The international cruise season started in Turku yesterday when cruise liner AIDAcara of the German shipping company AIDA Cruises arrived in the Port of Turku. The ship will make two-week cruises on the Baltic Sea in the spring and autumn and call in ten different destinations. The ship arrived from St. Petersburg and continued in the same evening towards Mariehamn. The cruises start and end in Kiel.
”It’s a pleasure to open the cruise season with the visit of AIDAcara in Turku. The ship was built at the Turku shipyard in 1996, and this will be its first visit in its hometown. AIDAcara will call in Turku four more times during the season. It’s a big thing both for the Port and Turku," says Christian Ramberg, Managing Director of Port of Turku Ltd.
AIDAcara is one of eleven ships in the AIDA series. Its length is 193 metres and the passenger capacity is 1,230. The passengers are mostly German. In Turku they can choose from a wide range of excursions from traditional city tours with museum visits to activities including golf or climbing park.
Turku is profiled as a destination best suited to small and medium-sized cruise ships, such as AIDAcara.
A total of eight international cruise liners will call in Turku in 2015.