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The land of opportunity
A vacation to the United States with MSC Cruises is a unique chance to discover the east coast of this huge country.
The states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine – collectively known as New England – exemplify America at its most nostalgic: country stores that brim with cider and gourds, snow-dusted hillsides, miles of blazing autumn foliage, clam shacks, cranberry bogs and an unruly ocean that distinguishes and defines it all.
A cruise to the United States is the right way to visit New York City , cultural and financial capital of the US, if not the world, an adrenaline-charged, history-laden place that holds immense romantic appeal for visitors. Brochure images of tanning tourists and Mickey Mouse give an inaccurate and incomplete picture of Florida.
The essential stop is cosmopolitan, half-Latin Miami . A simple journey south from here brings you to the Florida Keys , a hundred-mile string of islands known for sport fishing and coral-reef diving. Beyond Palm Beach, the coast is less developed; even the Space Coast, anchored by the extremely popular Kennedy Space Center, is smack in the middle of a nature reserve.
Just south of the Georgia state line, St Augustine is the spot where Spanish settlers established the first permanent European foothold in North America.