Costa Cruises presents the “Costa Voyages Particular Version” cruises on Costa Smeralda, that includes two distinctive itineraries that may take friends on a journey to find Africa, with a devoted program of on-board and land experiences.
The primary cruise departs from Genoa, Italy, on Nov. 15, 2024, and arrives in Dubai on Dec. 21, 2024. The second will take the reverse itinerary, departing from Dubai on March 1, 2025, returning to Genoa on April 7, 2025. Throughout the 36-day journey, Costa Smeralda will circumnavigate Western Africa, visiting Namibia (Walvis Bay) and South Africa (Cape City and Port Elizabeth), in addition to the Canary Islands (Santa Cruz de Tenerife), Mauritius, and Oman (Muscat). Additional particulars on itineraries and accessible departures will be discovered at www.costacruise.com and at journey businesses.
HEALTHY PROGRAMS BY TECHNOGYM®
For the primary time, with the unique “Costa Voyages Particular Version” cruises, Costa will provide wellness packages in partnership with Technogym®, permitting friends to completely mix exercise and trip.
This system, which is included within the worth of the cruise, affords a weekly check-up with state-of-the-art health tools from Technogym® to observe private outcomes; entry to courses taught by Technogym® instructors; participation in wellness and longevity seminars organized with the assist of Technogym®; and use of the Technogym App for particular person coaching periods in the course of the cruise.
For individuals who need an much more full expertise, it’s attainable to buy the extra “Premium Well being” bundle, which incorporates the help of a private coach and a personalised train plan created with Technogym®; unique items; recommendation on the perfect therapies on the Solemio Spa; and wholesome menus developed along with Technogym® vitamin specialists, accessible on the Arlecchino Restaurant.
THE SEA DESTINATIONS: SEA OF STARS
Costa’s main innovation is the “Sea Locations,” brand-new locations to be found aboard the ship whereas underway, alongside the land locations accessible throughout port calls. For the “Costa Voyages Particular Version” Costa has designed two Sea Locations devoted to stargazing, because the ship reaches the deepest darkness of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. The captain will introduce this extraordinary expertise, permitting the planets and constellations to be admired from a singular vantage level.
LAND DESTINATIONS: THE UNMISSABLE OVERLAND ADVENTURES
The land experiences provided by Costa will make the locations of the “Costa Voyages Particular Version” cruises unforgettable. These unique excursions will lengthen over a number of days, with friends returning to the ship on the subsequent port of name.
For instance, Costa Smeralda friends can have the chance to take pleasure in a three-day expertise on the Backyard Route, essentially the most well-known scenic route on the African continent, which connects Port Elizabeth to Cape City, amongst paradisiacal seashores, colourful lagoons and forests. A 3-day safari will discover the wild coronary heart of Southern Africa underneath the steering of rangers to look at the “Huge 5,” the 5 nice animals of the African savannah (lion, leopard, rhinoceros, African elephant, African buffalo), with an in a single day keep in a completely geared up suite.
Costa Smeralda friends can even spend two days immersed within the 7,500-hectare Lalibela Sport Reserve, exploring the African plains at dawn and sundown. Or head off on a three-day tour of the Namibian desert, having fun with journey among the many desert’s crimson dunes, to be explored at daybreak in a 4×4, and the luxurious of a Twenties-style safari camp.
COSTA VOYAGES: ONE VOYAGE, A THOUSAND EXPERIENCES
Along with this unique program, the Costa Smeralda’s “Particular Version” cruises will provide the identical experiences because the “Costa Voyages”, the brand new approach of experiencing lengthy cruises accessible solely with Costa.
On board, friends will have the ability to take pleasure in desserts created solely for “Costa Voyages” cruises by Costa’s pastry cooks in collaboration with Iginio Massari, the world-class grasp of Italian patisserie. Throughout three elegant dinners in the primary eating places, friends will probably be handled to a singular menu included of their fare, crafted by three distinguished cooks identified for culinary excellence on Costa cruises: Bruno Barbieri, Hélène Darroze and Ángel León. For individuals who need a full immersion within the creations of those three cooks there’s the Archipelago Restaurant.
One other occasion to not be missed is the Banquet Night time Get together, a buffet accompanied by unimaginable ice sculptures, carved by grasp ice carvers, and stay DJ units. “Costa Voyages” additionally provide the chance to toast with the captain, over dinner, to crown the cruise with a memorable second.
There may be by no means a boring second on board, with bridge competitions, dance classes held by the Dancing Maestro and Artwork & Craft workshops. The extra curious will have the ability to participate within the “Behind the Scene” guided tour to find all of the ship’s secrets and techniques. For glamour lovers, Costa will suggest three elegant evenings on the cruise. The primary is a Gala Night time, wherein friends can dance with the officers on board; the second is the Trend Night time, a vogue present wherein friends will stroll on the crimson carpet in a contest within the newest fashions; the third is the Glamour Night time, a dance competitors, together with tango, waltz, rumba and cha-cha-cha, wherein friends will have the ability to put to good use the teachings taught by the masters on board in the course of the day.
For music followers, “Costa Voyages” cruises provide a singular expertise: a present produced in collaboration with the distinguished Rolling Stone journal. This present is an actual journey by means of the historical past of rock, from the Fifties to the current day, combining stay performances and storytelling. The true protagonist of the night is the viewers, who determine the setlist of the live performance selecting the songs to be performed by the band on stage.
Canon consultants will interact friends in pictures periods, the place they’ll clarify seize unforgettable reminiscences of their holidays (not accessible within the ‘Costa Voyages Particular Version’).
Along with the Costa Smeralda, “Costa Voyages” cruises can be booked on the Costa Fortuna, Costa Favolosa and Costa Fascinosa, with itineraries from 11 to fifteen days, taking friends to essentially the most uncommon locations at the perfect occasions of the yr, to discover the locations at leisure: from the wildest islands of the Canary Islands to the astonishing nature of the Azores, from the picturesque Greek villages to the colourful Moroccan souks and the seashores of Normandy, with on-shore experiences off the crushed observe.
Extra data at: www.costacruise.com.