Now that everything is flowing more normally, we look up over the horizon to set sail on the Tuscan Coast, the new flagship of the Italian company Costa Cruises, that on June 16 he was baptized in Barcelona, one of the cities where this impressive ship stops, an elegant itinerant smart city.
chanell, the artist who represented Spain in Eurovision, she was the godmother of a celebration in style –presented by Charles Sovereign Y flora gonzalez –, an authentic baptismal party with a bottle of cava hitting the bow hull.
The advantage of brand new such a spectacularly complete ship, that we even get to compare it with a small floating city, is that its creators have had carte blanche to leave in it the latest trends in themes of sustainability, with systems of energy saving Y state-of-the-art environmental impact reduction. The Tuscan Coast moves with liquefied natural gas (LNG). The LNG propulsion of the Tuscan Coast allows to significantly reduce their particulate emissions into the atmosphere. Also, two thirds of the water which is used on the boat They come from the sea. I know desalinates and purifies for use on board.
These are the privileged views offered by the Costa Toscana.
THE COLORS OF TUSCANY
The first thing that draws attention when boarding is the variety of colors that welcomes us on board. The feeling, taking the first steps on the carpet of the Tuscan Coast, Its the walking through a landscape On the floor, on the walls, the furniture, the lights and every detail surprise and bear an unmistakable stamp of good italian taste. It's like being inside the Uffizi Gallery from Florence and surrounds us color explosion reminiscent of autumn ochres in the grasslands of the Italian region of Tuscany. It shows, and much, that this distinguished 'walker through the Mediterranean' is a tribute to that admirable area of Italy.
In this small city where we sail, you can swim - it has 4 swimming pools and a water park area with slides –. It has hairdressing, barbering, pedicure and beauty salons, with massages, jacuzzi (indoor or outdoor), hammam, wet sauna and showers that alternate hot and cold.
21 RESTAURANTS
The day of the baptism of the Costa Toscana, he was also there Angel Leon, one of the three reputed chefs chosen by Costa Cruises -next to the French Helene Darroze and to italian Bruno Barbieri - to delight the most sybaritically curious palates in the Archipelago , one of the 21 restaurants on board. León took the opportunity to present the sea zoster, a cereal obtained from the sea, "a hybrid grain between rice and quinoa", as the chef from Cádiz himself presented it.
“Rich in vitamins B and C, it has twice as many amino acids as rice, and it does not contain gluten”, specified the chef. His R&D team at his restaurant, aponiente, in the Puerto de Santa María, in the Bay of Cadiz, investigates how to develop his production, and in order to carry it out, Ángel León signed –in the Tuscan Coast – a collaboration agreement with the Costa Cruises Foundation.
The bar of your dreams is in the most modern ship of the Italian company Costa Cruises.
In addition to the restaurants, the Costa Toscana has 19 bars, to which of them more original. What do you want a real spritz ? You got it. A cocktail? An ice cream? A pizza? You are in the best place to savor one made with sourdough. They are themed bars, also for snacks or different desserts, whenever you want, like a Nutella crêpe, in the exclusive bar of this sweet delicacy.
dining under the stars , we are on our way to some of the cities to visit that this cruise passes through: Marseille, Savona, Civitavecchia/Rome, Naples, Ibiza, Valencia, Marseille and Barcelona. The ship is themed, it is tuned with the most beautiful images of each new scale.
SHOWS
set sail on the Tuscan Coast is to give yourself a great parenthesis of full immersion in the surprise and the spectacle, outside and inside the ship. It is a walk that gives a lot of itself, a trip within many trips, with permanent views of the sky and the sea.
On board, music always accompanies one way or another, and the theater and live music concerts are part of the entertainment program on board, in a one-week itinerary, during the summer, with stopovers in beautiful places, where to know its traditions and gastronomy, Western Mediterranean islands and cities where to continue opening parentheses of enjoyment.