In the fleet of Coast a new ship dedicated to the cruises in the Red Sea enters



In the fleet of Costa Crociere a new ship will enter. Draft of Costa Voyager, of 24.400 tons of tonnage and the ability to 927 passengers, than previously took part of the fleet of Iberocruceros, Spanish company pertaining to the group Coast, with the name Grand Voyager.

Costa Voyager, constructed in the German yards Blohm & Voss and commissioning in 2000, has 416 cabins totals, of which 16 suite panoramic and 12 suite with private balcony. Costa Crociere has explained that the arrival of Costa Voyager is online with politics of the company of having a fleet of ships with different dimensions and characteristics, so as to be able to propose to the customers new and unknown routes, and that, in particular, the specification of Costa Voyager returns it apt for the cruises in the Red Sea, a new inaugurated destination the slid winter, than the Italian company he will offer for all the year in the course of 2012.

Before to begin to operate in the fleet to brand Coast, the ship will be subordinate from the 9 on 19 November next ones to participations of renewal, of the value of about 2,5 million euros, in the Saint George yard of the Port of Genoa. The work comprises painting of the funnel with the thriller and the "blue C" that all characterize the ships of Costa Crociere; moreover they are in program you work and participations of personalisation, based on the standards of the company, in the public areas and the cabins.

The first cruise of Costa Voyager, of the duration of 15 days, will leave from Savona next 20 November and will carry the ship in Red Sea, to Sharm el Sheik. From next 5 December until the end of 2012 Costa Voyager it will offer to cruises of a week in the Red Sea with departure every monday from Sharm el Sheik, where the ship stops two days, and ports of call to Eilat (Israel), Aqaba (Jordan), Safaga (Egypt), Sokhna (Egypt).

The route of Costa Voyager will touch important cultural and archaeological sites. From Eilat, with the organized excursions of Costa Crociere, it will be possible to visit a naturalistic oasis in the desert of the Negev, the fortress of Masada and the wonderful landscapes of the Dead Sea; to Aqaba, visits to the pink city of Petra, carved in the mountain; to Safaga excursions towards Luxor and the Valley of the King, visiting the graves of the Pharaohs or enjoying the natural beauties Hurghada and crystalline waters of the island of Mahamya; from Sokhna they will be able to be reached spiagge charming.