Serene Mediterranean – Alicante & Genoa

About this cruise

This one leaves Lisbon on May 28, 2026 and spends 10 nights visiting Alicante, Port Mahon and Olbia, 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. 3 countries (Spain, Italy and France) across the Western Mediterranean, each with its own character. Most ports give you about 9 hours, so you can do more than just tick off the main sights. As for the ship itself, You won't go hungry on MSC Opera. 4 restaurants come with the fare, plus 0 more when you feel like treating yourself. By night three you start recognising faces; by night ten you're swapping numbers. That's the magic of a longer sailing. A spring departure helps too: decent weather and a calmer feel at each port. You start in Lisbon and come back with stories from Spain, Italy and France.