| Cruise Region :
Europe Northern Europe |
| Company Category : Standard |
| Company name : MSC Cruises |
| Ship name : MSC Virtuosa |
| Journey Start Date : Thu 19 Jan 2023 |
| Journey End Date : Fri 27 Jan 2023 |
| Port start : Madeira / Portugal |
| Port end : Southampton / Great Britain |
| Count Nights : 8 nights |
| Day | Port | Date | Arrival | Departure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madeira / Portugal | Thu 19 Jan | 17:00 | |
| 2 | Santa Cruz, about. Tenerife (Canary Islands) / Spain | Fri 20 Jan | 09:00 | 18:00 |
| 3 | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) / Spain | Sat 21 Jan | 09:00 | 18:00 |
| 4 | Arresife / Spain | Sun 22 Jan | 08:00 | 18:00 |
| 5 | Day at sea / Sea | Mon 23 Jan | ||
| 6 | Day at sea / Sea | Tue 24 Jan | ||
| 7 | La Coruña / Spain | Wed 25 Jan | 09:00 | 19:00 |
| 8 | Day at sea / Sea | Thu 26 Jan | ||
| 9 | Southampton / Great Britain | Fri 27 Jan | 07:00 |
| Build Year : 2021 |
| Capacity : 6344 |
| Deck Quantity : 19 |
| Cabin Quantity : 2421 |
| Balancer : Yes |
• port taxes
• in the buffet restaurant at the drinks station: cold, hot water, tea 20 hours a day, coffee only during breakfast
• meals in the buffet restaurant: early breakfast, breakfast, snacks in the pizzeria and grill, lunch, dinner, snacks for night owls, drinks from the bar are paid extra
• meals in the a la carte restaurant: breakfast, lunch, dinner without drinks (extra charge)
• entertainment activities on board (evening performances in the theater, live music in bars and lounges, animation shows, disco)
• access to all public areas of the liner, including the library, swimming pools, jacuzzi by the pools, children's water park, gym
• sports games: table tennis, minigolf, shuffleboard
• services of educators and animators for children of five age groups in mini-clubs - from 6 months to 17 years
• transportation of luggage in the ports of the beginning and end of the cruise
• use of boats for embarkation and disembarkation in ports where the liner does not moor to the pier
• only for MSC Yacht Club cabins: ALL INCLUSIVE drinks (value up to 13 €) in the bars and restaurants of the liner and in the minibar in the suite, Premium internet package
Madeira, officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira, is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with the Azores). It is an archipelago situated in the north Atlantic Ocean, southwest of Portugal. Its total population was estimated in 2011 at 267,785. The capital of Madeira is Funchal, which is located on the main island's south coast.
The archipelago is just under 400 kilometres (250 mi) north of Tenerife, Canary Islands. Bermuda and Madeira, a few time zones apart, are the only land in the Atlantic on the 32nd parallel north. It includes the islands of Madeira, Porto Santo, and the Desertas, administered together with the separate archipelago of the Savage Islands. The region has political and administrative autonomy through the Administrative Political Statue of the Autonomous Region of Madeiraprovided for in the Portuguese Constitution. The autonomous region is an integral part of the European Union as an outermost region.
A Coruña is a city and municipality of Galicia, Spain. It is the second most populated city in the autonomous community and seventeenth overall in the country. The city is the provincial capital of the province of the same name, having also served as political capital of the Kingdom of Galicia from the 16th to the 19th centuries, and as a regional administrative centre between 1833 and 1982, before being replaced by Santiago de Compostela.
A Coruña is a busy port located on a promontory in the Golfo Ártabro, a large gulf on the Atlantic Ocean. It provides a distribution point for agricultural goods from the region.
Southampton is the largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England. It is 69 miles (111 km) south-west of London and 15 miles (24 km) west north-west of Portsmouth. Southampton is a major port and the closest city to the New Forest. It lies at the northernmost point of Southampton Water at the confluence of the Rivers Test and Itchen, with the River Hamble joining to the south of the urban area. The city, which is a unitary authority, has an estimated population of 253,651. The city's name is sometimes abbreviated in writing to "So'ton" or "Soton", and a resident of Southampton is called a Sotonian.
Significant employers in the city include Southampton City Council, the University of Southampton, Solent University, Southampton Airport, Ordnance Survey, BBC South, the NHS, ABP and Carnival UK. Southampton is noted for its association with the RMS Titanic, the Spitfire and more generally in the World War II narrative as one of the departure points for D-Day, and more recently as the home port of a number of the largest cruise ships in the world. Southampton has a large shopping centre and retail park, Westquay. In 2014, the city council approved a neighbouring followup Westquay South which opened in 2016–2017.
In the 2001 census Southampton and Portsmouth were recorded as being parts of separate urban areas; however by the time of the 2011 census they had merged apolitically to become the sixth-largest built-up area in England with a population of 855,569. This built-up area is part of the metropolitan area known as South Hampshire, which is also known as Solent City, particularly in the media when discussing local governance organisational changes. With a population of over 1.5 million this makes the region one of the United Kingdom's most populous metropolitan areas.
