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Mediterranean cruises from Paris, Naples, Messina, Split or Barcelona in August 2027

94 Mediterranean sailings from Paris, Naples, Messina, Split or Barcelona leave in August 2027; 89 of them, on 13 lines, have a balcony cabin for sale. The lowest balcony price per night is $150 per person, on Royal Caribbean's Explorer of the Seas (7 nights from Barcelona, Aug 23, $1,053 for the cruise). Running below their usual balcony price this month: Cunard (16% under). Running above it: Virgin (62% over), Costa (32% over) and MSC Cruises (19% over). Prices per person with taxes and port fees, read from the booking page Oct 3, 2026.

94 sailings on 15 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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Carnival Sunshine · Barcelona
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Sun Princess · Barcelona
Viking Star · Barcelona
Viking Neptune · Barcelona
Viking Sea · Barcelona
Oceania Allura · Barcelona
Oceania Sirena · Barcelona
Oosterdam · Barcelona
Seven Seas Mariner · Barcelona
Seven Seas Prestige · Barcelona
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Resilient Lady · Barcelona
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Queen Elizabeth · Barcelona

Striped: 5 sailings have no balcony price listed in the last two weeks. The bar shows the cheapest cabin that is priced (or, where none is, the lowest fare in the Cruisebound catalog); tap it for that sailing.

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Mediterranean cruises from Paris, Naples, Messina, Split or Barcelona in August 2027: the lines compared (balcony cabins)

Cruise lineSailingsShipsLowest price, whole cruiseTypical per nightAgainst its usual
Carnival21 $1,377 Carnival Sunshine, Aug 14, 8 nights $164 typical (-5%)
Royal Caribbean93 $1,053 Explorer of the Seas, Aug 23, 7 nights $335 typical (-3%)
MSC Cruises477 $1,562 MSC Fantasia, Aug 26, 7 nights $261 ▲ 19% over
Norwegian62 $1,629 Norwegian Epic, Aug 22, 7 nights $279 typical (-3%)
Princess11 $3,211 Sun Princess, Aug 15, 14 nights $229 typical (-7%)
Celebrity42 $1,744 Celebrity Xcel, Aug 28, 7 nights $249 typical (-2%)
Viking Ocean33 $4,299 Viking Neptune, Aug 28, 7 nights $625 typical (0%)
Oceania22 $3,800 Oceania Allura, Aug 6, 7 nights $493 typical (+4%)
Holland America11 $1,794 Oosterdam, Aug 28, 7 nights $256 typical (-8%)
Virgin11 $3,341 Resilient Lady, Aug 8, 9 nights $371 ▲ 62% over
Cunard11 $2,259 Queen Elizabeth, Aug 20, 14 nights $161 ▼ 16% under
Costa102 $1,603 Costa Toscana, Aug 30, 7 nights $243 ▲ 32% over
Explora Journeys21 $8,850 EXPLORA I, Aug 9, 7 nights $1,302 typical (0%)

Per person, taxes and port fees included, read from the booking page Oct 3, 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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