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Mediterranean cruises in August 2028

297 Mediterranean sailings leave in August 2028; 276 of them, on 9 lines, have a balcony cabin for sale. The lowest balcony price per night is $177 per person, on Celebrity's Celebrity Eclipse (9 nights from Barcelona, Aug 10, $1,593 for the cruise). Running below their usual balcony price this month: Viking Ocean (19% under). Running above it: MSC Cruises (19% over) and Cunard (11% over). Prices per person with taxes and port fees, read from the booking page Oct 1, 2026.

297 sailings on 16 lines. Prices per person for the whole cruisePrices for two sharing a cabin, whole cruisePrices per person, per night, taxes & port fees included.

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Norwegian Pearl · Ravenna
Norwegian Epic · Civitavecchia (Rome)
Norwegian Viva · Istanbul
Norwegian Pearl · Piraeus (Athens)
Norwegian Viva · Civitavecchia (Rome)
Celebrity Eclipse · Civitavecchia (Rome)
Celebrity Eclipse · Barcelona
Celebrity Xcel · Piraeus (Athens)
Celebrity Infinity · Piraeus (Athens)
Viking Star · Fusina (Venice)
Viking Jupiter · Piraeus (Athens)
Viking Star · Piraeus (Athens)
Viking Vela · Fusina (Venice)
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Oceania Marina · Barcelona
Oceania Allura · Civitavecchia (Rome)
Oceania Allura · Piraeus (Athens)
Scarlet Lady · Piraeus (Athens)
Queen Anne · Southampton

21 more sailings have no balcony for sale right now — tap Ocean view or Inside or Suite to see them.

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Each line is folded to one row: its price range, and a dot on every day one of its ships sails, coloured by the best sailing that day. Tap a line to open it ship by ship: each bar is one sailing, from the day it leaves for as many nights as it lasts; the outlined bar is the cheapest here. Sailings are listed in the month they leave; a bar ending in → continues into next month. Tap a bar to open that sailing. “Usual” is the typical price of the same cabin on other dates of the same sailing, else the same ship or line at that length. Taxes and port fees included, except Viking River, whose prices exclude them.

Mediterranean cruises in August 2028: the lines compared (balcony cabins)

Cruise lineSailingsShipsLowest price, whole cruiseTypical per nightAgainst its usual
MSC Cruises21812 $1,321 MSC Magnifica, Aug 31, 7 nights $262 ▲ 19% over
Norwegian73 $2,469 Norwegian Pearl, Aug 27, 7 nights $361 typical (0%)
Celebrity83 $1,593 Celebrity Eclipse, Aug 10, 9 nights $237 typical (-7%)
Viking Ocean43 $3,999 Viking Jupiter, Aug 12, 7 nights $580 ▼ 19% under
Oceania32 $3,299 Oceania Allura, Aug 16, 7 nights $471 typical (+5%)
Viking River215 $4,499 Viking Hermod, Aug 2, 7 nights $757 typical (-3%)
Virgin21 $1,813 Scarlet Lady, Aug 20, 7 nights $264 typical (-2%)
Cunard21 $1,649 Queen Anne, Aug 20, 7 nights $246 ▲ 11% over
AmaWaterways115 $5,388 AmaBella, Aug 14, 7 nights $827 typical (-2%)

Per person, taxes and port fees included, read from the booking page Oct 1, 2026. “Against its usual” is the middle of this line’s sailings here, each compared with the same cabin on other dates of the same sailing, else the same ship or line at that length.

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