| Welcome to Cruising Italian Style, a holiday at sea | | | | entertainment - watch a Broadway style show in the |
| offering you an endless choice of opportunities, both | | | | theatre, wander into the piano bar, try your luck in the |
| on board ship and ashore. You can have as much | | | | casino or step out to a dance band out on the deck. |
| freedom as you want on a Costa Cruise, because | | | | Then you can head to the disco where the DJ spins |
| you can tailor your cruise to suit you. Choose from a | | | | hits all night long. |
| dazzling array of itineraries and discover the | | | | DINING OPTIONS |
| experience they call Cruising Italian Style across the | | | | Costa offers all kinds of dining options, so you can eat |
| oceans. | | | | formally or casually in open air, in a restaurant or in |
| So many pleasures await you onboard that you can | | | | your stateroom - any time of day or night! Dining |
| indulge in the vacation of a lifetime without ever setting | | | | choices abound from poolside dining to midnight |
| foot on land. Will you join in the dozens of shipboard | | | | buffets. Each day, you may choose to dine casual at |
| activities like art auctions, horse racing, bridge games, | | | | the buffet, traditional in the main restaurant or in one of |
| Italian lessons and trivia contests? Or learn to prepare | | | | our world-class specialty restaurants. Cozy bistros |
| perfect pesto in an Italian cooking class? Explore all the | | | | serve pizza, gelato, cappuccino and espresso and |
| possibilities available to you when you're Cruising Italian | | | | room service awaits your call 24 hours a day. |
| Style. Families, friends, couples, singles and | | | | SHORE EXCURSIONS |
| honeymooners alike are sailing away for the vacation | | | | When visiting one of our ports of call, the easiest and |
| of their dreams and eliminating the hassles of planning | | | | most enjoyable way to familiarise yourself with the |
| a vacation. A cruise is one convenient vacation where | | | | territory is to take one of the cruise's shore excursions. |
| you won't have to worry about catching your next | | | | Costa's cruise shore excursions are an exciting facet |
| flight as you travel from one destination to another, | | | | of Cruising Italian Style and offer unique insights of the |
| packing and unpacking your bags. You'll find that a | | | | fascinating ports and historic sites which you'll be |
| Costa Cruise ship is a floating resort offering every | | | | visiting. And each excursion is carefully researched by |
| comfort, convenience and amenity that one could | | | | our shore excursions staff to ensure your experience |
| imagine. You can lie back and be completely | | | | onshore is as enriching and enjoyable as your stay |
| pampered. Or you can go non-stop enjoying one great | | | | onboard. |
| show after another - dine like never before - try your | | | | SPECIAL OFFERS |
| luck in the lively casino, or dance the night away to | | | | Kids travel for free when sharing a cabin with 2 adults |
| pulsating beats in the disco. It's no wonder that more | | | | paying the full fare*. |
| people are taking a cruise vacation than ever before. | | | | PRONTO PRICES |
| And once you get a taste of cruising, you'll also want | | | | Changing the way you book your cruise - Whoever |
| to come back for more again. | | | | books first pays less. |
| In fact, cruises have the highest customer satisfaction | | | | ABOUT COSTA |
| over any other vacation experience! | | | | Costa Crociere S.p.A. is an Italian company operating in |
| ENTERTAINMENT AND ACTIVITIES ON BOARD | | | | the Mediterranean, North Europe, the Caribbean, |
| Dance classes - Get in step with everything from | | | | Central and South America, the Arabian Gulf and the |
| fox-trot to hip-hop! Deck and pool games - A great | | | | Far East. |
| way to meet other guests and win some cool prizes. | | | | Top cruise company in Europe, where it is a leader in |
| Cooking demonstrations - Learn the secrets of Italian | | | | Italy, France, Spain and Switzerland, and in South |
| cooking from the masters! Italian language classes - | | | | America. |
| Pick up useful phrases in conversational Italian. Fitness - | | | | Most advanced fleet on the continent with 11 ships that |
| For the casual fitness enthusiast to the fitness | | | | have a capacity of approx. 20,200 guests |
| devotee, Costa ships offer state-of-the-art fitness | | | | 70 per cent of its employees are under 40 and they |
| facilities and a wide range of conditioning activities | | | | come from 80 different countries. |
| including fitness walks, aerobics, stretch and relaxation. | | | | In 2006, the ship occupancy rate was 107 per cent, |
| Spa - Select from a la carte treatments or | | | | with a customer satisfaction level of 98 per cent. |
| personalised packages for massages, facials and | | | | RINA certified with the BEST 4 (Business Excellence |
| herbal wraps. | | | | Sustainable Task) compliance and is the first company |
| Port and shopping lectures - Everything you ever | | | | in the world with Green Star notation for the whole |
| wanted to know about your next port of call. | | | | fleet. |
| Night-time at sea - At night, you'll find a variety of | | | | |