The beautiful Costa Deliziosa, a cruise ship belonging to Costa Crociere fleet, ushers in the 2023 cruise season of Catania Cruise Port with a completely exceptional stopover, part of an incredible itinerary over 4 months that will accompany the lucky guests to discover the most enchanting destinations around the world.
This is the first World Tour from Costa Crociere cruise company after the health emergency, an evident sign of the recovery of the sector worldwide.
Leaving Trieste on January the 6th, Costa Deliziosa will continue sailing until May across 3 oceans and stopping by 4 continents: from the Arabian Peninsula to India, from Maldives to Madagascar, from South Africa to South America, for coming back in Europe at the end of May, but only after having seen New York, the Big Apple.
About 2.000 guests on board, aged between 6 and 94, native to 40 different Countryes, mostly European, all willing to have a unique travel experience, spoiling by all kind of comforts and by many activities offered by the company. Some of them, coming from different sides of Sicily, are going to embark themselves from Catania.
“Be part of an itinerary that includes the most enchanting destinations around the world is an important recognition not only for our beloved city, but also for the entire working program of organization and promotion done by our society” declares Raffaella Del Prete, General Manager of Catania Cruise Port. “We are confident that, thanks to our incessant commitment and the precious collaboration with the Port Authority of the Eastern Sicily Sea and the local institutions, events like this will be no longer a unicum in Catania, but ever- increasing improvements of our cruise schedule”.
Since the end of 2016, Catania Cruise Port has joined the network of Global Ports Holding (GPH), the world's largest cruise port operator with an established presence in the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Asia-Pacific regions, including extensive commercial port operations in Montenegro. GPH operates 26 cruise ports in 14 countries and continues to grow steadily, providing services for 15 million passengers reaching a market share of 29% in the Mediterranean annually.
