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

Prepare for twenty-eight nights of exciting cruising across the sea when you reserve your balcony cabin on the Viking Vesta 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 Vesta, 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 6: Crete
Day 10: Corfu

The Viking Vesta

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.

Viking Vesta
Day 21: Naples

Pricing Information

Since being listed 18 days ago, the cost of this cruise has remained at $17,896 for a balcony cabin. 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.

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$17,896
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$639.14/day
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Your Itinerary

This sailing spends twenty-seven days in port and zero days at sea. Major features include visits to extremely rare stops like Canakkale and Crotone in addition to long stops in Civitavecchia, Rhodes, Crete, Monte Carlo and more.

DatePortArriveDepart
Tue, Aug 18Istanbul, Turkey
Wed, Aug 196:00pm
Thu, Aug 20Canakkale, Turkey 7:00am2:00pm
Fri, Aug 21Kuşadası, Turkey (Ephesus)7:00am6:00pm
Sat, Aug 22Rhodes, Greece 7:00am6:00pm
Sun, Aug 23Crete, Greece 7:00am6:00pm
Mon, Aug 24Athens, Greece 7:00am
Tue, Aug 256:00pm
Wed, Aug 26Katakolon, Greece (Olympia)12:00pm7:00pm
Thu, Aug 27Corfu, Greece 8:00am5:00pm
Fri, Aug 28Kotor, Montenegro 8:00am10:00pm
Sat, Aug 29Dubrovnik, Croatia 7:00am6:00pm
Sun, Aug 30Split, Croatia 7:00am6:00pm
Mon, Aug 31Venice, Italy 12:00pm
Tue, Sep 1
Wed, Sep 25:00pm
Thu, Sep 3Sibenik, Croatia 8:00am6:00pm
Fri, Sep 4Bari, Italy 8:00am6:00pm
Sat, Sep 5Crotone, Italy 8:00am6:00pm
Sun, Sep 6Messina, Sicily 8:00am5:00pm
Mon, Sep 7Naples, Italy 8:00am6:00pm
Tue, Sep 8Civitavecchia, Italy (Rome)5:00am8:00pm
Wed, Sep 9Livorno, Italy (Florence)9:00am
Thu, Sep 106:00pm
Fri, Sep 11Monte Carlo, Monaco 8:00am9:00pm
Sat, Sep 12Marseille, France 8:00am6:00pm
Sun, Sep 13Sete, France 8:00am9:00pm
Mon, Sep 14Barcelona, Spain 8:00am
Tue, Sep 15
August 18th, 2026  - Mediterranean's Iconic Shores Cruise on the Viking Ocean Cruises Viking Vesta
Your Route
Day 18: Bari
Day 12: Dubrovnik
Day 20: Messina
Day 5: Rhodes
Day 14: Venice
Day 11: Kotor
Day 7: Athens

Alternate Sailings

The Viking Vesta sails this route two times next year, but doesn't sail it this year. The same itinerary is also sailed by the Viking Sea. 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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