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.
More COSTA MEDITERRANEA photos here
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COSTA 60 YEARS CRUISING

Images of COSTA MEDITERRANEA in Lisbon 2008-19-22 with "60 years of Costa Cruising" logo displayed on the hull. Costa has not been exactly cruising for 60 years as in fact they have been operating passenger ships since 1948, and they started with liner voyages on the Mediterranean - Lisbon - Brazil Plata run, using the ANNA C, ANDREA C, GIOVANNA C and FRANCA C.
Their most famous liner was the superb EUGENIO C of 1966...
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