Mediterranean cruises in May 2028: 481 compared, balcony from $148/night

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Mediterranean cruises in May 2028

481 sailings on 20 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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481 Mediterranean sailings leave in May 2028; 449 of them, on 18 lines, have a balcony cabin for sale. The lowest balcony price per night is $148 per person, on MSC Cruises' MSC Magnifica (7 nights from Civitavecchia (Rome), May 9, $1,039 for the cruise). Running below their usual balcony price this month: Windstar (12% under). Running above it: Cunard (31% over), Viking River (23% over) and Seabourn (13% over). Prices per person with taxes and port fees, read from the booking page Nov 15, 2026.

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Rhapsody of the Seas · Barcelona
Explorer of the Seas · Civitavecchia (Rome)
Mariner of the Seas · Civitavecchia (Rome)
Rhapsody of the Seas · Piraeus (Athens)
Freedom of the Seas · Southampton
Mariner of the Seas · Lisbon
Mariner of the Seas · Barcelona
MSC Meraviglia · Southampton
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Norwegian Bella · Valletta
Norwegian Epic · Civitavecchia (Rome)
Norwegian Pearl · Piraeus (Athens)
Norwegian Jewel · Barcelona
Norwegian Pearl · Ravenna
Norwegian Dawn · Civitavecchia (Rome)
Norwegian Viva · Civitavecchia (Rome)
Norwegian Dawn · Ravenna
Enchanted Princess · Istanbul
Sun Princess · Barcelona
Sun Princess · Civitavecchia (Rome)
Enchanted Princess · Civitavecchia (Rome)
Sun Princess · Piraeus (Athens)
Enchanted Princess · Piraeus (Athens)
Sky Princess · Southampton
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Celebrity Ascent · Civitavecchia (Rome)
Celebrity Constellation · Ravenna
Celebrity Constellation · Civitavecchia (Rome)
Viking Vela · Civitavecchia (Rome)
Viking Sea · Fusina (Venice)
Viking Sky · Barcelona
Viking Star · Fusina (Venice)
Viking Jupiter · Piraeus (Athens)
Viking Sea · Civitavecchia (Rome)
Viking Jupiter · Fusina (Venice)
Viking Mars · Fusina (Venice)
Viking Sea · Barcelona
Viking Vela · Lisbon
Viking Star · Barcelona
Viking Jupiter · Civitavecchia (Rome)
Viking Jupiter · Barcelona
Viking Sea · Piraeus (Athens)
Viking Lyra · Fusina (Venice)
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Oceania Allura · Civitavecchia (Rome)
Oceania Marina · Istanbul
Oceania Allura · Trieste
Oceania Marina · Trieste
Oceania Vista · Southampton
Oceania Allura · Piraeus (Athens)
Oceania Marina · Civitavecchia (Rome)
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Nieuw Amsterdam · Barcelona
Nieuw Amsterdam · Piraeus (Athens)
Silver Spirit · Barcelona
Silver Ray · Fusina (Venice)
Silver Wind · Piraeus (Athens)
Silver Shadow · Nice
Silver Ray · Civitavecchia (Rome)
Seven Seas Grandeur · Lisbon
Seven Seas Voyager · Lisbon
Seven Seas Grandeur · Civitavecchia (Rome)
Seven Seas Mariner · Lisbon
Seven Seas Grandeur · Fusina (Venice)
Seven Seas Mariner · Barcelona
Star Legend · Istanbul
Star Explorer · Lisbon
Wind Spirit · Dubrovnik
Star Legend · Piraeus (Athens)
Wind Spirit · Venice
Star Legend · Civitavecchia (Rome)
Wind Spirit · Civitavecchia (Rome)
Seabourn Ovation · Istanbul
Seabourn Ovation · Fusina (Venice)
Azamara Journey · Piraeus (Athens)
Azamara Onward · Cape Town
Azamara Quest · Lisbon
Azamara Journey · Fusina (Venice)
Azamara Onward · Las Palmas
Queen Mary 2 · Liverpool
Queen Elizabeth · Southampton
Queen Mary 2 · Southampton
Queen Elizabeth · Civitavecchia (Rome)
Queen Anne · Southampton

Striped: 32 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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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 May 2028: the lines compared (balcony cabins)

Cruise lineSailingsShipsLowest price, whole cruiseTypical per nightAgainst its usual
Royal Caribbean206 $1,328 Explorer of the Seas, May 6, 7 nights $224 typical (-2%)
MSC Cruises23314 $1,039 MSC Magnifica, May 9, 7 nights $210 typical (-4%)
Norwegian186 $1,749 Norwegian Bella, May 2, 5 nights $309 typical (0%)
Princess83 $1,569 Sky Princess, May 27, 7 nights $235 typical (-1%)
Celebrity165 $1,798 Celebrity Infinity, May 28, 7 nights $264 typical (+1%)
Viking Ocean217 $4,999 Viking Vela, May 2, 7 nights $736 ▲ 10% over
Oceania73 $3,749 Oceania Marina, May 18, 7 nights $509 typical (0%)
Holland America21 $5,799 Nieuw Amsterdam, May 4, 21 nights $276 typical (+8%)
Viking River215 $6,499 Viking Forseti, May 7, 7 nights $971 ▲ 23% over
Silversea125 $6,500 Silver Ray, May 13, 7 nights $906 typical (+1%)
Virgin82 $1,813 Valiant Lady, May 7, 7 nights $264 typical (0%)
Windstar31 $6,036 Star Legend, May 14, 8 nights $687 ▼ 12% under
Seabourn41 $6,398 Seabourn Ovation, May 27, 7 nights $953 ▲ 13% over
Azamara63 $3,669 Azamara Onward, May 26, 7 nights $544 typical (+3%)
Cunard74 $1,789 Queen Anne, May 28, 7 nights $256 ▲ 31% over
AmaWaterways157 $6,038 AmaBella, May 1, 7 nights $948 typical (+6%)
Costa415 $1,186 Costa Fascinosa, May 1, 7 nights $183 typical (0%)
Explora Journeys72 $4,260 EXPLORA II, May 15, 16 nights $626 typical (-5%)

Per person, taxes and port fees included, read from the booking page Nov 15, 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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