14 Night Cities of Antiquity Cruise aboard the Viking Vela

Book your balcony cabin on the Viking Vela and get ready for fourteen nights of leisurely travel through the sea from Rome to Athens!

With this cruise you will spend time in standard destinations like Civitavecchia in addition to extremely rare destinations like Kalamata and Santorini. This route is an unusual one for the Viking Vela, But this is the best deal on it.

We include all all meals, entertainment, port charges, and taxes in this price, so that you can compare sailings easily. To make the deal even better, for a limited time you can book a balcony balcony room for the price of an inside balcony room!

Day 12: Rhodes
Day 11: Crete

The Viking Vela

The Viking Vela Viking Ocean Cruises, based in Europe and built less than two years ago in 2024, is a top-rated Ocean class cruise ship that can carry more than 900 travelers.

The Viking Vela Viking Ocean Cruises boasts a gym, a jacuzzi, and a spa.

Viking Vela
Day 13: Santorini

Your Itinerary

This itinerary consists of twelve port days and one day at sea. Major features include visits to rare cities like Kalamata and Santorini.

DatePortArriveDepart
Tue, Dec 7Civitavecchia, Italy (Rome)
Wed, Dec 85:00pm
Thu, Dec 9Naples, Italy 9:00am5:00pm
Fri, Dec 10Messina, Sicily 9:00am5:00pm
Sat, Dec 11Valletta, Malta 9:00am
Sun, Dec 125:00pm
Mon, Dec 13At Sea
Tue, Dec 14Corfu, Greece 9:00am5:00pm
Wed, Dec 15Katakolon, Greece (Olympia)9:00am5:00pm
Thu, Dec 16Kalamata, Greece 9:00am5:00pm
Fri, Dec 17Crete, Greece 9:00am5:00pm
Sat, Dec 18Rhodes, Greece 9:00am5:00pm
Sun, Dec 19Santorini, Greece 9:00am5:00pm
Mon, Dec 20Athens, Greece 9:00am
Tue, Dec 21
December 7th, 2027  - Cities of Antiquity Cruise on the Viking Ocean Cruises Viking Vela
Your Route
Day 3: Naples
Day 4: Messina
Day 8: Corfu
Day 10: Kalamata

Alternate Sailings

The Viking Vela sails this route once next year, but doesn't sail it this year. The same itinerary is also sailed by the Viking Star. 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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This graph displays the price over time for the different types of cabin. Since being listed eleven months ago, The price of this cruise has varied between $4,999 and $5,499 for a balcony cabin, including $0 in taxes and port charges. Today this cruise is at its minimum price, so reserve your balcony room now before it goes up.

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Last Updated: Jun 3, 2026

Last Modified: Jun 3, 2026

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