14 Night Ancient Mediterranean Antiquities Cruise aboard the Viking Vesta

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Prepare yourself for fourteen nights of luxurious travel through on the Mediterranean when you step aboard the Viking Vesta from Istanbul to Rome.

With this trip you will call on usual stops like Piraeus and Naples as well as exotic stops like Souda Bay and Canakkale. This route is an unusual one for the Viking Vesta, But this is the lowest price sailing on it.

We include all meals, entertainment, taxes, and fees in the price, so that you can compare sailings easily.

Day 13: Messina
Day 6: Crete

The Viking Vesta

The Viking Vesta Viking Ocean Cruises, based in the Mediterranean and Europe and built only one year ago in 2025, is a top-rated Ocean class cruise ship that can accomodate comfortably more than 900 travelers.

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

Viking Vesta
Day 15: Rome

Your Itinerary

This itinerary consists of twelve days in port and one sea day. Highlights include visits to very uncommon stops like Souda Bay and Canakkale in addition to long stops in Rhodes, Crete, and Kuşadası.

Wed9December 9thWednesdayThu10December 10thThursday
– 6:00pm – 6:00pm
Fri11December 11thFriday
9:00am – 4:00pm
9:00am – 4:00pm
Sat12December 12thSaturday
7:00am – 6:00pm
Sun13December 13thSunday
7:00am – 6:00pm
7:00am – 6:00pm
Mon14December 14thMonday
7:00am – 6:00pm
7:00am – 6:00pm
Tue15December 15thTuesdayThu17December 17thThursday
7:00am – 5:30pm7:00am – 5:30pm
Fri18December 18thFriday
8:00am – 5:00pm
Sat19December 19thSaturday
8:00am – 5:00pm
8:00am – 5:00pm
Sun20December 20thSunday
At Sea
Mon21December 21stMonday
7:30am – 5:30pm
7:30am – 5:30pm
Tue22December 22ndTuesday
7:30am – 5:30pm
7:30am – 5:30pm
Wed23December 23rdWednesday
5:00am
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December 9th, 2026  - Ancient Mediterranean Antiquities Cruise on the Viking Ocean Cruises Viking Vesta
Your Route
Day 5: Rhodes
Day 7: Athens
Day 14: Naples

Alternate Sailings

The Viking Vesta sails this route once this year in addition to once next year. The same itinerary is also sailed by the Viking Neptune, Viking Saturn, Viking Vela, Viking Mira, and Viking Astrea. The Viking Libra and Viking Sky 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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This graph indicates the price over time for all types of cabin. Since it was first listed on June 16th of last year, The price of a balcony stateroom on this sailing has ranged between $4,798 and $6,098 including taxes and port fees. At only $400 higher than the all time low of $4,798 today is a great time to lock in your balcony stateroom

balcony
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$5,198
$7,098
$371.29/day
$507.00/day
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Last Updated: Oct 2, 2026

Last Modified: Sep 22, 2026

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