7 Night Journey to Antiquities aboard the Viking Vesta

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Settle in for seven nights of luxurious sailing across the sea when you join the Viking Vesta from Athens to Rome.

While aboard this cruise you will stop in favorite ports like Athens and Naples in addition to uncommon ports like Crete, Kuşadası, and Messina. This route is a common one for the Viking Vesta, But this is the least expensive sailing.

The price is the total price for a balcony cabin, including meals, entertainment, port charges, and taxes. What makes this cruise amazing for a limited time you can get a balcony balcony stateroom for the price of an interior balcony stateroom!

Day 6: Messina
Day 7: Naples

The Viking Vesta

Over 900 cruisers can travel on this top-rated Ocean class ship, based in Europe and built only one year ago in 2025.

The Viking Vesta Viking Ocean Cruises is home to a gym, a spa, and a jacuzzi.

Viking Vesta

Your Itinerary

This cruise is made up of five port days and one sea day. Major features include visits to less common destinations like Crete, Kuşadası, and Messina.

Wed16December 16thWednesdayThu17December 17thThursday
Athens, Greece Embark Port guide
5:30pm
– 5:30pm – 5:30pm
Fri18December 18thFriday
Kuşadası, Turkey (Ephesus) Port guide
8:00am – 5:00pm
8:00am – 5:00pm
Sat19December 19thSaturday
Crete, Greece Port guide
8:00am – 5:00pm
8:00am – 5:00pm
Sun20December 20thSunday
At Sea
Mon21December 21stMonday
Messina, Sicily Port guide
7:30am – 5:30pm
7:30am – 5:30pm
Tue22December 22ndTuesday
Naples, Italy Port guide
7:30am – 5:30pm
7:30am – 5:30pm
Wed23December 23rdWednesday
Civitavecchia, Italy (Rome) Disembark Port guide
5:00am
5:00am
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December 16th, 2026 - Journey to Antiquities on the Viking Ocean Cruises Viking Vesta
Your Route
Day 4: Crete
Day 8: Rome

Alternate Sailings

The Viking Vesta sails this route once this year in addition to three times next year. The same itinerary is also sailed by the Viking Star, Viking Sky, Viking Jupiter, Viking Neptune, Viking Saturn, Viking Vela, Viking Mira, Viking Libra, and Viking Astrea. 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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2026
2027
2028
$2,799 $6,499
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This graph displays the price over time for each type of cabin. Since it was first listed on June 16th of last year, The price of a balcony room on this cruise has fluctuated between $2,299 and $2,799 including taxes and port fees.

balcony
suite
$2,799
$3,799
$399.86/day
$542.71/day
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Last Modified: Jul 9, 2026

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