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Costa launches 2024 itineraries, featuring Mediterranean and Northern Europe

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Costa Smeralda will depart from Genoa every Friday, starting March 22, calling Marseille, Barcelona, Cagliari, Naples, and Civitavecchia/Rome
Costa Cruises revealed itineraries for sailings taking place between mid-March and November 2024 with bookings opening Thursday.

Destinations include the Mediterranean and Northern Europe.

Bookings for Costa's new world cruise, departing December next year, will go live in the coming days.

Eastern and Western Mediterranean

Three ships will sail the Western Mediterranean on week-long cruises calling at destinations in Italy, France and Spain. Costa Smeralda will leave from Genoa every Friday, starting March 22, calling Marseille, Barcelona, Cagliari, Naples and Civitavecchia (Rome). Costa Toscana will leave from Savona every Saturday from late March, operating an itinerary that includes Marseille, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca – replaced with Ibiza during the summer – Palermo, and Civitavecchia. Costa Pacifica will set sail from Savona every Sunday starting May 5, exploring Civitavecchia, Ajaccio (Corsica), Palma de Mallorca, Valencia and Marseille, with La Spezia replacing Ajaccio in autumn.

Costa Deliziosa will sail the Eastern Mediterranean, with an itinerary that includes Marghera/Venice, Bari, and the Greek islands of Santorini, Mykonos, and Katakolon.

Also confirmed are cruises from Taranto and Catania, bound for the Greek islands and Malta, whose bookings will open in the coming weeks.

In spring and autumn, there will be three- and four-day Western Mediterranean cruises on Costa Pacifica and Costa Fascinosa.

In autumn, Costa Diadema and Costa Favolosa will sail the Mediterranean and beyond for the Canary Islands as part of a two-week itinerary, or Lisbon or Morocco on 10-day cruises. In spring, Costa Fascinosa will sail the Azores.

Summer 2024

Costa Favolosa, Costa Fascinosa and Costa Diadema will sail Northern Europe during the summer. Costa Diadema will offer weeklong cruises from Kiel, bound for Copenhagen and the Norwegian fjords, and Costa Favolosa will offer four different itineraries from Amsterdam, calling Greenland, Iceland, England and Ireland, and the Lofoten Islands. Costa Fascinosa will operate 12-day cruises to the North Cape, and nine-day cruises to various Baltic cities, such as Stockholm, Helsinki, Tallinn and Riga.

World cruise

Costa Deliziosa’s 2025 world cruise will circumnavigate the globe mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, visiting Tierra del Fuego, Polynesia, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. For the first time, the departure will be in early December 2024. The ship will spend New Year's Eve in Rio de Janeiro for a fireworks display at Copacabana Beach.

New cabin selector tool

Customers will be able to choose their favourite cabin on each ship at booking through a tool that categorises accommodation according to location, size, deck and proximity to common areas.