7 Night Ancient Mediterranean Treasures Cruise aboard the Viking Star
Prepare for seven nights of leisurely travel through on the Mediterranean when you book your balcony cabin on the Viking Star from Athens to Istanbul.
With this sailing you'll visit favorite destinations like Piraeus plus rare destinations like Canakkale. This is a common route for the Viking Star, But this is the least expensive sailing.
We include all all meals, entertainment, port charges, and taxes in this, so that you can compare cruises easily. What makes this cruise special is that for a limited time you can get a balcony balcony cabin for the price of an interior balcony cabin!
The Viking Star
The Viking Star Viking Ocean Cruises, based in Barcelona, is the highly-rated namesake of Viking Ocean Cruises's Star class and can accomodate comfortably over 900 people.
The Viking Star Viking Ocean Cruises wows guests with a spa, a jacuzzi, and a gym.
- Ship class
- Star
- Built
- 2015
- Guests
- 930
- Crew
- 465
- Length
- 748 ft
- Passenger decks
- 10
Your Itinerary
This sailing spends six days in port and zero sea days. High points include visits to once-in-a-lifetime cities like Canakkale in addition to long stops in Rhodes, Crete, and Kuşadası.
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Book Your Cruise
Since being listed twenty-three months ago, The price of this itinerary has varied between $3,449 and $4,149 for a balcony room, including taxes and port fees.
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Penthouse Junior Suite
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.
Alternate Sailings
The Viking Star sails this route once this year. The same itinerary is also sailed by the Viking Sky, Viking Jupiter, Viking Mars, Viking Neptune, Viking Saturn, Viking Vela, Viking Vesta, Viking Mira, and Viking Astrea. The Viking Venus, Viking Sea, Viking Libra, Viking Lyra, and Viking Vega sail routes with the same stops but slightly different schedules.
The same route on other Viking Ocean Cruises ships
- Nov 14 Sat, 2026 · Viking Saturn $3,799 $543/day
- Dec 2 Wed, 2026 · Viking Vesta $3,099 $443/day
- Dec 15 Tue, 2026 · Viking Neptune $2,399 $343/day
- Jan 6 Wed, 2027 · Viking Mira $2,399 $343/day
- Jan 13 Wed, 2027 · Viking Vesta $2,399 $343/day
- Mar 3 Wed, 2027 · Viking Mira $3,499 $500/day
- Mar 18 Thu, 2027 · Viking Vesta $3,799 $543/day
- Apr 24 Sat, 2027 · Viking Mars $5,799 $828/day
- May 14 Fri, 2027 · Viking Neptune $5,799 $828/day
- Jul 24 Sat, 2027 · Viking Neptune $3,999 $571/day
- Sep 18 Sat, 2027 · Viking Neptune $6,199 $886/day
- Oct 16 Sat, 2027 · Viking Jupiter $5,399 $771/day
- Oct 24 Sun, 2027 · Viking Astrea $4,499 $643/day
- Dec 29 Wed, 2027 · Viking Mira $3,099 $443/day
- Jan 18 Tue, 2028 · Viking Vela $2,999 $428/day
- Feb 24 Thu, 2028 · Viking Mira $3,499 $500/day
- Mar 28 Tue, 2028 · Viking Mars $4,599 $657/day
- Apr 6 Thu, 2028 · Viking Sky $4,999 $714/day
- Aug 12 Sat, 2028 · Viking Jupiter $3,999 $571/day
- Oct 4 Wed, 2028 · Viking Sky $4,999 $714/day
- Oct 13 Fri, 2028 · Viking Lyra $4,999 $714/day
- Oct 25 Wed, 2028 · Viking Libra $4,599 $657/day
- Nov 8 Wed, 2028 · Viking Astrea $4,299 $614/day
- Dec 20 Wed, 2028 · Viking Astrea $2,999 $428/day
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Data as of Oct 24, 2026