SOVEREIGN at Villefranche

The French-built SOVEREIGN, once the largest cruise ship in the world back in 1987 when introduced by Royal Caribbean as their famous SOVEREIGN of the SEAS.
Last year she was transferred to Pullmantur and after a series of Brazilian cruises the ship replaced the OCEANIC on 7-day cruises out of Barcelona calling at western Mediterranean ports: Villefranche, Livorno, Civitavecchia, Naples and Tunis.
We did the inaugural cruise from Barcelona on 23 to 30 March 2009 and the present photos were taken in Villefranche. It was SOVEREIGN's maiden call and also the start of the 2009 cruise season to the French Riviera famous port...
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SOVEREIGN em Villefranche

Não há nada como uma viagem de lazer a bordo de um grande navio: um cruzeiro. Se o itinerário se desenrolar pelo Mediterrâneo, tanto melhor. O Mediterrâneo está cheio de nomes mágicos cujo significado traduz alguns dos mais belos portos do Mundo, como Cápri, Nápoles, Santorini, Valleta ou Villefranche.
Estivemos recentemente em Villefranche a bordo do paquete SOVEREIGN, actual navio-almirante da filial espanhola da Royal Caribbean, a simpática Pullmantur, e aqui ficam alguns registos do grande navio na baía. Fotografias tiradas a 24 de Março de 2009.
Pullmantur's flagship SOVEREIGN ex-SOVEREIGN of the SEAS at anchor in Villefranche, one of the most beautiful spots in the Western Mediterranean...
Texto e imagens /Text and images copyright L.M.Correia. For other posts and images, check our archive at the right column of the main page. Click on the photos to see them enlarged. Thanks for your visit and comments. Luís Miguel Correia