Costa Smeralda: 34-Night Ocean Cruises
This 34-night Africa cruise aboard the Costa Smeralda by Costa Cruises sails from Dubai to Marseille, departing March 14, 2027, calling at Port Louis, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, and 5 more ports, and returns April 17, 2027. Cabin prices start from $2,662 per person.
Dubai is a city built on ambition and air conditioning, rising from the Arabian desert into a skyline of record-breaking towers, artificial islands, and mega-malls. The Dubai cruise port at Mina Rashid sits in the older part of the city near the historic Creek district, about 15 minutes from the modern skyscraper core along Sheikh Zayed Road.
Read more →Santa Cruz de Tenerife is the capital of Tenerife, the largest of Spain's Canary Islands, located in the Atlantic Ocean about 300 km off the coast of Morocco. The cruise port sits in the heart of the city, directly adjacent to the commercial center and within walking distance of the main shopping street and waterfront.
Read more →Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, a 6.7-square-kilometer enclave dominated by the Rock of Gibraltar, a 426-meter limestone monolith that guards the western entrance to the Mediterranean.
Read more →Barcelona cruise port is the busiest in the Mediterranean, handling millions of passengers a year across multiple terminals. The city behind it earns that traffic.
Read more →Genoa cruise port is one of the main embarkation points for western Mediterranean itineraries, particularly for MSC and Costa Cruises, which both have roots here. The city is the capital of Liguria and the birthplace of Christopher Columbus, pesto, and focaccia, and it has a grittier, more working-class feel than the polished Italian cities most tourists flock to.
Read more →Marseille cruise port is France's busiest and one of the major stops on western Mediterranean itineraries. The city is France's second largest and its oldest, founded by Greek sailors over 2,600 years ago, and it has a rougher, more authentic edge than the polished Riviera towns further east.
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It sails from Dubai to Marseille and calls at Port Louis, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Walvis Bay, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Gibraltar, Barcelona and Genoa, with 23 days at sea.
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