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Northern Pearls Cruise itinerary - MSC Cruises

Northern Pearls

7 nights sailing from Southampton on cruise ship MSC Preziosa

Itinerary: Sailing from Southampton, visiting Hamburg, Rotterdam, Zeebrugge (Bruges), Le Havre (France), ending in Southampton.

Other embarkation ports : from Hamburg from Rotterdam from Le Havre from Zeebrugge

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Inside

Bella Inside IB

Junior Inside IM1

Junior Inside IM2

Deluxe Interior IR1

Deluxe Interior IR2

Ocean View

Ocean View (Bella experience) OB

Junior Ocean View OM2

Deluxe Ocean View OR2

Premium Ocean View OL1

Balcony

Balcony (Bella experience) BB

Deluxe Balcony Partial View BP

Junior Balcony BM1

Junior Balcony BM2

Premium Balcony Ocean View BL1

Premium Balcony Ocean View BL2

Premium Balcony Ocean View BL3

Balcony Aurea BA

Suite

Deluxe Suite Aurea SRS

Premium Suite Aurea SLS

Deluxe Suite Yatch Club YC1

Suite Deluxe YCP

Grand Suite Aurea SX

04 Oct

£521

£559

£578

£588

£607

£616

£645

£654

£673

£711

£730

£759

£768

£787

£806

£816

£901

£1,329

£1,405

£2,307

£2,519

11 Oct

£540

£578

£597

£616

£626

£635

£673

£683

£702

£711

£730

£759

£778

£797

£816

£911

£1,405

£2,307

18 Oct

£540

£578

£597

£616

£626

£635

£673

£683

£702

£711

£730

£759

£778

£797

£816

£911

£1,329

£1,405

£2,307

25 Oct

£787

£825

£844

£863

£873

£930

£958

£968

£1,039

£1,063

£1,082

£1,120

£1,129

£1,148

£1,167

£1,177

£1,262

£1,519

£1,604

£2,602

£2,697

£1,799

01 Nov

£502

£531

£550

£569

£578

£597

£626

£635

£654

£692

£711

£740

£749

£768

£787

£797

£873

£1,329

£1,405

£2,136

£2,222

£1,652

08 Nov

£502

£531

£540

£559

£588

£597

£607

£626

£692

£711

£740

£768

£787

£797

£816

£901

£1,120

£1,205

£2,298

£2,393

Discover MSC Experiences & cabins

Bella Experience

The impressive experience of Bella is an excellent value option to enjoy the comforts of life on board in a modern and elegant style, designed to ensure a pleasant stay on board. Includes: ...

Fantastica Experience

Fantastica´ experience offers a superior level of comfort and service. Fantasia experience will give you all Bella benefits plus some extra ones too such as one free cruise change, the opportunity to choose the cabin and its location, breakfast in c...

Aurea´ Experience

Aurea experience offers a series of relaxing benefits for body and soul. Suites and Balcony in the best locations These cabins include Priority boarding, 24-hour room service (free delivery), Welcome package, the option to dine any time you choose, F...

MSC Yacht Club Experience

A unique experience that combines the comfort and service of a private yacht with access to the extensive leisure facilities of a modern cruise ship. What’s included? Access to the panoramic Top Sail Lounge with bar, afternoon tea service, light food...

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Cruise Itinerary

Full Itinerary

Day 1 Southampton Embarkation | Departure: 20:00H

Day 2 at sea Arrival time: N:/AH | Departure: N:/AH

Day 3 Hamburg Arrival time: 07:00H | Departure: 21:00H 14 hours in destination

Day 4 at sea Arrival time: N:/AH | Departure: N:/AH

Day 5 Rotterdam Arrival time: 08:00H | Departure: 20:00H 12 hours in destination

Day 6 Zeebrugge (Bruges) Arrival time: 07:00H | Departure: 18:00H 11 hours in destination

Day 7 Le Havre (France) Arrival time: 09:00H | Departure: 21:00H 12 hours in destination

Day 8 Southampton Arrival time: 08:00H

Northern Pearls

7 nights Cruise on MSC Preziosa. Sailing from Southampton, visiting Hamburg, Rotterdam, Zeebrugge (Bruges), Le Havre (France), ending in Southampton.

Southampton

Embarkation | Departure: 20:00H

Southampton offers a perfect port for the best cruise ships that sail from the UK due to its size, design and great organization. It's also an ideal port for all those ships visiting the UK. Southampton offers various parking options around the area if needed and also a wide range of hotels if you need a pre-cruise stay before sailing. See our amazing cruise deals sailing from Southampton. Please contact us if you need information about Southampton's cruise terminals.

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Hamburg

Arrival time: 07:00H | Departure: 21:00H | 14 hours in destination

Hamburg is located on the River Elbe. This city is noted for several festivals and regular events. Some street festivals, such as the gay pride Christopher Street Day festival or the Alster fair, held at the Binnenalster are popular. In Hamburg you fill find big museums and galleries showing classical and contemporary art, i.e. Kunsthalle Hamburg with its contemporary art gallery, the Museum for Art and Industry and the House of photography.

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Rotterdam

Arrival time: 08:00H | Departure: 20:00H | 12 hours in destination

Rotterdam is located about a half-hour away from The Hague and an hour from Amsterdam, and has the largest port in Europe, with the rivers Meuse and Rhine providing excellent access to Basel, Switzerland and into France. This city is known for its Erasmus University and the cutting-edge architecture as the large congress and concert building called De Doelen, many well known museums. Rotterdam has its own orchestra, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra with its world famous musical director Valery Gergiev, plus many theatres that includes the new Luxor theatre and movie theatres. Rotterdam has also a lively cultural life (the Ahoy complex located in the south of the city hosts pop concerts and all sorts of music, poetry and cinema festivals, exhibitions, tennis tournaments and other activities). Northwest of Rotterdam you will find the major zoo called Diegaarde Blijdorp complete with a walkthrough sea aquarium called Oceanjum.

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Zeebrugge (Bruges)

Arrival time: 07:00H | Departure: 18:00H | 11 hours in destination

In Brugges you will have everything you need to enjoy the magical enviroment and unforgettable throught it's romantic canals, bridges, narrow streets and buildings full of history. So much so, that the old town of Brugges was claimed World Heritage Site of UNESCO in the year 2000.

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Le Havre (France)

Arrival time: 09:00H | Departure: 21:00H | 12 hours in destination

Is the gateway to Paris and Normandy. In Normandy you can visit the beach or relive historical moments like the landing of Normandy. In 2005, UNESCO named the reconsturcted center World Heritage, for beeing an exceptional example of the architecture and urban design after the war. And if you prefer, you can spend the day in the romantic Paris.

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Southampton

Arrival time: 08:00H

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Created so can you savour the pleasures of the Mediterranean spirit on unforgettable voyages of exploration all over the world.

Discover exclusive innovations, like the refined Top 18 adults-only solarium with express spa treatments and Tiki bar. Or the splash-packed fun and games of the Doremi Castle kids aqua park. Or Vertigo, the longest single-rider water slide on the seas. Or the open-kitchen Galaxy restaurant, boasting delicious all-day dining. Relish award-winning MSC Aurea Spa with beauty and wellness treatments and the secluded luxury of MSC Yacht Club’s exclusive suites with butler service, dedicated facilities and private decks.

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Interesting facts about MSC Cruises

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Inaugurated 2012

Beam 38 m.

Length 333 m.

Tonnage 137936 tn.

Occupancy 4345

Crew 1370

Ratio passenger / crew Standard 3:1

Ratio tonnage/passengers Very good 32:1

Number of decks 13

Number of staterooms 1751

Number of interior staterooms 294

Number of staterooms with balcony 1258

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MSC Preziosa's highlights

MSC Preziosa

MSC Preziosa’s main restaurants serve a mouthwatering blend of freshly prepared Mediterranean cuisine and international specialities in elegant surroundings. The ship also boasts the first two Eataly restaurants at sea, ...

Galaxy Lounge

The Galaxy Lounge on deck 16 is a great restaurant and nightclub, panoramic and with an interesting circular shape. With fantastic views and casual dining in a hip atmosphere, it is the perfect place to relax, enjoy the ...

Phoenician Plaza

Phoenicia Plaza is a place located in the center of the ship, here you will feel like you are in a real square but with an exotic touch. This bustling area offers a wide range of modern facilities in an exotic environmen...

Vertigo water slide

Do you dare to step forward and experience the wildest ride by the sea? From the top of deck 18, Vertigo offers an exciting journey of 120 meters of twists and turns. Their bands of colors create an amazing stroboscopic ...

Doremi Castle kids aqua park

This water playground for the little ones has a variety of water jets, fountains and other water accessories for splashing, soaking and fun. A water container is filled bit by bit over the heads of off-guard passengers, ...

Safari Lounge

This large bar and seating area emanates fun and ethnic environment with its leopard carpet and glass screens, the dance floor in two shades of tortoiseshell, spectacular walls in polished brass, ethnic design lamps and ...

Aurea SPA

The beauty and wellness coexist within us; however, often these are overshadowed by the stress of everyday life. With new wellness centers on board MSC Aurea Salus Per Aquam, MSC Cruises combines the magic of Balinese ma...

4D Cinema

In this interactive 4-D cinema, you will not just see and hear, you will also smell and feel too! This is a must try!

Ristorante Italia

The exclusive Ristorante Italia only serves 24 passengers at a time. Every night, it offers a different and high quality executive menu or **table d'hôte**, specially created by chefs from Eataly. Menu dishes are made wi...

The Green Sax - Jazz Bar

Enter in The Green Sax Bar and let yourself be enveloped by its kaleidoscope of lights and colors seemingly improvised but in perfect harmony. The decor of this emblematic Jazz Bar evokes the atmosphere of neon lights fr...

Top 18 for adults only

Do you want to sunbathe in peace and in complete privacy? Bronze under the sun in style in this sanctuary of serenity, exclusive for adults. Top 18 has a top location on deck 18 with spectacular ocean view, not to mentio...

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What's included onboard?

Meals at the main restaurants or at the buffett restaurants are included (fees are applied for speciality restaurants)

Daily service charges/gratuities are included as part of the cruise fare at no extra cost.

Port taxes are included in the price

Accommodation in well appointed cabins

Water, coffee and some juices are included in certain areas of the ship.

Children and Teens Clubs are included with outstanding programme activities and services

All on-board activities such as group games, competitions, quizzes, crafts classes are included.

Future Cruise benefits when booking your next cruise on board

There is no admission charge for any of the nightclubs or discos on MSC's ships

Most evening shows are free to enjoy

Free entry to the casino, slot machines and gaming areas.

Access to the gym is free of charge

What's not included?

A 15% Bar Service Charge is automatically added to all food and beverage purchases, with the exception of the All Inclusive Fare, the prepaid Dining Packages and Beverage Packages

Shore excursions and purchases at the onboard shops are not included. Treatments or massages at the beauty salon or at the MSC Aurea Spa are also not included.

Drinks are only included if you have booked the All Inclusive Fare or if you have booked the Standard Fare and added a Drinks Package (in this case the drinks included on board with correspond to the package booked). If you have not booked any of these, the drinks will not be included and must be paid on board Plus a 15% Bar Service Charge will be automatically added to all purchases, (with the exception of the prepaid All-inclusive drinks packages or the All-inclusive fares that also include de bar service charges)

Spa access and services (charges apply, except access to the thermal area for Aurea and Yacht Club cabins and suites).

Speaciality restaurants (fees apply).

There is a fee to use the facilities in the Internet café.

Travel and/or Health Insurance. Passengers are strongly recommended to have comprehensive travel health insurance covering medical treatment and repatriation costs and expenses.

Your benefits & more

Tips included!
Service Charges (Gratuities) are included in the cruise fare.

Service Charges (Gratuities) are included in the cruise fare. MSC Cruises does not recommend tipping individual members of staff.
Hot Drinks & Water
Complimentary mineral water, American coffee and/or tea during lunch and dinner in main dining room included.

The hot drinks and water will be offered to guests during lunch and dinner in the main dining room.

What you need to know

Travel documents

Travel document required for all cruises calling the United Kingdom: All guests, including Schengen area residents, must present a valid passport with a residual validity of at least 3 months in the UK.

Future Cruise Programme

Guests who book their next MSC Cruises sailing while onboard will be rewarded with a reduced deposit starting from £100 per person, a shipboard credit of up to £200, a greater flexibility valid up until final payment is done and the best price guarantee, now applicable up to 90 days prior to sailing date

Travelling with children

Do you have children travelling? Please Read: All minors travelling without their parent or legal guardian must arrive with written consent that those in the party they are with have consent of their parent/legal guardian for them to travel, and also that they will assume responsibility for the minors on-board and in the case of an emergency. Guests may be required to provide a signed letter of consent from the absent parent/legal guardian providing authorisation to travel with the minor, along with a copy of the child’s birth certificate showing both parents and a copy of photographic identification of the missing parent/legal guardian. If the legal guardian or parent has remarried and has a different surname to the minor they must bring proof such as copies of the birth, marriage, divorce certificates.