Costa Cruises is launching a spring-to-fall program with three new Costa Fortuna 14-day itineraries protecting the Mediterranean from east to west — even reaching the Canary Islands. Costa Fortuna’s new cruises within the Med will final two weeks, out there for the primary time on the peak of summer time.
“After the restart in Asia with Costa Serena, the addition of Costa Fortuna to our provide within the Mediterranean is one other very constructive signal, which testifies to a rising appreciation of our cruises in 2023,” stated Mario Zanetti, Costa Cruises’ president. “We have now designed actually unique itineraries for Costa Fortuna, out there solely with us this summer time. On this means, we’ll provide a further alternative to find the Mediterranean, with extra time out there to discover a wide range of locations.”
From June 24 to Aug. 19, Costa Fortuna will provide a singular itinerary that features two of the hottest Mediterranean locations in a single vacation: the Greek and Balearic islands. The complete program contains Savona, Civitavecchia (Rome), and Messina, Italy; 4 Greek islands: Crete (with a name at Heraklion), Rhodes, Mykonos, Santorini, Kefalonia (with a name at Argostoli); Palma de Mallorca, within the Balearic Islands, and Barcelona, Spain; and Marseille, France.
Costa Fortuna’s second itinerary to the Canary Islands archipelago will discover as much as 5 areas: Arrecife, Puerto del Rosario, Las Palmas, San Sebastian de la Gomera and Santa Cruz de Tenerife; in addition to Madeira, Portugal; Malaga, Spain; and Savona and, on some departures, Civitavecchia (Rome)—scheduled departures run from April 29 to June 10, plus departures on Sept. 2 and 16.
The third itinerary, departing April 16, Sept. 30 and Oct. 14, will discover Istanbul (the place visitors can keep in a single day throughout September and October departures) and Izmir, Turkey; Athens, Greece; and Malta; in addition to Savona, Civitavecchia (Rome) and Catania, Italy; Barcelona and Marseille.
Come autumn, from Oct. 28 till mid-November, Costa Fortuna will provide three- and four-day mini-cruises within the western Mediterranean to Barcelona and Marseille, departing from Savona.
The brand new cruises additional strengthen Costa’s presence within the Mediterranean. Along with Costa Fortuna, the Italian line will provide three ships within the western and two ships within the japanese Mediterranean all crusing weeklong cruises. Costa Smeralda, Costa Toscana and Costa Diadema will go to Italy, France and Spain; whereas Costa Deliziosa will depart from Venice (Marghera) and Bari, Italy; to the Greek islands of Mykonos and Santorini. Costa Pacifica will sail from its new homeport of Taranto, Italy, certain for Malta and the Greek islands.
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