COSTA LISBOA 2009

The Italian cruise ship COSTA MEDITERRANEA leaving the river Tagus on 31March 2009 on the first of 19 calls scheduled for 5 Costa cruise ships during 2009 in Lisbon.
The Costa ships visiting Lisbon this year and the respective dates of calls are as follows:
COSTA ATLÂNTICA: 18 May, 12 September, 19 September;
COSTA LUMINOSA: 10 and 11 June (inaugural cruise and maiden call), 13 September;
COSTA MÁGICA: 6 April, 14 May, 16 and 25 September, 4 , 13, 22 and 31 October;
COSTA MARINA: 16 May, 22 June and 26 September;
COSTA MEDITERRANEA: 31 March, 8 May and 15 September.
Costa Cruises, now part of the Carnival Group, started passenger ship operations after WW2 with several old cargo passenger ships. Their first proper passenger liner was the ANNA C of 1948.
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