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The cruise ship Grand Celebration is landed today for the first time to the port of Savona
This Iberocruceros year will carry out 37 ports of call to from Liguria port
March 27, 2013
The cruise ship Grand Celebration of the Spanish company Iberocruceros is landed today for the first time to the port of Savona, than through Costa Crociere the group Carnival Corporation is under responsibility of & plc. The Harbour Authority of Savona has announced that to confirmation of the grip partnership between the port and Costa Crociere, than in the port of call manages the crocieristico terminal Palacrociere, this last one in deployment 2013 has previewed for the Iberian brand 37 ports of call, inserting also the twin ship Grand Holiday.
Today, on a total of 1.400 boarded passengers on Grand the Celebration, 900 crocieristi - for the majority of Spanish language - have chosen to pass a day in the city of Savona and are received to the InfoPoint prepared in front of the Palacrociere, where the consolidated "Project acceptance" of the city of Savona, been born from the synergy between Harbour, Common Authority and Chamber of Commerce, has made available a free service of tour guides to the discovery of the historical center: for the occasion museums and churches (from the Cathedral to the Pinacoteca, the Fortress of the Priamar with the Archaeological Museum and to the Oratory of the Revived Christ) they have remained opened for the entire day. To receive the crocieristi also the To-History Association, with likeable figuring in medieval custom, and an organized assay of homegrown cake from the Panificatori Association of Savona.
Sailed by Barcelona and directed to Civitavecchia, Grand the Celebration is constructed in the Swedish yards of Kockums Varv and has taken part of the Carnival fleet until 2008, when completely it is renewed in the Saint George yard of the Port of Genoa before to resume service as Iberocruceros. The ship, of 223 meters of length for 47 thousand tons of tonnage, can accommodate until 1.900 passengers and 670 people of crew.
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