Considering a Costa cruises in October. Any opinions on Citivecchia or Savona ports is greatly appreciated . Transportation , Daily excursions ,any past Fortuna or Concordia guests. Thanks!

Whats the best way to get to Savona from Canada.Via Paris to Nice (and a train to Savona )or via Milan to Genua or Ryan Air from London ?

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Originally posted by faw:
or Ryan Air from London ?

If you use ryan air, whilst they can be very cheap, their luggage allowance is not as good as other airlines and I believe you have to pay a small seperate fee for checked in cases.

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Any opinions on Citivecchia

Joe, Civitavecchia is the port the ships use for Rome. It's about an hour or 90 minutes into Rome from there. If you sign up for a tour through Costa, the price will include transportation to and from Rome.

I've sailed twice on Costa, but not on the two ships you're considering. I enjoyed both cruises. We were among only about 5% English speakers onboard both cruises. It was great fun sailing with mostly Europeans, although they do like to smoke a lot!

Sandy

and be prepared to listen to announcements in several different languages.