Costa Cruises Celebrates Restart Of Cruises In Mediterranean
Carnival Corporation s Italian cruise line s flagship, Costa Smeralda, kicked off vacation season this past weekend with a week-long cruise, and Costa will offer cruises on four ships this summer
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Costa Smeralda,
Costa Cruises flagship, left the port of Savona Saturday, May 1, for a week-long cruise in Italy. It is the first ship of the Italian company to resume operations in 2021, officially kicking off the summer season, which will see a total of
four Costa ships cruising the Mediterranean.
(PRNewsfoto/Costa Cruises)
The restart of Costa Smeralda was celebrated Saturday morning at the Palacrociere terminal, in the presence of Costa Cruises President
Photo Courtesy: Costa Cruises
Costa Cruises, one of Carnival’s largest brands returned to service over the weekend for the first time in 2021. Hope is building with the cruise industry in Europe making a comeback with new health and safety measures in place.
Costa Cruises Restarts Operations
Costa Smeralda cruise ship, following our
first report on cruises restarting in May. The vessel left the port of Savona on Saturday morning and is the first in the fleet to sail with passengers since last year.
The ship, powered by Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), departed the Palacrociere terminal for a week-long cruise around Italy, including calls at Civitavecchia/Rome, Naples, Messina, Cagliari, and La Spezia.