Santos to Kiel

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Day 1 Apr 4, 2027 Santos, Brazil Departs 16:30 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 port guide Search cruises visiting Santos, Brazil

Santos, Brazil photo — Day 1 Apr 4, 2027 Santos, Brazil Departs 16:30 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 port guide Search cruises visiting Santos, Brazil

Day 27 Apr 30, 2027 Kiel, Germany Arrives 08:00 Arriving on your MSC Cruise of Northern Europe, you will have the chance to visit Kiel, an expanding urban centre on the shores of the Baltic Sea. Kiel became the Imperial military port of Germany in 1871 and, when its canal was opened to connect the Baltic and the North Seas in 1895, the town began to control the largest artificial waterway in the world. Kiel is the ideal location for a relaxing vacation in Germany with an MSC cruise: it is simple and quiet, even during the Kieler Woche international regatta, an event not to be missed by sailing enthusiasts. The few city museums can be visited in one morning, however, if you want to get acquainted with Kiel you cannot ignore its waterways, to which the town is indissolubly bound: they can be visited by taking the Kiellinie footpath or taking a cruise along the Kieler Förde and along the canal. A spacious promenade along the pier will give you the chance to admire a variety of vessels of all sorts, amongst which the dinghies of the sailing school and, from the wet dock in front, the best view one can get of Kiel. 6 km south-west of the centre, in Molfsee, where we find the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Freilichtmuseum. This open air museum shows about seventy traditional buildings taken from the Lande and assembled in miniature villages: the colonial houses still maintain the original furniture – outstanding beds sleeping the entire family in order to keep warm in the freezing winters. While on vacation in Kiel with your MSC Cruise, an excursion will take you to Lubecca, one of the few towns on the northern coasts of Europe that has kept its Medieval glory. For more than two centuries it has been one of the wealthiest and most powerful European cities. The wealth deriving from trade is best expressed through its architecture: from the oldest Rathaus in Germany to the churches with the tallest bell towers and the merchants’ mansions.

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Lowest fare we've tracked over the observed 91-day span: $2,730 · range $2,730–$3,485

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from $2,735

$101 / night

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from $2,735

$101 / night

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from $2,795

$103 / night

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from $2,835

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from $2,875

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from $3,405

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from $3,405

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from $3,545

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from $3,875

$143 / night

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from $3,875

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from $3,965

$146 / night

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from $4,035

$149 / night

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Prices verified Jun 22, 2026

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Name	Supplier code	Type
Balcony	B1	Balcony
Balcony	B2	Balcony
Balcony	B3	Balcony
Balcony	B4	Balcony
Balcony Group	BA1	Balcony
Balcony Group	BA2	Balcony
Classic Ocean View Balcony	BC	Balcony
Premium Ocean View Balcony	BP	Balcony
Balcony Guarantee	BV	Balcony
Classic Inside Single	CI	Inside
Interior	I1	Inside
Interior	I2	Inside
Interior	I3	Inside
Interior	I4	Inside
Classic Inside	IC	Inside
Interior Group ( I1 + I2 )	IN1	Inside
Interior Group ( I3 + I4 )	IN2	Inside
Premium Inside	IP	Inside
Inside Guarantee	IV	Inside
Oceanview	E1	Oceanview
Oceanview	E2	Oceanview
Classic Outside Ocean view	EC	Oceanview
Premium Outside Ocean view	EP	Oceanview
Oceanview Group ( E1 + E2 )	ET1	Oceanview
Outside Guarantee	EV	Oceanview
Grand Suite with Ocean View Balcony	GS	Suite
Mini Suite with Ocean View Balcony	MS	Suite
Suite with Ocean View Balcony	S	Suite

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Your ship Costa Diadema 5★ **132,500** GT **4,947** guests Built **2013** Costa Diadema, launched in 2014, is built for relaxation and fun with lots of on-board activities, scintillating bars, gourmet restaurants and the spa area. Among the special features not to be missed: an entire deck dedicated to children with castle and pirate galleon and the terrace on deck 5 for strolling and enjoying an aperitif at sunset: a real treat for holidaying in perfect Italian style. The cabins aboard our Flagship are elegant, well-appointed and spacious for up to five guests. At any time of the day or night you'll be spoilt for choice on what to do: sports, games, a large three-story theatre that welcomes international artists, and you too can take to the stage with Tu sì que Vales... and then the Aperol Spritz Bar for a cocktail before dancing the night away at the disco, a games room for returning to your childhood and a real German pub. We look forward to welcoming you on board. Now take a look at the current position of Costa Diadema. Costa Diadema ship guide Search cruises on Costa Diadema

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