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comprising Costa’s top Corporate
Chefs. Meanwhile, the excursions to
Slow Food Presidia are designed to
ensure continuity between the cruise
experience on board and the tours
ashore, with the inclusion of areas that
are off the beaten path but epitomize
the know-how and expertise of Italy’s
extraordinary regional gastronomic
traditions.
Bicycles are the “workmates” for our Bike Escorts on the Costa
Favolosa and Costa Fortuna. These people are not only passionate
about cycling but also charismatic and natural leaders who take
guests on excursions providing a taste of the finest European
destinations – splendid cities full of artistic treasures and unspoiled
nature – on two wheels. This is a brand new, dynamic and fun way
of touring, a service specially designed for anyone who wants to
combine fitness and sightseeing.
Each biking excursion has a maximum of 20 participants – with one
Escort at the front leading the group and another one at the back –
and the preference is to ride on bike paths, because they are safer
and more convenient. The Bike Escorts not only run the excursions
but are also in charge of bicycle maintenance and tour planning.
During the rides they act as guides providing historical and cultural
information.
The bikes used on these tours are such good quality that they
become collectors’ items once they are “discharged from service”.
There was an example of this in December 2015 when
21 Olmo
bicycles
from our shore excursions, with our Company’s logo and
colors, were auctioned at the Genoa head office. The proceeds from
the sale – together with the funds raised at our annual Christmas
Grand Bazaar – were donated to the “
Housing the Homeless
”
project run by the newly established Costa Crociere Foundation.
This initiative provided a home for 12 people in need in Genoa.
Bike-riding fun tours