Itinerary

Day 1 Dec 21, 2026 Santos, Brazil Departs 18:00 Santos, one of Portugal’s first New World settlements, was founded in 1535. Today your MSC ship will be docking in Latin America’s largest port, through which passes a large proportion of the world’s coffee, sugar and oranges. The city stands partly on São Vicente island, its docking facilities and old town facing landwards, with ships approaching by a narrow, but deep, channel. Its compact centre retains a certain charm that’s massively popular with local tourists, and there is a good deal of historical and maritime interest around the city. On an MSC South America cruise excursion to the city centre you’ll find the ruins of some of Santos’s most distinguished buildings along Rua do Comércio. Although sometimes only the facades remain, some of the nineteenth-century former merchants’ houses that line the street are gradually being restored, the elaborate tiling and wrought-iron balconies offering a hint of the old town’s lost grandeur. MSC South America cruises also offer excursions to the local Santos Futebol Clube. It’s best known as the club for which the great Pelé played for most of his professional life (from 1956 to 1974); their stadium, the Vila Belmiro, is open to the public when there’s no game on. In addition to honouring Pelé at the club’s small museum, you can take an hour-long guided tour including the players’ bar and dressing rooms. Santos’s beaches are across town from Centro on the south side of the island. The beaches are huge, stretching around the Atlantic-facing Baía de Santos, and popular in summer. Santos, Brazil Santos, Brazil port guide Search cruises visiting Santos, Brazil

Santos, Brazil photo — Day 1 Dec 21, 2026 Santos, Brazil Departs 18:00 Santos, one of Portugal’s first New World settlements, was founded in 1535. Today your MSC ship will be docking in Latin America’s largest port, through which passes a large proportion of the world’s coffee, sugar and oranges. The city stands partly on São Vicente island, its docking facilities and old town facing landwards, with ships approaching by a narrow, but deep, channel. Its compact centre retains a certain charm that’s massively popular with local tourists, and there is a good deal of historical and maritime interest around the city. On an MSC South America cruise excursion to the city centre you’ll find the ruins of some of Santos’s most distinguished buildings along Rua do Comércio. Although sometimes only the facades remain, some of the nineteenth-century former merchants’ houses that line the street are gradually being restored, the elaborate tiling and wrought-iron balconies offering a hint of the old town’s lost grandeur. MSC South America cruises also offer excursions to the local Santos Futebol Clube. It’s best known as the club for which the great Pelé played for most of his professional life (from 1956 to 1974); their stadium, the Vila Belmiro, is open to the public when there’s no game on. In addition to honouring Pelé at the club’s small museum, you can take an hour-long guided tour including the players’ bar and dressing rooms. Santos’s beaches are across town from Centro on the south side of the island. The beaches are huge, stretching around the Atlantic-facing Baía de Santos, and popular in summer. Santos, Brazil Santos, Brazil port guide Search cruises visiting Santos, Brazil

Day 2 Dec 22, 2026 Ilha Grande, Brazil 08:00 – 18:00 10.0 hrs ashore As you approach the low-lying, whitewashed colonial port of Vila do Abraão in Ilha Grande with your MSC cruise ship, the mountains rise dramatically from the sea, and in the distance there’s the curiously shaped summit of Bico do Papagaio (“Parrot’s Beak”), which rises to a height of 980m and can be reached in about three hours. There’s really very little to see in Abraão itself, but it’s a pleasant enough base from which to explore the rest of the island. Ilha Grande comprises 193 square kilometres of mountainous jungle, historic ruins and beautiful beaches, excellent for some scenic tropical rambling. The island is a state park and the authorities have been successful at limiting development and maintaining a ban on motor vehicles. Ilha Grande offers lots of beautiful excursions along well-maintained and fairly well-signposted trails, but it’s sensible to take some basic precautions. Carry plenty of water with you, and remember to apply sunscreen and insect repellent at regular intervals. According to legend, the pirate Jorge Grego was heading for the Straits of Magellan when his ship was sunk by a British fleet. He managed to escape with his two daughters to Ilha Grande, where he became a successful farmer and merchant. However, in a fit of rage, he murdered the lover of one of his daughters, and shortly afterwards, a terrible storm destroyed all his farms and houses. From then on, Jorge Grego passed his time roaming the island, distraught, pausing only long enough to bury his treasure before his final demise. If there is any treasure today, though, it’s the island’s wildlife: parrots, exotic hummingbirds, butterflies and monkeys abound in the thick vegetation. Ilha Grande, Brazil

Day 3 Dec 23, 2026 Buzios 08:00 – 19:00 11.0 hrs ashore On a peninsula north of Cabo Frio, Armação dos Búzios, or just Búzios, is an immensely scenic resort full of high-spending beautiful people, and a very popular port of call on holidays to Brazil with MSC Cruises. Armação, the main settlement, is built in a vaguely colonial style, its streets lined with restaurants, bars and chic boutiques, and has been nicknamed “Brazil’s St Tropez”. It comes then as little surprise to find that it was “discovered” by none other than Brigitte Bardot, who stumbled upon it while touring the area in 1964. Búzios consists of three main settlements, Manguinos, Armação and Ossos, each with its own distinct character. Manguinos, on the isthmus, is the main service centre, with a tourist office, a medical centre and banks. Midway along the peninsula, linked to Manguinos by a road lined with brash hotels, is Armação, an attractive village where cars are banned from some of the cobbled roads. Most of Búzio’s best restaurants and boutiques are concentrated here, along with some of the resort’s nicest pousadas, or inns, and there’s also a helpful tourist office on the main square, Praça Santos Dumont. When you step ashore from your MSC cruise, a fifteen-minute walk along the Orla Bardot – which follows the coast from Armação, passing the lovely seventeenth-century Igreja de NossaSenhora de Sant’Ana on the way –, brings you to Ossos, the oldest settlement, comprising a pretty harbour, a quiet beach and a few bars, restaurants and pousadas. Within walking distance of all Búzios’ settlements are beautiful white-sand beaches – 27 in total – cradled between rocky cliffs and promontories, and lapped by crystal-clear waters. The beaches are varied, with the north-facing ones having the calmest and warmest seas, while those facing the south and east have the most surf. Buzios Buzios port guide Search cruises visiting Buzios

Buzios photo — Day 3 Dec 23, 2026 Buzios 08:00 – 19:00 11.0 hrs ashore On a peninsula north of Cabo Frio, Armação dos Búzios, or just Búzios, is an immensely scenic resort full of high-spending beautiful people, and a very popular port of call on holidays to Brazil with MSC Cruises. Armação, the main settlement, is built in a vaguely colonial style, its streets lined with restaurants, bars and chic boutiques, and has been nicknamed “Brazil’s St Tropez”. It comes then as little surprise to find that it was “discovered” by none other than Brigitte Bardot, who stumbled upon it while touring the area in 1964. Búzios consists of three main settlements, Manguinos, Armação and Ossos, each with its own distinct character. Manguinos, on the isthmus, is the main service centre, with a tourist office, a medical centre and banks. Midway along the peninsula, linked to Manguinos by a road lined with brash hotels, is Armação, an attractive village where cars are banned from some of the cobbled roads. Most of Búzio’s best restaurants and boutiques are concentrated here, along with some of the resort’s nicest pousadas, or inns, and there’s also a helpful tourist office on the main square, Praça Santos Dumont. When you step ashore from your MSC cruise, a fifteen-minute walk along the Orla Bardot – which follows the coast from Armação, passing the lovely seventeenth-century Igreja de NossaSenhora de Sant’Ana on the way –, brings you to Ossos, the oldest settlement, comprising a pretty harbour, a quiet beach and a few bars, restaurants and pousadas. Within walking distance of all Búzios’ settlements are beautiful white-sand beaches – 27 in total – cradled between rocky cliffs and promontories, and lapped by crystal-clear waters. The beaches are varied, with the north-facing ones having the calmest and warmest seas, while those facing the south and east have the most surf. Buzios Buzios port guide Search cruises visiting Buzios

Day 5 Dec 25, 2026 Ilhabela 07:00 – 19:00 12.0 hrs ashore Without a shadow of a doubt, Ilhabela is one of the most beautiful spots on the Brazilian coast between Santos and Rio. When you step ashore from your MSC cruise ship you’ll feel surrounded by nature. Of volcanic origin, the island’s startling mountainous scenery rises to 1370m and is covered in dense tropical foliage. With 83 percent of the island protected within the boundaries of the Parque Estadual de Ilhabela, the dozens of waterfalls, beautiful beaches and azure seas have contributed to the island’s popularity. Old or new, most of the buildings are in simple Portuguese-colonial styles – as far removed from brash Guarujá as you can get. The island is a haunt of São Paulo’s rich who maintain large and discreetly located homes on the coast, many of which have mooring facilities for luxury yachts or helicopter landing-pads. Almost all of the island’s 30,000 inhabitants live along the sheltered western shore, with the small village of Vila Ilhabela (often referred to as “Centro”) serving as the main population centre. On an MSC South America cruise excursion you can visit Vila Ilhabela, which has a few pretty colonial buildings, dominated by the Igreja Matriz, a little church completed in 1806. Situated on a hill, the white-and-blue wedding cake-like building has a Spanish-marble floor and provides both a cool retreat from the sun and a good view over the area. Following the coastal road south from Vila Ilhabela along the mainland-facing shore, the beaches are small, but pleasant enough, the calm waters are popular with windsurfers, and bars and restaurants dot the roadside as far as Perequê, the island’s second-biggest town, about halfway south along the island and the location of the port. There are more attractive beaches on the further-flung coasts of the island, most of which can be reached by schooner and/or jeep. Ilhabela

Pricing

Lowest fare we've tracked over the observed 152-day span: $871 · range $871–$919

Current prices

Per person · 2 guests · incl. taxes & fees

Inside

from $919

$183 / night

Fare rows

JUNIOR INTERIOR FANTASTICA

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from $919

$183 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

JUNIOR INTERIOR FANTASTICA

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from $919

$183 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

DELUXE INTERIOR FANTASTICA

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from $929

$185 / night

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DELUXE INTERIOR FANTASTICA

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from $929

$185 / night

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DELUXE INTERIOR FANTASTICA

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from $949

$189 / night

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DELUXE INTERIOR FANTASTICA

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from $949

$189 / night

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JUNIOR INTERIOR FANTASTICA

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from $1,199

$239 / night

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DELUXE INTERIOR FANTASTICA

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from $1,209

$241 / night

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DELUXE INTERIOR FANTASTICA

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from $1,229

$245 / night

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JUNIOR INTERIOR FANTASTICA

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from $1,802

$360 / night

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DELUXE INTERIOR FANTASTICA

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from $1,824

$364 / night

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DELUXE INTERIOR FANTASTICA

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from $1,848

$369 / night

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Oceanview

from $959

$191 / night

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OCEAN VIEW BELLA GUARANTEED

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from $959

$191 / night

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OCEAN VIEW BELLA GUARANTEED

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from $959

$191 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

OCEAN VIEW BELLA GUARANTEED

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from $1,239

$247 / night

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OCEAN VIEW BELLA GUARANTEED

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from $1,870

$374 / night

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Balcony

from $1,089

$217 / night

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BALCONY BELLA GUARANTEED

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from $1,089

$217 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

BALCONY BELLA GUARANTEED

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from $1,089

$217 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

DELUXE BALCONY WITH PARTIAL VIEW FANTASTICA

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from $1,099

$219 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

DELUXE BALCONY WITH PARTIAL VIEW FANTASTICA

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from $1,099

$219 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

JUNIOR BALCONY FANTASTICA

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from $1,109

$221 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

JUNIOR BALCONY FANTASTICA

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from $1,109

$221 / night

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JUNIOR BALCONY FANTASTICA

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from $1,119

$223 / night

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JUNIOR BALCONY FANTASTICA

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from $1,119

$223 / night

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PREMIUM BALCONY FANTASTICA

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from $1,129

$225 / night

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PREMIUM BALCONY FANTASTICA

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from $1,129

$225 / night

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PREMIUM BALCONY FANTASTICA

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from $1,149

$229 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

PREMIUM BALCONY FANTASTICA

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from $1,149

$229 / night

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PREMIUM BALCONY FANTASTICA

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from $1,169

$233 / night

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PREMIUM BALCONY FANTASTICA

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from $1,169

$233 / night

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BALCONY AUREA

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from $1,259

$251 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

BALCONY AUREA

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from $1,259

$251 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

BALCONY BELLA GUARANTEED

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from $1,369

$273 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

DELUXE BALCONY WITH PARTIAL VIEW FANTASTICA

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from $1,379

$275 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

JUNIOR BALCONY FANTASTICA

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from $1,389

$277 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

JUNIOR BALCONY FANTASTICA

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from $1,399

$279 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

PREMIUM BALCONY FANTASTICA

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from $1,409

$281 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

PREMIUM BALCONY FANTASTICA

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from $1,429

$285 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

PREMIUM BALCONY FANTASTICA

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from $1,449

$289 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

BALCONY AUREA

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from $1,539

$307 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

BALCONY BELLA GUARANTEED

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from $2,124

$424 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

DELUXE BALCONY WITH PARTIAL VIEW FANTASTICA

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from $2,146

$429 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

JUNIOR BALCONY FANTASTICA

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from $2,170

$434 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

JUNIOR BALCONY FANTASTICA

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from $2,192

$438 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

PREMIUM BALCONY FANTASTICA

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from $2,216

$443 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

PREMIUM BALCONY FANTASTICA

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from $2,238

$447 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

PREMIUM BALCONY FANTASTICA

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from $2,284

$456 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

BALCONY AUREA

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from $2,468

$493 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

Suite

from $1,349

$269 / night

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JUNIOR SUITE AUREA WITH SEALED WINDOW

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from $1,349

$269 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

JUNIOR SUITE AUREA WITH SEALED WINDOW

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from $1,349

$269 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

PREMIUM SUITE AUREA WITH SEALED WINDOW

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from $1,439

$287 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

PREMIUM SUITE AUREA WITH SEALED WINDOW

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from $1,439

$287 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

PREMIUM SUITE AUREA

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from $1,539

$307 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

PREMIUM SUITE AUREA

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from $1,539

$307 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

GRAND SUITE AUREA

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from $1,629

$325 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

JUNIOR SUITE AUREA WITH SEALED WINDOW

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from $1,629

$325 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

GRAND SUITE AUREA

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from $1,629

$325 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

PREMIUM SUITE AUREA WITH SEALED WINDOW

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from $1,719

$343 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

PREMIUM SUITE AUREA

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from $1,819

$363 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

GRAND SUITE AUREA

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from $1,909

$381 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

MSC YACHT CLUB DELUXE SUITE

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from $2,023

$404 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

MSC YACHT CLUB DELUXE SUITE

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from $2,023

$404 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

MSC YACHT CLUB DELUXE SUITE

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from $2,023

$404 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

MSC YACHT CLUB EXECUTIVE & FAMILY SUITE

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from $2,479

$495 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

MSC YACHT CLUB EXECUTIVE & FAMILY SUITE

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from $2,479

$495 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

MSC YACHT CLUB EXECUTIVE & FAMILY SUITE

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from $2,479

$495 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

JUNIOR SUITE AUREA WITH SEALED WINDOW

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from $2,652

$530 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

PREMIUM SUITE AUREA WITH SEALED WINDOW

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from $2,836

$567 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

PREMIUM SUITE AUREA

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from $3,020

$604 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

GRAND SUITE AUREA

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from $3,204

$640 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

MSC YACHT CLUB YACHT CLUB EXECUTIVE AND FAMILY SUITE WITH BALCONY

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from $3,486

$697 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

MSC YACHT CLUB YACHT CLUB EXECUTIVE AND FAMILY SUITE WITH BALCONY

Cabin grade

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from $3,486

$697 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

MSC YACHT CLUB YACHT CLUB EXECUTIVE AND FAMILY SUITE WITH BALCONY

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from $3,486

$697 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

MSC YACHT CLUB DELUXE SUITE

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from $4,102

$820 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

MSC YACHT CLUB EXECUTIVE & FAMILY SUITE

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from $5,068

$1,013 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

MSC YACHT CLUB YACHT CLUB EXECUTIVE AND FAMILY SUITE WITH BALCONY

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from $7,184

$1,436 / night

per person · incl. taxes & fees

Prices verified Aug 24, 2026

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Price history

Cheaper than 89%

30 days

We've tracked this sailing's fares every day for the past 152 days. Here's what each cabin type has cost — today's fare is cheaper than 89% of days we've recorded.

Price history by cabin type
Cabin	Current	Lowest	Highest
Inside	$919	$871 · Mar 29	$919 · Jul 28
Oceanview	$959	$940 · Mar 29	$959 · Jul 4
Balcony	$1,089	$1,067 · Mar 29	$1,089 · Jul 4
Suite	$1,349	$1,331 · Mar 26	$1,349 · Jul 4

Lowest and highest fares we've recorded for each cabin type · verified 10 hours ago.

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Cabin grades

Lines step when the price changed; a gap means sold out or no public fare that day. Plot up to 6 at once.

Show all 26 cabin grades

Cabin grades and pricing
Name	Supplier code	Type
BALCONY AUREA	BA	Balcony
BALCONY BELLA GUARANTEED	BB	Balcony
PREMIUM BALCONY FANTASTICA	BL1	Balcony
PREMIUM BALCONY FANTASTICA	BL2	Balcony
PREMIUM BALCONY FANTASTICA	BL3	Balcony
JUNIOR BALCONY FANTASTICA	BM1	Balcony
JUNIOR BALCONY FANTASTICA	BM2	Balcony
DELUXE BALCONY WITH PARTIAL VIEW FANTASTICA	BP	Balcony
INTERIOR BELLA GUARANTEED	IB	Inside
JUNIOR INTERIOR FANTASTICA	IM1	Inside
JUNIOR INTERIOR FANTASTICA	IM2	Inside
DELUXE INTERIOR FANTASTICA	IR1	Inside
DELUXE INTERIOR FANTASTICA	IR2	Inside
OCEAN VIEW BELLA GUARANTEED	OB	Oceanview
PREMIUM OCEAN VIEW FANTASTICA	OL1	Oceanview
JUNIOR OCEAN VIEW FANTASTICA	OM2	Oceanview
DELUXE OCEAN VIEW FANTASTICA	OR2	Oceanview
PREMIUM SUITE AUREA	SL1	Suite
PREMIUM SUITE AUREA WITH SEALED WINDOW	SLS	Suite
JUNIOR SUITE AUREA WITH SEALED WINDOW	SRS	Suite
GRAND SUITE AUREA	SX	Suite
MSC YACHT CLUB DELUXE SUITE	YC1	Suite
MSC YACHT CLUB EXECUTIVE & FAMILY SUITE	YC2	Suite
MSC YACHT CLUB ROYAL SUITE	YC3	Suite
MSC YACHT CLUB DELUXE GRAND SUITE	YCP	Suite
MSC YACHT CLUB YACHT CLUB EXECUTIVE AND FAMILY SUITE WITH BALCONY	YCT	Suite