Costa launches ‘slow’ cruises

Tuesday, 22 Oct, 2013 0

Costa Cruises will launch a new ‘slow cruise’ collection next year to allow passengers go at their own pace.

It says the Costa neoCollection will allow cruisers to "make the most of every minute and holiday in a more leisurely way".

Costa neoRiviera (624 cabins) and Costa neoRomantica (789 cabins) will be sailing to new destinations inaccessible to bigger ships.

Itineraries are designed with longer stopovers in each port, often overnight and part of the next day to allow maximum time on shore.

The Costa neoCollection debuts on 9 February 2014 from Dubai with a special cruise on Costa neoRiviera, the latest addition to the Costa Cruises fleet.

This one-off 62-day voyage of discovery, the Grand African Tour, takes in Indian Ocean beaches and safari in South Africa.

In the spring, Costa neoRiviera will sail on 12-day itineraries to the "most attractive destinations in the Mediterranean, away from the hustle and bustle of mass tourism".

Starting 1 June 2014 and operating throughout the summer, Costa neoRomantica will sail 13 and 15-day premium cruises in Northern Europe, beyond the North Cape and to the finest Baltic cities.

Bev

Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.

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