A Coruña starts the busiest month in the year with 19 cruise calls

Friday, September 2, 2016 - 10:48 by a-coruna

Sea Cloud II was docked yesterday at the port of A Coruña, where her 60 passengers could enjoy a summer sunny weather. The peak season for cruises in the city has started, as there will be 18 more calls throughout September. This means more than 30.000 people (passengers + crew) visiting the city. Three double calls are also expected on 6th, 22nd and 29th September. Some will be maiden calls, such as Mein Schiff 5 and Koningsdam and some vessels will visit the port for the first time, Princes Cruises, MSC Musica.

A Coruña starts the busiest month in the year with 19 cruise calls

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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...