7 Night Ancient Mediterranean Treasures Cruise aboard the Viking Neptune

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Settle in for seven nights of relaxing travel on the Mediterranean when you book your balcony cabin on the Viking Neptune from Istanbul to Athens.

Aboard this trip you'll stop at usual cities like Piraeus as well as rare cities like Canakkale. This route is a frequent one for the Viking Neptune, But this is the least expensive sailing.

The price is the total you pay for a balcony cabin, no surprises. Especially exciting is that if you act now you can get a balcony balcony stateroom for the price of an inside one!


The Viking Neptune

More than 900 cruisers can cruise on this top-rated Star class vessel, based in the Mediterranean and Asia and built just four years ago in 2022.

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

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

Your Itinerary

This sailing spends six days in port and zero days at sea. Major features include visits to once-in-a-lifetime cities like Canakkale in addition to long stops in Rhodes, Crete, and Kuşadası.

Map of this cruise's route
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Fri21May 21stFridaySat22May 22ndSaturday
6:00pm
Sun23May 23rdSunday
7:00am – 2:00pm
7:00am – 2:00pm
Mon24May 24thMonday
7:00am – 6:00pm
Tue25May 25thTuesday
7:00am – 6:00pm
7:00am – 6:00pm
Wed26May 26thWednesday
7:00am – 6:00pm
7:00am – 6:00pm
Thu27May 27thThursdayFri28May 28thFriday
7:00am – 9:00am
7:00am – 9:00am7:00am – 9:00am
Day 3Canakkale
Day 5Rhodes
Day 6Crete
Day 7Athens

Book Your Cruise

Since it was first listed on November 21st of last year, The cost of this sailing has ranged between $5,799 and $5,799 for a balcony room, including taxes and port charges. At $200 below the previous all time low of $5,799 today is a great time to reserve your balcony room.

Photos show a typical cabin in each class. Layout and decor vary by category.


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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 three times next year, but doesn't sail it this year. The same itinerary is also sailed by the Viking Sky, Viking Sea, Viking Jupiter, Viking Mars, Viking Mira, Viking Libra, Viking Astrea, Viking Lyra, and Viking Vega. The Viking Saturn, Viking Venus, Viking Star, Viking Vesta, and Viking Vela sail routes with the same stops but slightly different schedules.

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Data as of Oct 24, 2026

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