Prepare for twenty-eight nights of exciting cruising across the sea when you reserve your balcony cabin on the Viking Vesta from Barcelona to Istanbul.
With this Christmas sailing you will spend time in standard ports such as Barcelona and Civitavecchia plus very uncommon ports such as Palamos, Villefranche-sur-Mer, and Canakkale. This route is a rare one for the Viking Vesta. In fact, it sails it just once.
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!
The Viking Vesta Viking Ocean Cruises, based in Europe, is a highly-rated Ocean class vessel that can carry comfortably more than 900 passengers.
The Viking Vesta Viking Ocean Cruises offers a gym, a spa, and a jacuzzi.
Since being listed 18 days ago, The cost of a balcony stateroom on this cruise has fluctuated between $13,171 and $13,521 inclusive of $0 in taxes and port charges. This graph displays the price over time for each class of cabin. Now this sailing is at its lowest price, so lock in your balcony room now before it rises.
This sailing spends twenty-six days in port and one sea day. Major features include visits to extremely rare stops like Canakkale in addition to long stops in Civitavecchia, Marseille, Crete, Dubrovnik and more.
| Date | Port | Arrive | Depart |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Dec 1 | Barcelona, Spain | ||
| Tue, Dec 2 | 6:00pm | ||
| Wed, Dec 3 | Palamos, Spain | 8:00am | 8:00pm |
| Thu, Dec 4 | Marseille, France | 7:30am | 6:00pm |
| Fri, Dec 5 | Villefranche-sur-Mer, France | 8:00am | 8:00pm |
| Sat, Dec 6 | Livorno, Italy (Florence) | 8:00am | |
| Sun, Dec 7 | 6:00pm | ||
| Mon, Dec 8 | Civitavecchia, Italy (Rome) | 5:00am | 8:00pm |
| Tue, Dec 9 | Naples, Italy | 8:00am | 6:00pm |
| Wed, Dec 10 | Messina, Sicily | 8:00am | 6:00pm |
| Thu, Dec 11 | Crotone, Italy | 8:00am | 6:00pm |
| Fri, Dec 12 | Bari, Italy | 8:00am | 6:00pm |
| Sat, Dec 13 | Sibenik, Croatia | 8:00am | 6:00pm |
| Sun, Dec 14 | Venice, Italy | 8:00am | |
| Mon, Dec 15 | |||
| Tue, Dec 16 | 2:00pm | ||
| Wed, Dec 17 | Split, Croatia | 8:00am | 6:00pm |
| Thu, Dec 18 | Dubrovnik, Croatia | 8:00am | 10:00pm |
| Fri, Dec 19 | Kotor, Montenegro | 7:00am | 4:30pm |
| Sat, Dec 20 | Corfu, Greece | 8:00am | 5:00pm |
| Sun, Dec 21 | Katakolon, Greece (Olympia) | 7:00am | 2:00pm |
| Mon, Dec 22 | Athens, Greece | 5:30am | |
| Tue, Dec 23 | 6:00pm | ||
| Wed, Dec 24 | Crete, Greece | 7:00am | 6:00pm |
| Thu, Dec 25 | At Sea | ||
| Fri, Dec 26 | Kuşadası, Turkey (Ephesus) | 7:00am | 6:00pm |
| Sat, Dec 27 | Canakkale, Turkey | 11:30am | 6:00pm |
| Sun, Dec 28 | Istanbul, Turkey | 7:00am | |
| Mon, Dec 29 |
The Viking Vesta sails this route once this year. This is the only ship that sails this exact route. 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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