World Odyssey – Cape Verde, Rio & Sydney

About this cruise

Block out 121 nights from January 6, 2027 and let this sailing from Marseille do its thing. The route covers Barcelona, Gibraltar and Casablanca, with additional stops along the Australia & New Zealand and there's plenty of room to breathe between each stop. Expect a run of consecutive ports, 43 stops total, with the busiest days packed close together. The sea days around them feel earned. The route threads through 23 countries along the Australia & New Zealand coast: Spain, United Kingdom, Morocco, Cape Verde, Brazil, Argentina, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Chile, French Polynesia, Cook Islands, New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Samoa, United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Jamaica, British Virgin Islands, Netherlands and Italy. Sydney alone is worth the trip, Where the Opera House meets the harbour. Roughly 10 hours ashore per stop. No need to rush. MSC Magnifica has 4 restaurants on board, which means you could eat somewhere different nearly every night. With more nights comes more time for the ship's rhythm to kick in: morning coffee in the same spot, evening shows, late-night conversations on deck. Marseille itself is worth spending some time in. Don't just treat it as a departure point. And a January cruise to warmer water? Hard to argue with that when it's cold at home. Worth booking. That's the short version.