Marina Magic – Malaga, Lisbon & Genoa

About this cruise

If you want the classic cruise without a massive time commitment, this is a strong option. 10 nights from Málaga on July 15, 2026, visiting Cádiz, Lisbon and Alicante, with additional stops along the Western Mediterranean. There's a stretch of back-to-back port days, so those days are busy, but the sea days around them give you time to recharge. The route threads through 4 countries along the Western Mediterranean coast: Spain, Portugal, Italy and France. Most ports give you about 9 hours, so you can do more than just tick off the main sights. As for the ship itself, MSC Opera has 4 restaurants on board, which means you could eat somewhere different nearly every night. By night three you start recognising faces; by night ten you're swapping numbers. That's the magic of a longer sailing. It's peak season, so the weather is at its best and the ship will be full. That's part of the fun. Hard to ask for much more than that, honestly.