16 Night Cruise from Rio de Janeiro

About this cruise

A trip this long changes your rhythm entirely, and that's very much the point. 16 nights from Rio de Janeiro on April 4, 2027, visiting Buzios, Salvador, Maceio, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tangier and Barcelona. You get off in Barcelona, which is a good excuse to tack on a few days on land. There's plenty of sea time (10 days), which means you'll get to know the ship well. The route threads through 3 countries along the South America coast: Brazil, Spain and Morocco. You get around 10 hours in each port, which is enough for an excursion, lunch, and some wandering around on your own. When you're not ashore, MSC Virtuosa has 7 restaurants on board, which means you could eat somewhere different nearly every night. One of the underrated parts of a longer cruise: you actually get to know people. The couple from dinner, the group at trivia, the bartender who remembers your drink. An April departure catches that sweet window of warm-enough weather before the summer rush. 16 nights of not thinking about anything except where to eat next. That's the pitch.