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MSC BELLISSIMA

It cost £750million to build and create, and from the moment you step onto the shiny, sparkly new ship MSC Bellissima it feels as though you’ve entered an ultra-glamorous world of possibility. With the tagline “beauty at sea”, it’s a dazzling success.

Size isn’t everything but at 1,036ft long, this is the biggest ship in the Italian family-owned MSC Cruises’ fleet, with capacity for 5,686 guests; a lot of thought has

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