Most Christian cruises bring the music on board. EO Tours brings Scripture to life on shore.
Our biblical cruises are a different kind of Christian cruise — one where the ship's itinerary and our speaker's teaching are one and the same. Each sailing we choose includes ports with important Bible sites. Every guest speaker is a world-class biblical scholar, theologian, or ministry leader whose teaching is built around the specific sites your ship visits. When Dr. Peter Walker teaches on Paul's letter to the Corinthians, you are docking in Corinth. When the lesson turns to the early church, you are walking through the ruins at Ephesus. When our speaker opens Acts 16, you are standing in Philippi.
This is what makes EO Tours' Christian cruises unlike anything else available in 2026 and 2027. You are not simply taking a cruise that happens to include a devotional. You are sailing inside the pages of Scripture (Old and New Testament) — experiencing the ports, the history, and the biblical narrative together, in community, under expert guidance.
For over 50 years, EO Tours has designed faith-based travel experiences that transform the way people read their Bibles. Our biblical cruises carry that same mission to sea. Whether you are traveling as an individual, a couple, or bringing your entire congregation, you will sail aboard award-winning cruise lines — Celebrity, Norwegian, Azamara, and Oceania — unpacking once while the ship carries you from one New Testament landmark to the next.
Browse our 2026 and 2027 Christian cruise departures below, and find the itinerary that speaks to you.
| Itinerary |
The Emerging Church Cruise |
Journeys of Paul Cruise |
Navigating the Early Church Cruise |
Paul's Voyages Cruise |
Paul's Voyages Cruise |
Navigating the Early Church Cruise |
Navigating the Early Church Cruise |
Navigating the Early Church Cruise |
Paul's Voyages Cruise |
Navigating the Early Church Cruise |
Paul's Voyages Cruise |
Paul's Voyages Cruise |
Paul's Voyages Cruise |
Journeys of Paul Cruise |
Paul's Voyages Cruise |
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| Departure Date | 04/28/27 | 04/30/27 | 05/02/27 | 05/02/27 | 05/13/27 | 06/13/27 | 06/21/27 | 08/26/27 | 08/29/27 | 09/05/27 | 09/08/27 | 09/26/27 | 10/06/27 | 10/17/27 | 10/23/27 | |||||
| Total Length/Cruise Length |
12 Days 8 Nights |
13 Days 10 Nights |
14 Days 11 Nights |
14 Days 11 Nights |
12 Days 9 Nights |
14 Days 11 Nights |
13 Days 9 Nights |
11 Days 9 Nights |
13 Days 10 Nights |
14 Days 11 Nights |
12 Days 9 Nights |
13 Days 10 Nights |
12 Days 9 Nights |
14 Days 11 Nights |
15 Days 12 Nights |
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| Cruise Ship | Azamara Onward |
Celebrity Equinox |
Celebrity Ascent | Celebrity Infinity |
Celebrity Infinity |
Celebrity Ascent | Norwegian Viva | Norwegian Viva |
Celebrity Infinity |
Celebrity Ascent |
Celebrity Infinity | Celebrity Infinity |
Celebrity Infinity |
Celebrity Ascent |
Celebrity Infinity |
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| Speaker | Dr. Scott Hoffman | The Rev. William Sachs, PhD | Dr. Jeffrey Kloha | Dr. Steve Wilke |
Priscilla Pope-Levison & Jack Levison |
Dr. Brent Strawn | Amy Van Dyke |
Rev. Dr. Matthew Skinner |
Coming Soon! | Dr. David Campbell | Coming Soon! | The Rev. Dr. Peter Walker | Coming Soon! | Coming Soon! | Coming Soon! | |||||
| Starting Price | $5,098* | $4,798* | $5,098* | $4,798* | $4,398* | $5,198* | $5,598* | $4,998* | $4,698* | $4,998* | $4,398* | $4,598* | $4,298* | $4,798* | $4,798* | |||||
Ports of Call |
(✓ = Included Shore Excursions / O = Not Included Shore Excursions) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Chania | O | O | O | O | O | |||||||||||||||
| GREECE | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Athens | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Corinth | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Hydra | O | |||||||||||||||||||
| Kavala | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||||||
| Monemvasia | O | |||||||||||||||||||
| Mykonos | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | ||||||
| Náfplio | O | |||||||||||||||||||
| Olympia | O | O | ||||||||||||||||||
| Patmos | ✓ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rhodes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||
| Santorini | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | ||||||
| Thessaloniki | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||||
| Volos | ✓ | |||||||||||||||||||
| ITALY | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Catania | O | O | ||||||||||||||||||
| Messina | O | ✓ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Naples | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||||||
| Rome | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||
| Salerno | O | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||||||
| MALTA | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Valletta | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||
| TÜRKIYE | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Istanbul | ✓ | O/✓ | ✓ | ✓ | O/✓ | |||||||||||||||
| Kusadasi (Ephesus) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
A Christian cruise is a faith-based group travel experience that combines the comfort of ocean cruising with biblical teaching, worship, and fellowship. Unlike a standard cruise vacation, a Christian cruise is designed around a spiritual purpose — bringing passengers closer to God, to Scripture, and to one another through a shared journey. EO Tours' Christian cruises take this a step further by sailing directly to the biblical ports of call that our guest speaker teaches about, turning the cruise itinerary itself into a living Bible study.
Most Christian cruises bring music and entertainment on board. EO Tours' biblical cruises bring Scripture to life on shore. Our guest speakers are biblical scholars, theologians, and ministry leaders — not musicians — whose teaching is designed around the specific ports of call your ship visits. When our speaker teaches on Paul's letter to the Corinthians, you are docking in Corinth. When the lesson turns to the early church in Ephesus, you are walking through the ruins at Kusadasi. Every port illuminates what you are studying, making EO Tours' Christian cruises one of the most immersive biblical education experiences available. EO Tours has been delivering Christian journeys of a lifetime for over 50 years.
EO Tours' biblical cruises sail to some of the most significant locations in the New Testament. Depending on your chosen itinerary, ports of call include Athens and Corinth in Greece, Kusadasi (Ephesus) and Istanbul in Turkey, Rome and Naples in Italy, Valletta in Malta, Thessaloniki, Kavala (ancient Philippi), Patmos, Rhodes, Santorini, and Mykonos. Shore excursions to Athens, Corinth, Ephesus, Rome, Thessaloniki, Rhodes, Valletta, and other key biblical sites are included in select itineraries. View the full itinerary comparison table on this page to find the cruise that visits the ports most meaningful to you.
EO Tours partners with world-class biblical scholars, theologians, and ministry leaders to serve as guest speakers on each cruise. Our 2026 and 2027 speakers include Dr. David de Silva, Rev. William Sachs PhD, Dr. Jeffrey Kloha, Dr. Brent Strawn, Rev. Dr. Matthew Skinner, Rev. Dr. Peter Walker, Dr. Scott Hoffman, Dr. Steve Wilke, Bishop Gregory Palmer, Bishop Robert Wright, Dr. Candace Lewis, Dr. David Campbell, Rev. Keith Boyette, Rev. David B. Garner PhD, Dr. Gerald Kieschnick, Dr. Karl Baughman, Priscilla Pope-Levison, Jack Levison, and Amy Van Dyke, among others. Each speaker's teaching is tailored to the specific biblical and historical significance of the ports your cruise visits.
Yes. EO Tours currently offers 20 Christian cruise departures across 2026 and 2027, with availability from September 2026 through October 2027. All cruises depart from New York. 2026 departures include the Journeys of Paul Cruise (Sept. 11 and Sept. 27), Paul's Journey Cruise (Sept. 25, Oct. 22, and Nov. 4), and the Voyages of Paul Cruise (Oct. 23). 2027 departures span April through October across five cruise series. Starting prices range from $4,298 to $5,598 per person, with early registration discounts of up to $200 available on select sailings. Browse all available departures on this page.
EO Tours sails aboard award-winning cruise lines, including Celebrity Cruises (Celebrity Equinox, Celebrity Ascent, and Celebrity Infinity), Norwegian Cruise Line (Norwegian Viva), Azamara (Azamara Onward), and Oceania Cruises (Oceania Sirena). Each ship is selected for the quality of its onboard experience, its itinerary alignment with biblical ports of call, and its suitability for group travel. Passengers unpack once and let the ship do the traveling — arriving refreshed and ready to explore each new destination.
Yes — EO Tours' biblical cruises welcome individual travelers and church groups alike. Individual travelers, couples, and solo participants are all warmly welcomed on every departure. For church leaders and ministry teams, our Christian cruises are an ideal group travel experience: your congregation travels together, learns together, and deepens their faith together under the teaching of an expert biblical speaker. EO Tours handles all travel logistics — flights, accommodations, shore excursions, and onboard coordination — so that group leaders can focus entirely on their people, not the planning. Contact us to learn more about group rates and hosting a cruise for your church.
