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South America / Antarctica
Fri 03 Apr 2026 - Fri 24 Apr 2026

21 nights Rio de Janeiro, Ilheus, Salvador, Maceio, Funchal, Vigo, Gijon, Southampton, Le Havre, Zeebrugge, Co

Cruise Region : South America / Antarctica
Company : MSC Cruises
Ship : MSC Preziosa
Journey Start : Fri 03 Apr 2026
Journey End : Fri 24 Apr 2026
Count Nights : 21 night

Schedule

Day Port Date Arrival Departure
1 Rio de Janeiro / Brazil Fri 03 Apr 20:00
2 Day at sea / Sea Sat 04 Apr
3 Ileus / Brazil Sun 05 Apr 09:00 19:00
4 Salvador / Brazil Mon 06 Apr 07:00 17:00
5 Maceio / Brazil Tue 07 Apr 09:00 17:00
6 Day at sea / Sea Wed 08 Apr
7 Day at sea / Sea Thu 09 Apr
8 Day at sea / Sea Fri 10 Apr
9 Day at sea / Sea Sat 11 Apr
10 Day at sea / Sea Sun 12 Apr
11 Day at sea / Sea Mon 13 Apr
12 Madeira / Portugal Tue 14 Apr 09:00 19:00
13 Day at sea / Sea Wed 15 Apr
14 Viggo / Spain Thu 16 Apr 09:00 17:00
15 Gijón / Spain Fri 17 Apr 09:00 18:00
16 Day at sea / Sea Sat 18 Apr
17 Southampton / Great Britain Sun 19 Apr 07:00 20:00
18 Gavr / France Mon 20 Apr 07:00 20:00
19 Zeebrugge / Belgium Tue 21 Apr 09:00 18:00
20 Day at sea / Sea Wed 22 Apr
21 Copenhagen / Denmark Thu 23 Apr 08:00 16:00
22 Oslo / Norway Fri 24 Apr 09:00

The cruise booking conditions may vary depending on the itinerary, season, and selected package. However, the basic conditions include:

1. **Deposit and Full Payment:**
   - A deposit of 30% is required to confirm the booking.
   - Full payment is usually required 60-90 days prior to departure. For late bookings, full payment may be required immediately.

2. **Cancellation and Penalties:**
   - Cancellation penalties depend on the time remaining before departure. The closer to the departure date, the higher the penalties.

   - More than 60 days before departure: €50 per person
   - 59 to 30 days: 30% of the total price
   - 29 to 22 days: 50%
   - 21 to 15 days: 70%
   - Less than 14 days before departure: 100%

3. **Booking Changes:**
   - Passenger substitutions are subject to an additional fee of €50 per person.

4. **Insurance:**
   - It is recommended to purchase travel or medical insurance to cover potential costs in case of cancellation or changes to the booking, as well as medical expenses during the cruise.

5. **Document Requirements:**
   - All passengers must have valid passports and visas for visiting countries (if required by the destination) on the cruise itinerary. The responsibility for obtaining visas lies with the passengers.

  • Accommodation in a cabin of the selected category
  • Meals in the restaurant (buffet) on the "buffet" system, including breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as snacks in the cafe and pizzeria throughout the day. Water, juices, tea, coffee from machines are available in the buffet free of charge 24 hours.
  • Meals in the main restaurant "a la carte". As a rule, all liners have two or three main restaurants with menu service. The dishes in such restaurants are more refined and varied than in the buffet. Drinks are ordered for an additional fee.
  • Entertainment on board, such as animation, master classes, aerobics, evening performances in the theatre, live music in bars, discos.
  • Access to all public areas of the liner: fitness center (gym), swimming pools, jacuzzis by the pools, water park, library, mini-clubs for children.
  • Services of educators in mini-clubs for children from 6 months to 17 years
  • Games on sports grounds, including tennis, mini-football, basketball, badminton, mini-golf and others.
  • Use of watercraft during embarkation or disembarkation in ports if the liner does not enter the port.
  • Luggage transportation at the beginning and end of the cruise.
  • Service charge, gratuity will be added at the end of the booking in the amount of 12 euros per night per guest.
  • Depending on the cabin category, you may be provided with additional services free of charge. For example, ALL INCLUSIVE drinks in bars and restaurants, cabin service with free delivery 24 hours, use of the spa center.

Important: MSC reserves the right to change the cabin to the same category or higher. However, MSC will do everything possible to avoid changing the cabin.

Additional costs:

  • insurance (medical insurance, travel cancellation insurance)
  • airfare, rail transport (transportation costs to the port of departure and from the port of arrival of the ship)
  • transfers (from the airport/train station to the sea port and back)
  • excursions
  • pre- and post-cruise hotel reservations if you want to extend your holiday on land.

Additionally paid on the liner:

  • visiting alternative bars and restaurants
  • services of spa centers, hairdressers, beauty salons
  • medical services
  • laundry, ironing
  • casino
  • slot machines, etc. depending on the specific liner.

For any purchase of goods on the liner in bars, restaurants, shops and services in the spa center, hairdresser, etc. you will be additionally charged a service fee, which will average 15% of the purchase price.

 

 

The standard cruise fare typically does not include a drink package. You may choose and add an appropriate drink package to your cruise.

Drink package rules:

- All guests sharing a cabin, including children over 3 years old, must book a drink package. For children, a MINORS PACKAGE is available.
- Seating together in the main restaurant for dinner is only possible if all guests have booked the same drink package or none at all.
- Packages are for personal use only; cruise cards cannot be shared. Only one drink can be ordered per request. If misuse of the package occurs, the cruise company reserves the right to block the package without refunding the remaining days.
- Drink packages are valid every day throughout the cruise and cannot be purchased for individual days.
- Packages are not valid in specialty bars, cafés, and restaurants, including:
  - Venchi 1878 establishments, Jean-Philippe Maury venues, MSC Virtuosa Starship Club, MSC World Europa Coffee Emporium, MSC World Europa Raj Polo Tea Room.
- Due to Saudi Arabian law, alcoholic drinks are not available while docked in Saudi Arabian ports. Alcoholic beverages will only be available once the ship leaves the port and is at sea.
- Drink packages purchased onboard will be more expensive than those bought when booking the cruise.
- Detailed lists of drink packages will be available onboard.
- Packages are valid on Sir Bani Yas and Ocean Cay islands.

Prices per person, per day:

Mediterranean; Northern Europe; UAE & Persian Gulf; Red Sea; Caribbean from Fort-de-France*

EASY PACKAGE (adults 18+)  
- Cruises 1-7 days: €43  
- Cruises 8+ days: €39  

√ a selection of classic cocktails, house spirits and mixed drinks

√ non-alcoholic cocktails

√ dedicated selection of house wines by the glass, beer, sodas, fruit juices

√ bottled mineral water

√ classic hot drink (espresso, cappuccino, coffee latte, hot tea)

 Valid: 24/7 in select onboard bars, main restaurants, and buffet (excluding specialty restaurants).

EASY PLUS PACKAGE (adults 18+)
- Cruises 1-7 days: €57  
- Cruises 8+ days: €54  
All drinks priced up to €9 or $10*

√ frozen and classic cocktails, variety of spirit brands, liquors and cordials

√ a selection of wine by the glass

√ a 10% discount on bottled wines purchased onboard

√ a wide variety of draft and bottled beers, non-alcoholic cocktails, soft drinks

√ mineral water

√ coffee drinks, hot chocolate and hot teas

The Easy Plus Package covers all the above served at our bars, buffet, main restaurant and specialty restaurants. What’s more, it also includes Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve and other exclusive MSC destinations.

*€9 for European, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Qatar, Egypt, Red Sea & Saudi Arabia, and Antilles cruises; $10 for Caribbean, Northern America, South America and Asia cruises.
Valid: 24/7 in onboard bars, main restaurants, buffet, and specialty restaurants.

PREMIUM EXTRA PACKAGE (adults 18+) 
- Cruises 1-7 days: €77  
- Cruises 8+ days: €74  

All drinks priced up to €14 or $16* 
√ an extensive variety of frozen and classic cocktails, premium brand spirits, liquors and cordials

√ a varied selection of wines and champagne by the glass

√ a 25% discount on bottles of wine and champagne purchased on board

√ our entire selection of draft, craft and bottled beers, sodas, fruit juices

√ mineral water, energy drinks

√ co­ffee drinks, hot chocolate and teas

Valid: 24/7 in onboard bars, main restaurants, buffet, and specialty restaurants.

ALCOHOL-FREE PACKAGE (adults 18+)
- Cruises 1-7 days: €26  
- Cruises 8+ days: €24  

√ a wide choice of alcohol-free cocktails, sodas, energy drinks

√  mineral water, flavored water, fruit juices

√  classic coff­ee drinks and coff­ee specialties, hot chocolate, hot teas, soft-serve ice cream

Valid: 24/7 in onboard bars, main restaurants, buffet (excluding specialty restaurants).

MINORS PACKAGE (children 3-17 years)**  
- Cruises 1-7 days: €18  
- Cruises 8+ days: €17  
√ alcohol-free cocktails, sodas, energy drinks

√ mineral water, flavored water, fruit juices

√ a selection of coffee drinks, hot chocolate, hot tea and soft-serve ice cream.

Applicable for minors (age respective of the country/operation area) who are part of a group/family purchasing an adult package.
Valid: 24/7 in select onboard bars, main restaurants, and buffet (excluding specialty restaurants).

Prices and rules are similar for other regions, with minor variations in costs for South America, Asia, and the Far East.

Interior

Interior

from: 6 859€
Oceanview

Oceanview

from: 1 889€
Balcony

Balcony

from: 2 099€
Suite

Suite

from: 6 559€
Detailed cruise program
  • Day 1: 20:00

    Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

    Rio de Janeiro is the second-most populous municipality in Brazil and the sixth-most populous in the Americas. The metropolis is anchor to the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area, the second-most populous metropolitan area in Brazil and sixth-most populous in the Americas. Rio de Janeiro is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's third-most populous state. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named "Rio de Janeiro: CariocaLandscapes between the Mountain and the Sea", by UNESCO on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape.

    Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, a domain of the Portuguese Empire. Later, in 1763, it became the capital of the State of Brazil, a state of the Portuguese Empire. In 1808, when the Portuguese Royal Court transferred itself from Portugal to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro became the chosen seat of the court of Queen Maria I of Portugal, who subsequently, in 1815, under the leadership of her son, the Prince Regent, and future King João VI of Portugal, raised Brazil to the dignity of a kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and Algarves. Rio stayed the capital of the pluricontinental Lusitanian monarchy until 1822, when the War of Brazilian Independence began. This is one of the few instances in history that the capital of a colonising country officially shifted to a city in one of its colonies. Rio de Janeiro subsequently served as the capital of the independent monarchy, the Empire of Brazil, until 1889, and then the capital of a republican Brazil until 1960 when the capital was transferred to Brasília.

  • Day 2:

    Day at sea / Sea

  • Day 3: 09:00-19:00

    Ileus / Brazil

  • Day 4: 07:00-17:00

    Salvador / Brazil

    a port on the Atlantic coast of eastern Brazil, capital of the state of Bahia; population 2,892,625 (2007).

  • Day 5: 09:00-17:00

    Maceio / Brazil

  • Day 6:

    Day at sea / Sea

  • Day 7:

    Day at sea / Sea

  • Day 8:

    Day at sea / Sea

  • Day 9:

    Day at sea / Sea

  • Day 10:

    Day at sea / Sea

  • Day 11:

    Day at sea / Sea

  • Day 12: 09:00-19:00

    Madeira / Portugal

    Madeira, officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira, is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with the Azores). It is an archipelago situated in the north Atlantic Ocean, southwest of Portugal. Its total population was estimated in 2011 at 267,785. The capital of Madeira is Funchal, which is located on the main island's south coast.

    The archipelago is just under 400 kilometres (250 mi) north of Tenerife, Canary Islands. Bermuda and Madeira, a few time zones apart, are the only land in the Atlantic on the 32nd parallel north. It includes the islands of Madeira, Porto Santo, and the Desertas, administered together with the separate archipelago of the Savage Islands. The region has political and administrative autonomy through the Administrative Political Statue of the Autonomous Region of Madeiraprovided for in the Portuguese Constitution. The autonomous region is an integral part of the European Union as an outermost region.

  • Day 13:

    Day at sea / Sea

  • Day 14: 09:00-17:00

    Viggo / Spain

    Vigo is a city and municipality adjoining the Atlantic Ocean in the province of Pontevedra in Galicia, northwest Spain. It is the capital of the comarca of Vigo and Vigo metropolitan area.

    Vigo is the most populous municipality of Galicia, the 14th in Spain, and the most populous Spanish municipality that is not the capital of a province. It has an area of 109.06 km2 (42.11 sq mi) and had a population of 292,817 in 2016.

    The city is located in the southwest of Galicia, in the southern part of Vigo Ria, one of Europe's rainiest areas. In the northeast, it borders the municipality of Redondela; in the east, Mos; in the south, O Porriño and Gondomar; and in the southwest, Nigrán. On the other side of its bay are the municipalities of Cangas and Moaña. They are all part of the southern Galician region called Rías Baixas. Vigo is just north of the border with Portugal; its nearest larger city is Porto, Portugal's second-largest city.

    Vigo and its metropolitan area are one of the region's primary economic agents.

  • Day 15: 09:00-18:00

    Gijón / Spain

  • Day 16:

    Day at sea / Sea

  • Day 17: 07:00-20:00

    Southampton / Great Britain

    Southampton is the largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England. It is 69 miles (111 km) south-west of London and 15 miles (24 km) west north-west of Portsmouth. Southampton is a major port and the closest city to the New Forest. It lies at the northernmost point of Southampton Water at the confluence of the Rivers Test and Itchen, with the River Hamble joining to the south of the urban area. The city, which is a unitary authority, has an estimated population of 253,651. The city's name is sometimes abbreviated in writing to "So'ton" or "Soton", and a resident of Southampton is called a Sotonian.

    Significant employers in the city include Southampton City Council, the University of Southampton, Solent University, Southampton Airport, Ordnance Survey, BBC South, the NHS, ABP and Carnival UK. Southampton is noted for its association with the RMS Titanic, the Spitfire and more generally in the World War II narrative as one of the departure points for D-Day, and more recently as the home port of a number of the largest cruise ships in the world. Southampton has a large shopping centre and retail park, Westquay. In 2014, the city council approved a neighbouring followup Westquay South which opened in 2016–2017.

    In the 2001 census Southampton and Portsmouth were recorded as being parts of separate urban areas; however by the time of the 2011 census they had merged apolitically to become the sixth-largest built-up area in England with a population of 855,569. This built-up area is part of the metropolitan area known as South Hampshire, which is also known as Solent City, particularly in the media when discussing local governance organisational changes. With a population of over 1.5 million this makes the region one of the United Kingdom's most populous metropolitan areas.

  • Day 18: 07:00-20:00

    Gavr / France

  • Day 19: 09:00-18:00

    Zeebrugge / Belgium

  • Day 20:

    Day at sea / Sea

  • Day 21: 08:00-16:00

    Copenhagen / Denmark

    the capital and chief port of Denmark, a city that occupies the eastern part of Zealand and northern part of the island of Amager; population 518,574 (2009).

  • Day 22: 09:00

    Oslo / Norway

    Oslo is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. Founded in the year 1040 as Ánslo, and established as a trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada, the city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 reduced its influence, and with Sweden from 1814 to 1905 it functioned as a co-official capital. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, during the reign of King Christian IV, a new city was built closer to Akershus Fortress and named Christiania in the king's honour. It was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. The city's name was spelled Kristiania between 1877 and 1897 by state and municipal authorities. In 1925 the city was renamed Oslo.