Costa’s 2010 North America brochure features sailings to Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. Caribbean, transatlantic and Canada/New England itineraries will be released in separate brochures. Shorter voyages in Europe, the Far East, South America and repositioning cruises are not included in the brochure, but may be accessed on Costa’s website.

The 2010 Europe season will see 14 of Costa’s 15 ships sailing the region at one point with more seven-night and year-round sailings than any other cruise line. Eastern Mediterranean routes will feature the new Costa Pacifica sailing from Civitavecchia on 11-night cruises to Greece, Egypt and Israel in the winter. This return to Israel will also feature routes aboard the Costa Mediterranea, which will sail 11-night cruises from Savona to Italy, Greece, Egypt and Israel from June through November, and the Costa Europa from Venice on 11-night routes to the same locales from April through October. The Costa Deliziosa will operate 10-night voyages from Savona with stops in Egypt, Cyprus and Greece in the fall while seven-night sailings from Venice will resume aboard the Costa Serena and Costa Fortuna to Greece, Croatia and Turkey and the Costa Victoria to the Greek Isles and Croatia, all from April through November. New in 2010 is a return to Europe for the Costa Allegra with seven-night sailings from Civitavecchia with stops in Italy and Greece from May through November. The Costa Mediterranea will sail various 11- to 13-night routes from Savona to Egypt, Turkey, Greece and the Black Sea in the summer.
Four ships will sail in Northern Europe, including a new 20-night sailing to Greenland aboard the Costa Luminosa, departing from Amsterdam on Aug. 1. The ship will also sail 11- to 13-night routes to the “Baltic & Russia” and North Cape/Iceland routes from May through August. The Costa Deliziosa and Costa Atlantica will sail on alternating seven-night “Baltic & Russia” and “Fjords” itineraries from May through September. The Costa Magica will sail 11-night Baltic/Russia and North Cape cruises as well as 14- and 17-night routes to Spitsbergen and the North Cape from Kiel. Costa will again offer pre-cruise hotel stays in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Rome and Venice as well as five- and six-day guided land tours in Italy from Venice and Rome and five-day tours from Paris to the French Riviera.

Costa in 2010 will feature three ships sailing from Dubai -- the new Costa Deliziosa and Costa Luminosa, as well as Costa Europa. The Costa Deliziosa will sail to Dubai on its inaugural 20-night voyage from Savona on Feb. 5. Its second cruise, a 17-night sailing, will set sail on Feb. 25 from Dubai to India and the Maldives before returning for seven-night Sunday departures from Dubai to the U.A.E. through May. The Costa Luminosa will offer the same seven-night route from Dubai, with departures on Saturdays from December through April 2010. The Costa Europa will offer new 18-night routes from Savona to Dubai with stops in the Mediterranean, Suez Canal and Red Sea, beginning in November through March 2010. Costa in 2010 will also return to the Indian Ocean, where Costa is the only cruise line to homeport in Mauritius. The Costa Romantica will be positioned from there for the first time, offering 14-night sailings to the Seychelles, Kenya and Madagascar from December through March 2010. The ship will then offer a 21-night positioning cruise to Singapore with stops in the Maldives, India, Thailand and Malaysia.

In the Far East, the Costa Romantica will join Costa Allegra and Costa Classica. The Costa Romantica beginning in spring 2010 will sail 14-night cruises from Singapore to Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand and separate routes to Vietnam and Hong Kong. The Costa Allegra will offer similar routes in winter and spring 2010 before positioning to Savona from Bombay on April 18. The Costa Classica will sail from Hong Kong on 14-night routes during the winter to the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam and in the spring and summer from Shanghai to Korea, Japan and Taiwan.

In winter 2010, the Costa Concordia will be positioned in South America for the first time, sailing six- and seven-night routes to Brazil from Santos. The Costa Victoria will sail seven-, eight- and nine-night sailings from Buenos Aires to Argentina and Brazil while the Costa Victoria will sail similar nine-night routes from Buenos Aires. For more information, call 877.530.5699 or visit www.compassrosecruiseplanners.com.