7 Night Ancient Mediterranean Treasures Cruise aboard the Viking Vesta
Prepare yourself for seven nights of exciting cruising around the Mediterranean when you set sail with the Viking Vesta from Istanbul to Athens.
With this trip you'll tour through favorite stops such as Piraeus as well as rare stops such as Canakkale. This route is an uncommon one for the Viking Vesta, But this is the lowest price sailing on it.
This includes all all entertainment, meals, taxes, and port fees. No surprises at checkout! Especially exciting is that today you can get a balcony balcony room for the price of an interior one!
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 highly-rated Vela class vessel that can house over 900 people.
The Viking Vesta Viking Ocean Cruises boasts a spa, a jacuzzi, and a gym.
- Ship class
- Vela
- Built
- 2025
- Guests
- 998
- Crew
- 465
- Length
- 781 ft
- Passenger decks
- 10
Your Itinerary
This itinerary is made up of zero sea days and six days in port. High points include long stops in Rhodes, Crete, and Kuşadası plus visits to once-in-a-lifetime ports like Canakkale.
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Book Your Cruise
Since it was first listed on June 16th of last year, The cost of this cruise has varied between $2,299 and $3,299 for a balcony room, inclusive of taxes and port charges.
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Penthouse Junior Suite
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Alternate Sailings
The Viking Vesta sails this route once this year in addition to two times next year. The same itinerary is also sailed by the Viking Star, Viking Neptune, Viking Saturn, Viking Vela, Viking Mira, and Viking Astrea. The Viking Jupiter, Viking Mars, Viking Venus, Viking Sky, Viking Sea, Viking Libra, Viking Lyra, and Viking Vega sail routes with the same stops but slightly different schedules.
More dates on the Viking Vesta
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Dec 9 Wed, 2026 This sailing
- Jan 20 Wed, 2027 $2,599 $371/day
- Mar 25 Thu, 2027 $4,299 $614/day
The same route on other Viking Ocean Cruises ships
- Oct 21 Wed, 2026 · Viking Sky $3,499 $500/day
- Nov 14 Sat, 2026 · Viking Star $3,449 $493/day
- Nov 21 Sat, 2026 · Viking Saturn $3,099 $443/day
- Dec 22 Tue, 2026 · Viking Neptune $2,599 $371/day
- Jan 13 Wed, 2027 · Viking Mira $2,399 $343/day
- Mar 10 Wed, 2027 · Viking Mira $3,999 $571/day
- May 1 Sat, 2027 · Viking Mars $5,999 $857/day
- May 21 Fri, 2027 · Viking Neptune $5,599 $800/day
- Jul 31 Sat, 2027 · Viking Neptune $3,999 $571/day
- Sep 25 Sat, 2027 · Viking Neptune $6,199 $886/day
- Oct 23 Sat, 2027 · Viking Jupiter $4,499 $643/day
- Oct 31 Sun, 2027 · Viking Astrea $4,299 $614/day
- Jan 5 Wed, 2028 · Viking Mira $2,999 $428/day
- Jan 25 Tue, 2028 · Viking Vela $3,299 $471/day
- Mar 2 Thu, 2028 · Viking Mira $4,299 $614/day
- Apr 4 Tue, 2028 · Viking Mars $4,999 $714/day
- Apr 13 Thu, 2028 · Viking Sky $4,799 $686/day
- Aug 19 Sat, 2028 · Viking Jupiter $4,399 $628/day
- Oct 11 Wed, 2028 · Viking Sky $4,999 $714/day
- Oct 20 Fri, 2028 · Viking Lyra $4,799 $686/day
- Nov 1 Wed, 2028 · Viking Libra $4,599 $657/day
- Nov 15 Wed, 2028 · Viking Astrea $3,999 $571/day
- Dec 27 Wed, 2028 · Viking Astrea $2,999 $428/day
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Data as of Oct 13, 2026