29 Night from Cape Town to Portofino on the MSC Opera

Book your outside cabin on the MSC Opera and prepare for twenty-nine nights of leisurely cruising across the globe from Cape Town to Portofino!

Stopping in exotic destinations like Diego Suarez, Mahe, and Sharm El-Sheikh makes this sailing special. This route is an interesting one for the Opera, As it sails it only once.

This price is the total you pay for an outside cabin, no surprises. At under $110 per day for an outside cabin, this deal is very good. This cruise is an especially good deal because if you book now you can book an outside outside cabin for the price of an interior outside cabin!

Gym
Day 22: Aqaba

The MSC Opera

The Opera MSC, based in the Caribbean and Europe and refurbished just three years ago in 2022, is a Lirica class cruise ship that can house over 2,100 guests.

The Opera MSC offers guests a casino, a gym, a solarium, a spa, and a jacuzzi.

MSC Opera
Day 27: Crete

Pricing Information

Since it was first listed on February 23rd of this year, The price of an outside stateroom on this cruise has varied between $2,954 and $3,152 including $0 in taxes and port fees. The accompanying graph indicates the price over time for the various classes of cabin. Today this cruise is just $198 more expensive than the all time low of $2,954 so lock in your outside cabin now before it goes up.

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outside
balcony
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$3,152
$4,208
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$108.69/day
$145.10/day
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Your Itinerary

This sailing is made up of ten days in port and eighteen sea days. Major features include long stops in Durban, Sharm El-Sheikh, and Aqaba in addition to visits to rare ports like Diego Suarez and Mahe.

DatePortArriveDepart
Tue, Apr 14Cape Town, South Africa 6:00pm
Wed, Apr 15At Sea
Thu, Apr 16At Sea
Fri, Apr 17Durban, South Africa 6:00am6:00pm
Sat, Apr 18At Sea
Sun, Apr 19At Sea
Mon, Apr 20At Sea
Tue, Apr 21La Possession, Reunion Island 8:00am6:00pm
Wed, Apr 22Mauritius 8:00am6:00pm
Thu, Apr 23At Sea
Fri, Apr 24Diego Suarez, Madagascar 8:00am6:00pm
Sat, Apr 25Nosy Be, Madagascar 7:00am4:00pm
Sun, Apr 26At Sea
Mon, Apr 27Mahe, Seychelles 10:00am6:00pm
Tue, Apr 28At Sea
Wed, Apr 29At Sea
Thu, Apr 30At Sea
Fri, May 1At Sea
Sat, May 2At Sea
Sun, May 3At Sea
Mon, May 4At Sea
Tue, May 5Aqaba, Jordan 7:00am9:00pm
Wed, May 6Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt 8:00am7:00pm
Thu, May 7Suez Canal, Egypt (Cruising)
Fri, May 8
Sat, May 9Rhodes, Greece 2:00pm10:00pm
Sun, May 10Crete, Greece 9:00am6:00pm
Mon, May 11At Sea
Tue, May 12At Sea
Wed, May 13Portofino, Italy 8:00am
April 14th, 2026 - Cape Town to Portofino Cruise on the MSC Opera
Your Route
Day 4: Durban
Day 14: Mahe
Day 26: Rhodes
Spa
Day 9: Mauritius
Casino
Day 23: Sharm El-Sheikh

Alternate Sailings

The Opera sails this route once next year, but doesn't sail it this year. This is the only ship that sails this exact route. In the accompanying graphic you can see a visualization of when this ship sails as well as the relative price for an outside cabin.

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2025
2026
2027
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Last Updated: Jul 8, 2025

Last Modified: Jul 8, 2025