28 Night Mediterranean's Iconic Shores Cruise aboard the Viking Sea

Prepare for twenty-eight nights of exciting cruising across the sea when you reserve your balcony cabin on the Viking Sea from Istanbul to Barcelona.

With this Labor Day sailing you will spend time in standard ports such as Barcelona and Civitavecchia plus very uncommon ports such as Canakkale, Sete, and Crotone. This route is a rare one for the Viking Sea, But this is the least expensive sailing.

We include all all taxes and fees in this price, so there are no sneaky extra fees. What makes this cruise special is that if you book now you can get a balcony balcony stateroom for the interior price!

Day 5: Rhodes
Day 20: Messina

The Viking Sea

The Viking Sea Viking Ocean Cruises, based in Europe, is the highly-rated flagship of Viking Ocean Cruises's class and can carry comfortably over 900 passengers.

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

Viking Sea
Day 21: Naples

Pricing Information

Since being listed eleven months ago, The cost of a balcony cabin on this itinerary has varied between $16,596 and $20,096 inclusive of $0 in taxes and port fees. This graph indicates the price over time for every type of cabin. At only nineteen percent higher than the all time low of $16,596 today is a great time to reserve your balcony stateroom

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$19,796
$31,496
$707.00/day
$1,124.86/day
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Your Itinerary

This cruise includes zero days at sea and twenty-seven days in port. High points include long stops in Civitavecchia, Rhodes, Crete, Monte Carlo and more plus visits to exotic cities like Canakkale and Crotone.

DatePortArriveDepart
Tue, Aug 25Istanbul, Turkey
Wed, Aug 266:00pm
Thu, Aug 27Canakkale, Turkey 7:00am2:00pm
Fri, Aug 28Kuşadası, Turkey (Ephesus)7:00am6:00pm
Sat, Aug 29Rhodes, Greece 7:00am6:00pm
Sun, Aug 30Crete, Greece 7:00am6:00pm
Mon, Aug 31Athens, Greece 7:00am
Tue, Sep 16:00pm
Wed, Sep 2Katakolon, Greece (Olympia)12:00pm7:00pm
Thu, Sep 3Corfu, Greece 8:00am5:00pm
Fri, Sep 4Kotor, Montenegro 8:00am10:00pm
Sat, Sep 5Dubrovnik, Croatia 7:00am6:00pm
Sun, Sep 6Split, Croatia 7:00am6:00pm
Mon, Sep 7Venice, Italy 12:00pm
Tue, Sep 8
Wed, Sep 95:00pm
Thu, Sep 10Sibenik, Croatia 8:00am6:00pm
Fri, Sep 11Bari, Italy 8:00am6:00pm
Sat, Sep 12Crotone, Italy 8:00am6:00pm
Sun, Sep 13Messina, Sicily 8:00am5:00pm
Mon, Sep 14Naples, Italy 8:00am6:00pm
Tue, Sep 15Civitavecchia, Italy (Rome)5:00am8:00pm
Wed, Sep 16Livorno, Italy (Florence)9:00am
Thu, Sep 176:00pm
Fri, Sep 18Monte Carlo, Monaco 8:00am9:00pm
Sat, Sep 19Marseille, France 8:00am6:00pm
Sun, Sep 20Sete, France 8:00am9:00pm
Mon, Sep 21Barcelona, Spain 8:00am
Tue, Sep 22
August 25th, 2026  - Mediterranean's Iconic Shores Cruise on the Viking Ocean Cruises Viking Sea
Your Route
Day 6: Crete
Day 12: Dubrovnik
Day 10: Corfu
Day 14: Venice
Day 11: Kotor
Day 18: Bari
Day 7: Athens

Alternate Sailings

The Viking Sea sails this route two times next year, but doesn't sail it this year. The same itinerary is also sailed by the Viking Vesta. The Viking Saturn, Viking Mars, Viking Jupiter, Viking Sky, Viking Neptune, and Viking Mira sail routes with the same stops but slightly different schedules. 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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Last Updated: Jul 3, 2025

Last Modified: Jul 3, 2025

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