Costa Toscana

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Costa Toscana: Italian design at sea

Costa Toscana is a cruise ship built by Meyer Turku in Finland in 2021. She sails under the Italian flag and is registered in Genoa. Her design draws on Italy’s art, culture and landscapes: designed by Adam Tihany, the ship arranges its public spaces and deck names around places and themes from Tuscany. The dual-fuel system can run on liquefied natural gas (LNG) or marine diesel. The 2022 specification sheet lists 5,326 lower berths, 6,730 berths in total and 1,600 crew members. The two capacity figures refer to different berth counts and are not interchangeable.

Public spaces, dining and water areas

The Colosseo, the Poltrona Frau Arena and the aft Piazza del Campo Arena are among the large event venues. The dining concept includes main and buffet restaurants as well as specialty offerings; the operator’s materials name Archipelago and the Squok Restaurant, among others. Il Forte Beach features two swimming pools, alongside an accessible pool at Versilia Beach and a thalassotherapy pool at Solemio Spa. At the ship’s handover in 2021, Meyer Turku described a total of 21 dining and culinary experience venues; this is a combined count of offerings, not a separate count of restaurants.

Western Mediterranean: changing embarkation and disembarkation ports

For 22 November 2026, partial Western Mediterranean itineraries departing from Barcelona have been published, with Palermo, Civitavecchia and Savona listed as different disembarkation ports. One dated example, from 22 to 28 November 2026, is a six-night voyage from Barcelona to Savona. After departing Barcelona at 7 p.m., the ship is scheduled to call at Palma de Mallorca, Alicante, Palermo and Civitavecchia. Planned port stays range from eight and a half hours in Palermo to ten and a half hours in Civitavecchia. No port call is listed between Alicante and Palermo on 25 November; Savona is scheduled as the disembarkation port at 8:30 a.m. on 28 November.

Construction and ship concept

Meyer Turku handed Costa Toscana over to Costa Crociere on 2 December 2021. Together with Costa Smeralda, she is one of the company’s ships designed to run on LNG.