A massive white cruise ship named "MSC PREZIOSA" is docked at a city port. The vessel features tiered passenger decks, rows of dark glass windows, a black funnel with a star logo, and orange lifeboats lined along the side. Port structures and a hilly city landscape are visible in the background.

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12-Night Northern Europe from Hamburg

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Departs: August 29, 2028

Returns: September 10, 2028

Departure Port: Hamburg

Ship: MSC Preziosa

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MSC Preziosa

Ordered by the Gaddafis, finished by MSC, and now Hamburg's year-round ship

Aboard

  • Laid down at Saint-Nazaire as Phoenicia for Libya's state shipping corporation
  • Contract cancelled in June 2011 during the Libyan civil war; MSC bought the hull in 2012
  • Christened at Genoa on March 23, 2013 by Sophia Loren
  • Vertigo, a spiral water slide overhanging the side of the ship
  • Based at Hamburg year-round, with Southampton, Le Havre and Rotterdam as co-homeports
  • Summer runs of eleven to fourteen nights to Norway, Iceland and Spitsbergen
More About MSC Preziosa

Europe

The Norwegian Fjords

Sheer rock walls a mile high on either side of the ship, waterfalls falling straight into the sea, and summer daylight that simply refuses to end.

Best Time to Go
Mid-May to early September; June for the midnight sun
Typical Length
7 to 14 nights
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