Mediterranean Magic – Barcelona & Santorini

About this cruise

You sail from Valletta on August 7, 2026 and spend 7 nights visiting Barcelona, Marseille, Livorno (Florence/Pisa), Cagliari and Palermo. It's a well-tested route and there's a reason people keep booking it. 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, France 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 Splendida has 6 restaurants on board, which means you could eat somewhere different nearly every night. It's peak season, so the weather is at its best and the ship will be full. That's part of the fun. 7 nights of not thinking about anything except where to eat next. That's the pitch.