7 Night Journey to Antiquities aboard the Viking Vesta
Get ready for seven nights of refreshing cruising around the Mediterranean when you set sail with the Viking Vesta from Rome to Athens.
During this Thanksgiving sailing you'll tour through usual cities like Piraeus and Naples as well as uncommon cities like Crete, Kuşadası, and Messina. This is a standard route for the Viking Vesta, But this is the least expensive sailing.
We include all all taxes and fees in this price, so that you can compare cruises easily.
The Viking Vesta
The Viking Vesta Viking Ocean Cruises, based in the Mediterranean and Europe and built less than one year ago in 2025, is a highly-rated Vela class vessel that can accomodate comfortably more than 900 cruisers.
The Viking Vesta Viking Ocean Cruises has a spa, a gym, and a jacuzzi.
- Ship class
- Vela
- Built
- 2025
- Guests
- 998
- Crew
- 465
- Length
- 781 ft
- Passenger decks
- 10
Your Itinerary
This cruise spends five port days and one day at sea. Major features include visits to less common ports like Crete, Kuşadası, and Messina.
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Book Your Cruise
Since it was first listed on July 19th of last year, The price of this sailing has ranged between $2,699 and $3,299 for a balcony stateroom, inclusive of taxes and port charges. Now this itinerary is at an all time low, so lock in your balcony room now before it goes up.
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Penthouse Junior Suite
Photos show a typical cabin in each class. Layout and decor vary by category.
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Wifi and Cell Service
GigSky offers plans that cover internet on and off the ship at a fraction of the Viking Ocean Cruises price. For this cruise, get a 8-day plan for only $109.64. The connection works onboard and on shore.
Your plan includes 500MB per day of high speed data, plus unlimited messaging, rideshare, maps, and email.
Alternate Sailings
The Viking Vesta sails this route two times next year, but doesn't sail it this year. The Viking Star also sails a route with the same stops but a slightly different schedule.
More dates on the Viking Vesta
- Jan 6 Wed, 2027 $2,399 $343/day
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Nov 23 Tue, 2027 This sailing
The same route on other Viking Ocean Cruises ships
- Nov 3 Tue, 2026 · Viking Vela $4,099 $586/day
- Nov 7 Sat, 2026 · Viking Saturn $5,099 $728/day
- Dec 2 Wed, 2026 · Viking Mira $3,174 $453/day
- Dec 8 Tue, 2026 · Viking Neptune $2,799 $400/day
- Dec 30 Wed, 2026 · Viking Mira $3,049 $436/day
- Jan 3 Sun, 2027 · Viking Saturn $2,299 $328/day
- Feb 15 Mon, 2027 · Viking Saturn $2,799 $400/day
- Feb 24 Wed, 2027 · Viking Mira $2,999 $428/day
- May 7 Fri, 2027 · Viking Sea $6,599 $943/day
- Nov 21 Sun, 2027 · Viking Libra $2,999 $428/day
- Dec 22 Wed, 2027 · Viking Mira $2,499 $357/day
- Dec 30 Thu, 2027 · Viking Saturn $2,499 $357/day
- Jan 11 Tue, 2028 · Viking Vela $2,499 $357/day
- Feb 17 Thu, 2028 · Viking Mira $3,299 $471/day
- May 23 Tue, 2028 · Viking Sea $5,399 $771/day
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Data as of Nov 3, 2026