The massive white cruise ship Costa Smeralda is docked at a port terminal on calm blue water. The vessel features its name clearly printed on the side, yellow lifeboats tucked into its lower deck, and numerous towering tiers of passenger cabins under a bright, clear sky.

Costa Cruises

Canaries & African Atlantic from Las Palmas | Gran Canaria

Europe

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Trip Details

Departs: December 17, 2026

Returns: December 24, 2026

Departure Port: Las Palmas

Ship: Costa Smeralda

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Your Ship

Costa Smeralda

The second cruise ship ever built to run on LNG, and the largest Costa has operated

Aboard

  • Built by Meyer Turku in Finland, delivered December 5, 2019
  • Dual-fuel LNG propulsion, one of the first two such ships in the world
  • Sixteen passenger decks, each named after an Italian city
  • Co.De, an onboard museum of twentieth-century Italian design
  • Winter in the Canaries out of Tenerife, summer in the Western Mediterranean
  • Christened by Penélope Cruz in February 2020
More About Costa Smeralda

Ashore

Where You Stop

Las Palmas

Funchal

Europe

The Mediterranean

Barcelona, Rome, the Amalfi Coast and the Côte d'Azur, four countries, one week, and you never once repack a suitcase or find a hotel.

Best Time to Go
April to June and September to October
Typical Length
7 to 12 nights
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