Reportage
Le Bougainville: luxury and intimacy
Le Bougainville, a Ponant ship inaugurated in 2019, gives the feeling of navigating aboard a luxury yacht, immersed in comfort and surrounded by exceptional service. Elegance and service are the key words of Le Bougainville, a ship in Ponant’s Explorer series, and named as well for a famous French navigator. Similar to its twins, Le […] Read more
What make Celebrity Edge so special?
The arrival in Europe of Celebrity Edge, after the Caribbean season, has brought attention to the novelties of this Celebrity Cruises ship, of which its twin, Celebrity Apex, is already under construction. Let’s take a look at how Celebrity Edge amazes us, step by step, with a tour of the Cruising Journal on board! […] Read more
Exploring Costa Diadema
Built by Fincantieri and launched in autumn 2014, the Costa Diadema is a Costa Cruises’ ship of the Dream class. The project, used by Carnival Corporation for other brands of the group, is mainly characterized by a fascinating walk outside deck 5, where there are several rooms that follow one another internally. Until the launch of […] Read more
Spectrum of the Seas: the “wow” in Asia
Fourth unit of the Quantum class, but actually “Quantum Ultra”, Spectrum of the Seas was designed by Royal Caribbean International for the Asian market. Launched in April 2019 at German shipyards Meyer Werft immediately made its way to China, where it will start its first cycle of cruises. Spectrum of the Seas numbers are those […] Read more
Costa Fortuna: the ship of the ocean liners
Costa Fortuna was the first Destiny class ship to be built for Costa Cruises and entered service in November 2003. At the time, her size of more than 100,000 tons was undoubtedly part of the new category of sea giants. Today the size seems less impressive, but certainly this brings advantages for lovers of medium sized […] Read more
Msc Bellissima: elegance and avant-garde
It is not so much the sheer size of the Msc Bellissima that amazes us, because we are already used to these big ships, but how this enormity has been made to feel harmonious, elegant, and comfortable. The ship weighs more than 170 thousand tons, and can host more than 7000 people, between passengers and […] Read more
Aida Nova: a floating resort
Aida Nova is a Hyperion class ship built in 2018 by Meyer Werft for Aida Cruises. In the German shipyard the design of the twins Aida Prima and Aida Perla has been slightly modified and on board there are some different characteristics. Aida Nova is a large floating resort, full of attractions of all kinds, […] Read more
Discovering Costa Venezia
The latest arrival of Costa Cruises is a ship in the Vista class dedicated to the famous Venetian city: Costa Venezia. Built by Fincantieri in Monfalcone, it was delivered on February 28th, 2019 and baptized in Trieste with an exciting show by the Italian Air Force aerobatic demonstration team. Costa Venezia is dedicated to the […] Read more
Celestyal Olympia: a ship for the Aegean Sea
The story of Celestyal Olympia, a ship of Celestyal Cruises‘ fleet, is quite long. The ship entered in to service in 1982 for Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, with the name Song of America, and operated mostly in the Caribbean until 1999 when it became part of Sun Cruises and was renamed Sunbird. From 2004 until 2012 […] Read more
Msc Magnifica: a Msc Cruises jewel
This fourth Musica-class cruiseship, Msc Magnifica, is known to be one of the most beautiful ships of Msc Cruises. Just under 100,000 tons, it was built in 2010 in the French shipyard STX in Saint Nazaire. The interior decoration is elegant and cozy, played on warm and enveloping tones, with a good […] Read more
