Think about buying and selling in chilly winter winds for the nice and cozy Mediterranean solar. MSC Cruises is making that dream a actuality by extending its 2024 Mediterranean crusing season properly into the cooler months.
From October by way of December, vacationers can take in sunshine and delicate temperatures throughout quite a lot of Mediterranean hotspots, with the cruise line revealing, “Climate knowledge for among the cruise line’s Mediterranean locations all through October, November, and December reveals that friends can anticipate to get pleasure from temperatures as much as 82 levels.”
It added, “With as much as 295 hours of sunshine monthly and no probability of rain!”
One of many notable additions is MSC Sinfonia’s new itinerary, which options Greece for the primary time. The 7-night cruise will take as much as 2,567 passengers to Bari, Italy; Piraeus (Athens) and Corfu, Greece; and Izmir and Istanbul, Turkey.
The 65,542-gross-ton-vessel may even supply sojourns beginning at simply three nights between Bari, Athens and Izmir, with a season full of 3- to 7-night choices within the area.
Additionally providing 3- to 7-night journeys, the 137,936-gross-ton MSC Fantasia, which accommodates 3,300 passengers, will supply further Mediterranean voyages from Naples (Pompei), Italy; Marseilles, France; Valencia, Spain; and Genoa (Portofino), Italy.
Its longer voyages will name on Palermo, Italy; La Goulette, Tunisia; and Barcelona, Spain, whereas its shortest cruise, departing October 25, 2024, travels between Valencia and Genoa, stopping in Tarragona, Spain.
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MSC Lirica’s smaller measurement at 59,058 gross tons, makes it simpler to go to smaller ports. It is going to characteristic 7- to 12-night itineraries from Venice, Ancona (Urbino), Livorno (Florence), Cagliari (Sardinia), and Civitavecchia, Italy, in addition to Valencia.
The 1,800-passenger ship’s longer voyages are one-way journeys and have stops in Katakolon (Olympia), Heraklion (Crete), and Rhodes (Lindos), Greece. They may even go to Cyprus, Croatia, and Egyptian ports in Stated and Alexandria.
For MSC Grandiosa, crusing out of Livorno, Palermo, Naples, Genoa, Marseille, and Barcelona through the prolonged season, vacationers will discover cruises extending as much as 21 nights.
With late-season cruises stretching from October into December, the vessel would be the first to go away the realm, heading to the Canary Islands throughout its November 18, 2024, journey.
That voyage will cross the Atlantic and finish in Sao Paolo, Brazil, the place the ship will spend its winter.
MSC World Europa, which not too long ago turned the first ship to make use of shore energy in Valletta, Malta, may even get pleasure from extra time within the Mediterranean, touring from Barcelona, Civitavecchia, Genoa, Naples, Palermo, and Marseille.
Most of its cruises might be 7-night itineraries with a 3-night one-way from Barcelona to Civitavecchia on November 1, 2024, and a 5-night from Genoa to Barcelona on November 3, 2024.
Increasing into the U.S.
MSC Cruises’ Mediterranean season follows a summer time with 9 of its ships stationed within the area, together with MSC Magnifica, MSC Meraviglia, MSC Musica, MSC Opera, MSC Orchestra, MSC Poesia, and MSC Seaside.
The Mediterranean is a key vacation spot for the cruise line, however the upscale cruise supplier is increasing its presence within the U.S. with new itineraries launching in 2025 accessible of 4 ships.
Crusing new routes from Miami and Port Canaveral, Florida, New York Metropolis, and Galveston, Texas, the enlargement into the American market will take MSC Cruises deeper into the Caribbean and the Bahamas.
