MSC Cruises has opened sales for its MSC World Cruise 2024 with a brand-new itinerary aboard MSC Poesia, set to depart 05 January 2024.
The round-the-world itinerary follows a new route that includes 52 destinations in 31 different countries.
The 121-day voyage takes guests from the ports of Civitavecchia/Rome, Genoa, Marseille or Barcelona (on 4, 5, 6 or 7 January 2024 respectively) then around the world for almost four months.
The cruises begin in the Mediterranean Sea with stops in France, Spain, Italy, Malta, Cyprus, an overnight in Haifa, Israel and day visits to Cairo via Port Said/Alexandria, Egypt.
Guests will then transition through the world-famous Suez Canal to the Red Sea where sights of the ancient world await in Luxor and Petra.
After an overnight stay in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the ship heads south to Zanzibar, the Seychelles and Mauritius before heading to mainland Africa for a tour of South Africa – Durban, Port Elizabeth, and an overnight stay to see everything Cape Town is famed for, including the striking Table Mountain.
Next, the ship crosses the South Atlantic Ocean to South America for the exploration of the Brazilian Amazon.
The ship will sail up the mighty Amazon River as far as Manaus, in the heart of the world-famous Amazon rainforest.
In Brazil, guests will also be treated to calls at Salvador de Bahia and Belém, as well as an overnight stop in Rio de Janeiro, and Copacabana beach.
Next up, are the brightest pearls of the Caribbean: Saint Lucia, Barbados, Martinique, Dominican Republic and The Bahamas, including MSC Cruises’ private island, Ocean Cay, en route to North America.
Here, overnights in Miami, Florida and New York City await, before continuing north to Nova Scotia and Quebec in Canada and Northern Europe, Greenland and Iceland on the way back home.
To find out more about the 2024 World Cruise visit HERE and for World Cruise 2023 visit here HERE.
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