A Coruña receives the first triple cruise call of the year

Wednesday, April 20, 2016 - 09:07 by a-coruna

Aida Vita, P&O Ventura and HAL Rotterdam are already docked at the port of A Coruña. More than 8.000 passengers, guests of these 3 cruise vessels, will give the city center a special tourist colour.
Peak season has started and April and May will bring 34 calls with more than 40.000 visitors (passengers + crew).
Tomorrow a double call is expected: Aida Diva and Amadea. A TV team will film onboard Amadea and in the Trasatlánticos dock some scenes of "Dreamboat", the highly popular, family orientated TV german serie.
Moreover, Britannia, Navigator of the Seas will visit the port in May.

A Coruña receives the first triple cruise call of the year

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A Coruna

A Coruña is situated in the Northwestern corner of the Iberian Peninsula. Part of Galicia Region (green Spain) is a city to discover and keep the secret. The Cruise Terminal (500 sq. mts) located in the city centre is close to the enchanting old town and next to the city centre, commercial and leisure pedestrian areas, restaurants, beaches and sea promenade. Main tourist attractions are the glass galleries of old buildings, the Tower of Hercules (currently operating ancient roman lighthouse declared Unesco World Heritage Site), Orzán and Riazor beaches, St. Anton Castle and St. Charles Gardens (privileged position to watch all the port of A Coruña, and visit, a tomb and monument raised, the Scottish General Sir John Moore, who died in the Battle of Corunna in 1809 fighting while defending the embarkation of the English army against the French Napoleonic troops). Its gastronomy is also worth a visit: "tapas", sea food and fish, octopus, galician soup, pork meat with turnip tops...