To offer its most loyal customers the best of Italy, from gastronomy to music and entertainment, Costa Cruises will also offer a special “Bel Canto” trip, aboard the Costa Fortuna, departing from Amsterdam on August 23 to discover the Norwegian Fjords.
The Costa neoRomantica (56,000 gross tons) departed from Savona last Friday, April 24th, on an incredible cruise dedicated to CostaClub members, the exclusive club for those who choose Costa cruises as their preferred way to enjoy their holidays. This 12-day voyage offers the chance to discover the treasures of Italy and Greece in the perfect Dolce Vita, and to savor the best of Italy on board, from its gastronomy and music to its entertainment, with countless surprises and exclusive events.
More than 1,500 passengers embarked on an itinerary that, following the slow of neoCollection cruises, has stops in Naples (Italy), Kalamata(Greece), Nafplio(Greece), Volos(Greece), Athens (Greece), Trapani(Italy) and Marseille (France).
The stars invited to the cruise and the main attraction of an incredible live concert on board the Costa neoRomantica are the group known as Ricchi e Poveri, very famous and popular not only in Italy for songs like Se m'innamoro, Sarà perché ti amo and Che sarà, which have become true cult hits.
There are also numerous special activities reserved for CostaClub members to set the pace of the cruise: culinary and song and dance competitions; elegant parties and evenings, such as the Notte Bianca (White Party) and the Costume Party; special gastronomic surprises, such as the Grand Italian Buffet Festival to discover the culinary traditions of this country; themed events, including lectures dedicated to director Federico Fellini and the Italian Dolce Vita of the 1950s and 60s, and screenings of some of the most representative films of this period, such as La Dolce Vita, Roman Holiday, Tre soldi nella fontana and La baia di Napoli; and finally, exclusive gifts for a 100% Italian-style celebration.
In 2015, Costa Cruises will also offer its most loyal customers a second CostaClub cruise, inspired by Bel Canto, departing from Amsterdam on August 23 aboard the Costa Fortuna (102,600 gross tons), to discover the Norwegian Fjords. Accompanied by the notes of the most famous opera arias, this 9-day voyage will take CostaClub members to some of the most enchanting holiday destinations in Northern Europe, with unique natural settings surrounded by lakes, mountains, waterfalls, and the characteristic fjords, with stops in Stavanger, Åndalsnes, Hellesylt, Geiranger, Olden, Flåm, and Bergen. The guest of honor on this cruise will be soprano Cecilia Gasdia, the incredible artist of the Italian operatic scene who has performed in some of the most famous opera houses in the world, alongside renowned conductors, from Franco Zeffirelli and Claudio Abbado, to Riccardo Muti and Zubin Mehta
