Costa Cruises continues its gradual restart for 2021-2022

Following the restart of its ships in the Mediterranean, Costa Cruises continues with its program of resuming operations, announcing important updates for the 2022 season, which will also involve the final part of the current season.

The main changes concern the three most innovative boats of the Italian company: Costa Firenze, Costa Toscana and Costa Smeralda.

Costa Firenze, the latest ship to join the Costa fleet and dedicated to the Florentine Renaissance, will enter service this July 4 from Savona and will operate in the Mediterranean until the end of November 2021. In the winter of 2021-22 the ship will set sail from Dubai for cruises in the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar, including visits to "Expo 2020 Dubai". Starting in April 2022, Costa Firenze will once again offer week-long cruises in Italy, France and Spain.

Costa's presence in the Mediterranean will be reinforced by Costa Tuscany, a new "green" ship currently under construction that will run on liquefied natural gas and will debut in December 2021. Throughout 2022, Costa Tuscany will be dedicated to seven days. in the Western Mediterranean, which will allow visits to two fascinating Spanish destinations on the same vacation: Barcelona and Valencia in spring, or Ibiza and Valencia in summer. In the winter of 2021-2022, the current flagship Costa Smeralda will replace her sister ship Costa Toscana in South America, before returning to the Mediterranean for cruises in Italy, France and Spain.

"Costa's offering for the rest of this year and all of next year is rich and strong. As a result of the positive feedback and requests we receive after sales opening, we have made improvements and additions to our programs, continuing our plan for a gradual and gradual restart in a situation still evolving. With this approach, we offer guests excellent vacations with state-of-the-art ships, world-class service, restaurants and spas, and a strong presence in all regions in which In the Mediterranean, starting in May 2022, we will deploy for the first time our three most innovative ships for a truly unique cruise vacation "- said Mario Zanetti, president of Costa Cruises.

Costa's programs for winter 2021-22 will be complemented by four additional ships. Costa Diadema will depart on September 26 from Savona, offering long cruises in Turkey and Greece or Spain and Portugal. Starting in December it will be deployed in the Caribbean, with three different itineraries to discover several beautiful Caribbean islands. Costa Fascinosa will be back in service on September 23, again from Savona, for 10-day cruises to Lisbon, while during the winter it will offer cruises in South America. Costa Deliziosa will continue with its Eastern Mediterranean cruise program until January 8, 2022, when it will depart for the Around the World cruise. Costa Luminosa, which currently operates in the Eastern Mediterranean, will sail on two-week cruises to the Canary Islands or Israel.

During the summer season of 2022, in addition to the Costa Firenze, Costa Smeralda and Costa Toscana cruises in the western Mediterranean, three ships, Costa Deliziosa, Costa Luminosa and Costa Pacifica, will be available in the eastern part of the Mediterranean. Four additional ships, Costa Diadema, Costa Fascinosa, Costa Favolosa and Costa Fortuna, will operate in Northern Europe, offering cruises to Baltic cities and Norwegian fjords.

All updates to Costa's programs will be gradually available in the coming weeks in Costa's reservation systems. The company will contact guests and travel agents affected by the changes as soon as possible with details.