaky extra fees.


The Viking Neptune

The Viking Neptune Viking Ocean Cruises, based in the Mediterranean and Asia and built just four years ago in 2022, is a highly-rated Star class cruise ship that can accomodate comfortably over 900 guests.

The Viking Neptune Viking Ocean Cruises offers a gym, a jacuzzi, and a spa.

Ship class
Star
Built
2022
Guests
928
Crew
465
Length
748 ft
Passenger decks
10
Viking Neptune
Bars & cafésAquavit Bar

Your Itinerary

This sailing consists of six port days and zero sea days. High points include visits to extremely rare destinations like Canakkale as well as long stops in Rhodes, Crete, and Kuşadası.

Map of this cruise's route
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Tue22December 22ndTuesdayWed23December 23rdWednesday
6:00pm
Thu24December 24thThursday
9:00am – 4:00pm
9:00am – 4:00pm
Fri25December 25thFriday
7:00am – 6:00pm
Sat26December 26thSaturday
7:00am – 6:00pm
7:00am – 6:00pm
Sun27December 27thSunday
7:00am – 6:00pm
7:00am – 6:00pm
Mon28December 28thMondayTue29December 29thTuesday
7:00am – 9:00am
7:00am – 9:00am7:00am – 9:00am
Day 3Canakkale
Day 5Rhodes
Day 6Crete
Day 7Athens

Book Your Cruise

Since being listed twenty-three months ago, The cost of this cruise has fluctuated between $2,699 and $3,124 for a balcony cabin, inclusive of taxes and port fees. Now this cruise is at its lowest price, so reserve your balcony stateroom now before it goes up.

  • Balcony

    $2,599

    $371/day

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  • Penthouse Junior Suite

    Suite

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    Not available on this sailing

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Stay connected on board

A GigSky eSIM works on the ship and ashore in Europe, so your phone just works without the ship's Wi‑Fi package.

Unlimited data for your 8 days $128.99 $109.64

500 MB a day at full speed, then 500 kbps; messaging, email and maps apps stay unlimited.

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Alternate Sailings

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. The Viking Jupiter, Viking Mars, Viking Venus, Viking Sky, Viking Sea, Viking Libra, Viking Lyra, and Viking Vega sail routes with the same stops but slightly different schedules.

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Data as of Oct 24, 2026

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