Msc launches longest round-the-world tour: 132 days, 46 destinations and exclusive luxury services
On 15 January 2026 Msc Magnifica, after touching Mediterranean destinations, passed the Pillars of Hercules to start sailing in the Atlantic Ocean
The longest voyage of ever by Msc Crociere has set off from Genoa. It is the seventh round-the-world cruise of Gianluigi Aponte's company; and this year it will be about 10 days longer than the previous ones: it will consist of a 132-day itinerary that will touch 46 destinations in 33 countries, covering more than 40 thousand nautical miles (or 74 thousand kilometres).
The Msc Magnifica, skippered by Italian captain Pietro Sarcinella, will take the 2,300 guests, of 60 different nationalities, on a voyage of discovery to some of the world's most remote places.
The word cruise has 15 excursions already included, with costs starting at 15-20 thousand euros and a certain number of services, such as laundry, included in the package. But, of course, if one chooses to increase the number of excursions and add extra lunches and dinners in the ship's restaurants, as well as extra drinks in bars and pubs, the price can rise to over 50 thousand euros.
"For us, 5 January (the date of departure of the cruise, ndr)," says Fabio Candiani, sales director of Msc Cruises, "is by now a fixed appointment, because for seven years it has been the day on which, from Genoa, our voyage around the world, the Msc world cruise, departs. This year, however, the voyage is much longer than we can imagine, because the ship will travel a distance almost double the distance of the Earth's circumference, which is 'only' 40 thousand kilometres. It will therefore be like travelling almost twice around the world, taking guests to discover the most beautiful and remote destinations, many of which would be difficult to reach from Italia on a normal holiday'.
Route to Panama and Polynesia
First stops on the voyage, Marseille and Barcelona. Next, the passage of the Pillars of Hercules (passed today 15 January as announced at the Msc press conference in Cologno Monzese, ndr), with a stop in Funchal; and then heads towards the Southern Caribbean Sea, with stops in Barbados, Colombia and Costa Rica and the crossing of the Panama Canal, to reach the Pacific without circumnavigating South America. Once on the Pacific, Magnifica will sail up the coast, visiting Guatemala and Mexico, and then reaching San Diego and Los Angeles. It will then depart forHawaii, Polynesia and the islands of Samoa and Fiji.
