The Costa Diadema, the new flagship of Costa Cruises, has left the Fincantieri shipyards in Marghera (Venice), where it was built, to head to Trieste.
Weighing 132,500 tons, measuring over 300 meters long, 37 meters wide, and boasting 1,862 passenger cabins, the Costa Diadema represented a total investment of €550 million. The project involved approximately 1,000 shipyard workers, along with another 2,500 subcontractors and some 400 suppliers, many of which are Italian firms, for the ship's interior fittings. The new flagship will be an ambassador for the best of Italy, offering the finest in Italian lifestyle, entertainment, gastronomy, and hospitality.
The Costa Diadema has already left the Marghera shipyards and is heading to Trieste, which will be the first port to welcome the ship tomorrow, October 31. It will be a celebratory occasion for the entire city, with a party organized on board and fireworks illuminating Trieste's beautiful nighttime surroundings.
Triste will also be the departure port for the Costa Diadema's first cruise, the Baptism Cruise, which will begin on November 1st and will have stops in Dubrovnik, Corfu, Malta and Naples, ending on November 7th in Genoa, with a baptism event.
As the Queen of the Mediterranean, the Costa Diadema will be sailing the Mare Nostrum. From November 10th until the end of the 2015 summer season, the new flagship will depart from Barcelona every Monday on seven-day cruises through the Western Mediterranean, with weekly stops in Palma de Mallorca (where embarkation will also be possible), Naples, La Spezia/Florence, Savona, and Marseille.
