Mediterranean Grand Tour – Riviera & Andalusia

About this cruise

This one leaves Marseille on September 11, 2026 and spends 10 nights visiting Málaga, Cádiz and Lisbon, with additional stops along the Western Mediterranean at a pace where every day has something going on but there's always time to just sit and watch the water too. 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 3 countries along the Western Mediterranean coast: Spain, Portugal and Italy. 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. 10 nights is long enough to build a routine on board: favourite restaurant, favourite deck chair, favourite people. It starts to feel like a floating village. Being shoulder season helps: golden light, comfortable weather, and shorter queues at the popular spots. Good route, good ship, good timing. It all lines up.