MSC Cruises Offers Winter Cruises in Mediterranean

MSC Cruises will have two ships –the MSC Orchestra and MSC Musica- cruising the Mediterranean this winter, from November 2007 through February and March 2008. These winter cruises will promote relaxation and personal harmony. Rates begin at $1,649 per person, double occupancy, cruise only for a balcony stateroom.

After seven-night cruises to Greece, Turkey and Croatia, MSC Orchestra will depart November 14 on its first winter cruise, with the last departure March 14, 2008. Two 11-night cruises alternate between Eastern and Western Mediterranean destinations.

Ports of call for the Western Mediterranean itinerary are Genoa, Barcelona, Casablanca, Tenerife, Funchal, Malaga and Civitavecchia; the Eastern Mediterranean itinerary calls at Genoa, Katakolon, Piraeus, Rhodes, Alexandria for Cairo, Marmaris, Heraklion and Naples. MSC Musica, currently offering seven-night cruises to Tunisia, the Balearic Islands, Spain and France, also will be based in Genoa for the winter season.

The first cruise departs November 4 and the season ends with the last departure on February 22. MSC Musica will alternate a Western Mediterranean cruise (Genoa, Barcelona, Gibraltar, Funchal, Tenerife, Arrecife, Malaga, Civitavecchia) with an Eastern Mediterranean itinerary (Genoa, Ajaccio, Valletta, Rhodes, Alexandria for Cairo, Tripoli, Messina, Naples).