Festive cheer with all the trimmings of the Mediterranean, South America, the Caribbean and South Africa . . . that’s what MSC Cruises is offering this Christmas.

Book the 11-night Christmas cruise from Genoa aboard newcomer MSC Divina, priced from $999 per person, twin share, and the day’s festivities will take place during a visit of Malaga in Spain.
Meanwhile, MSC Splendida will celebrate Christmas Day in Mediterranean before reaching the North African port of Tunis. Price for this cruise from Genoa begins at $689pp, twin share.

“Whether guests want to spend Christmas in the Mediterranean, the Caribbean or even South America we offer a cruise for them,” said Lynne Clarke, managing director of MSC Cruises Australia and New Zealand. “Many people, in particular cruise fans, have discovered cruising as an ideal alternative to staying at home at Christmas.

“And with prices starting at $689 per person twin share for a seven-night Mediterranean cruise aboard MSC Splendida, it’s a bargain.” she said.

Despite the appeal of the Mediterranean, as many as four of MSC Cruises’ 12 ships will be in South America during the festive season, MSC Fantasia in Salvador in Brazil on the Christmas Day during a seven-night cruise, priced from $969pp. twin share.

MSC Magnifica will be at Punta del Este in Uruguay on Christmas Day during a seven-night cruise priced from $949pp, twin share, accompanied on the same day by MSC Orchestra, also on a seven-night cruise, priced from $949pp, twin share. MSC Musica will be at sea on Christmas Day during an eight-night South American cruise priced from $929pp, twin share.

In Southern Africa, MSC Sinfonia will be at sea on Christmas Day during a 10-night cruise which includes ports in South Africa and Mauritius (priced from $1629pp, twin share) while MSC Opera will be at Portuguese Island on a six-night cruise priced from $989pp, twin share.

The waters and islands of the Caribbean will see MSC Poesia during the festive season, the ship visiting the Mexican island of Cozumel on Christmas Day during a seven-night cruise priced from $839pp twin share. MSC Lirica’s Christmas cruise has been sold out.