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An à la carte restaurant, Club Luminosa, will combine sophisticated design, attentive service and a layout comparable to the world’s finest restaurants, with gourmet chefs preparing dishes in the “open” kitchen visible to diners, under the supervision of Ettore Bocchia, Costa Cruises’ Corporate Chef and Executive Chef at the Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni in Bellagio, Lake Como. Bocchia, a Michelin-Star restaurateur since 2005, is the founder of Italian molecular cuisine.
The 92,700-ton Costa Luminosa will be able to carry up to 2,828 guests, accommodated in 1,130cabins, including 772 veranda cabins. This makes her the Costa fleet member with the highest percentage of private balconies (68%), allowing numerous guests to enjoy superb views from the comfort of their own staterooms.
Costa Luminosa – Itineraries for 2009
The first vernissage cruise of Costa’s newest flagship will depart from Venice on May 5, 2009. She will sail a new 10-night Eastern Mediterranean itinerary, featuring a two-day stopover in Istanbul and one-day calls in Bari (Italy), Olympia (Greece), Rhodes (Greece), Izmir (Turkey), Mykonos (Greece) and Athens (Greece.) This will be followed by a second vernissage cruise, also departing from Venice, on May 19.
The Costa Luminosa will then be positioned in Northern Europe with a spectacularmaiden cruiseleaving from the port of Rome (Civitavecchia) on June 3 with the following itinerary – Savona (Portofino), Genoa, St. Tropez (France), Barcelona (Spain), Gibraltar (U.K.), Cadiz (Spain), a two-day stopover in Lisbon (Portugal), Vigo (Spain), Le Havre (France), Harwich (U.K.) and Amsterdam.
Guests on the maiden cruise will have the incredible opportunity to witness the Costa Luminosa’schristening ceremony, which will take place in Genoa on June 5, 2009, together with the naming of the Costa Pacifica.
The Costa Luminosa will home port in Amsterdam throughout the 2009 summer season with departures on spectacular cruises, lasting between 11 and 14 nights to the Baltic capitals (Oslo, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, St. Petersburg, Tallinn and Bornholm), the Norwegian fjords and North Cape (with stopovers in Flam, Andalsnes, Honningsvag-North Cape, Tromso, Lofoten islands, Trondheim, Hellesylt, Gerainger and Bergen).
Costa Luminosa – Facts & Figures
Cabins: Total of 1,130 cabins, including 52 Samsara, 718 veranda cabins, 50 suites (all with private balconies) and four Samsara suites inside the spa area.
Restaurants: Four, including the private à la carte “Club Luminosa,” and the Ristorante Samsara for Samara Spa guests.
Bars: 11, including the Cognac & Cigar Bar and the Coffee & Chocolate Bar
Swimming pools: Three, one of which will feature a retractable magrodome.
Jacuzzis: 4
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