Costa Pacifica

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Construction and ship data

The Costa Pacifica was delivered in 2009 from Fincantieri’s shipyard in Genoa Sestri Ponente. She is 290.2 metres long and 35.5 metres wide. Fincantieri lists her service speed as 20 knots and her maximum speed as 23 knots. The Costa fleet fact sheet distinguishes between 2,982 guests at double occupancy and a maximum of 3,780 guests; it lists a crew of 1,056. The ship has 17 decks, including 14 passenger decks. The 2022 Costa fleet fact sheet lists five restaurants: New York New York, My Way, La Paloma Buffet Restaurant/Lido Calypso and Ipanema as a combined entry, Archipelago, and Blue Moon Club. Three pool areas (Lido Calypso, Ipanema and La Bamba) each have one pool; the Lido Squok children’s pool is additional. The thalassotherapy pool and whirlpools are listed separately from these.

Mediterranean itinerary, May to September 2026

The Costa brochure describes an eight-day voyage with seven nights. It lists Civitavecchia, Savona and Toulon as embarkation ports. The published itinerary goes from Civitavecchia to Savona, La Seyne-sur-Mer near Toulon, Palma de Mallorca and Valencia, then to Olbia and back to Civitavecchia. On Wednesday evening, after the call at Valencia earlier that day, a nighttime “Sea of stars” observation was scheduled in the Balearic Sea from 23:30 to 00:30, weather and sea conditions permitting. The following Thursday is shown as a sea day. The brochure notes that the itinerary and ports of call may be subject to change.

Voyage profile

This example combines several port calls in Italy, France and Spain with a sea day explicitly included in the schedule. Depending on the sailing, embarkation is possible in Civitavecchia, Savona or Toulon; Civitavecchia is also the port of return on the itinerary shown. The programme reflects the seasonal schedule for May to September 2026.

Winter 2026/27 in the Mediterranean

For winter 2026/27, Costa moved the Costa Pacifica from its originally planned Canary Islands programme to the western Mediterranean, with longer itineraries to southern Europe and North Africa planned. This redeployment is part of the reorganisation of Costa’s winter cruises following cancellations in the Gulf.