{"id":6241,"date":"2025-11-28T06:45:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T06:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cruisebooking.com\/news\/?p=6241"},"modified":"2025-11-28T06:46:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T06:46:02","slug":"costa-cruises-launches-2025-26-season-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cruisebooking.com\/news\/costa-cruises\/costa-cruises-launches-2025-26-season-in-brazil","title":{"rendered":"Costa Cruises Launches 2025-26 Season in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2025-26 cruise season for Costa Cruises in South America has officially commenced with the arrival of the Costa Favolosa in Santos, Brazil. The 2011-built vessel completed its trans-Atlantic journey, which began in Italy earlier in November, docking at the Brazilian port on November 23, 2025. This arrival marks the start of a two-ship deployment for the Italian cruise line in the region.<\/p>\n

The initial phase of the Costa Favolosa’s season focuses on short getaways along the Brazilian coast. From its Santos homeport, the ship is offering three and four-night itineraries to popular coastal destinations. Guests can currently enjoy calls at scenic ports like Ilhabela, Porto Belo, and Balne\u00e1rio Cambori\u00fa. This schedule of shorter cruises will run until mid-December, catering to travelers seeking quick, sun-filled breaks.<\/p>\n

Following this initial period, the vessel will reposition to Buenos Aires, Argentina, transitioning to longer, more comprehensive South American voyages. Sailing from Argentina, the Favolosa will embark on eight and nine-night cruises, expanding its reach to include destinations in Uruguay and back to Brazil.<\/p>\n

Key ports of call on these extended itineraries feature Montevideo, Uruguay, and Brazilian gems such as Balne\u00e1rio Cambori\u00fa and Ilha Grande. A notable addition is a stop in Rio de Janeiro, which will also serve as a convenient embarkation point for guests. Costa Favolosa<\/a> is scheduled to conclude its season in the region and return to Europe in March.<\/p>\n

The second vessel joining the South American lineup is the Costa Diadema<\/a>, a newer ship built in 2014. Before beginning its cruise service, the Diadema will serve a unique role as a floating hotel during a climate summit in Bel\u00e9m. Once this assignment is complete, the ship will sail alongside the Favolosa, offering cruises from both Santos and Itaja\u00ed.<\/p>\n

The Costa Diadema’s season will kick off with short, three- and four-night cruises to Ilhabela. This will be quickly followed by weeklong itineraries that delve into the Southern Cone, visiting Argentina and Uruguay.<\/p>\n

These longer voyages will feature stops in major cities like Montevideo and Buenos Aires and will also incorporate three days of cruising in the picturesque South Atlantic. The Diadema will have a longer presence in South America than its counterpart, with its deployment scheduled to run through late April.<\/p>\n

Costa Cruises<\/a> is part of a bustling cruise season already underway. The overall 2025-26 cruise season in South America began in late October with the arrival of the MSC Preziosa. MSC Cruises<\/a> is demonstrating a strong commitment to the region, having already added three more ships to its local fleet: the MSC Seaview<\/a>, the MSC Fantasia<\/a>, and the MSC Sinfonia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the MSC Armonia<\/a> is currently crossing the Atlantic and is set to join the robust lineup of MSC ships, offering regular itineraries in Brazil starting in December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 2025-26 cruise season for Costa Cruises in South America has officially commenced with the arrival of the Costa Favolosa in Santos, Brazil. The 2011-built vessel completed its trans-Atlantic journey, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\r\nCosta Cruises Launches 2025-26 Season in Brazil | Cruise News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The 2011-built vessel completed its trans-Atlantic journey, which began in Italy earlier in November, docking at the Brazilian port on November 23, 2025.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cruisebooking.com\/news\/costa-cruises\/costa-cruises-launches-2025-26-season-in-brazil\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Costa Cruises Launches 2025-26 Season in Brazil | Cruise News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The 2011-built vessel completed its trans-Atlantic journey, which began in Italy earlier in November, docking at the Brazilian port on November 23, 2025.\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.cruisebooking.com\/news\/costa-cruises\/costa-cruises-launches-2025-26-season-in-brazil\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Cruise News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-28T06:45:08+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-28T06:46:02+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.cruisebooking.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/favolosa-kicks-off-costas-2025-26-season-in-brazil.webp\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1700\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"810\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Cruise Booking News\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Cruise Booking News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Costa Cruises Launches 2025-26 Season in Brazil | Cruise News","description":"The 2011-built vessel completed its trans-Atlantic journey, which began in Italy earlier in November, docking at the Brazilian port on November 23, 2025.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.cruisebooking.com\/news\/costa-cruises\/costa-cruises-launches-2025-26-season-in-brazil","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Costa Cruises Launches 2025-26 Season in Brazil | Cruise News","og_description":"The 2011-built vessel completed its trans-Atlantic journey, which began in Italy earlier in November, docking at the Brazilian port on November 23, 2025.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.cruisebooking.com\/news\/costa-cruises\/costa-cruises-launches-2025-26-season-in-brazil","og_site_name":"Cruise News","article_published_time":"2025-11-28T06:45:08+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-11-28T06:46:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1700,"height":810,"url":"https:\/\/www.cruisebooking.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/favolosa-kicks-off-costas-2025-26-season-in-brazil.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Cruise Booking News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Cruise Booking News","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.cruisebooking.com\/news\/costa-cruises\/costa-cruises-launches-2025-26-season-in-brazil","url":"https:\/\/www.cruisebooking.com\/news\/costa-cruises\/costa-cruises-launches-2025-26-season-in-brazil","name":"Costa Cruises Launches 2025-26 Season in Brazil | Cruise News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cruisebooking.com\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-11-28T06:45:08+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-28T06:46:02+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cruisebooking.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/adcfb3f8fae9556923dd78a3be8610cf"},"description":"The 2011-built vessel completed its trans-Atlantic journey, which began in Italy earlier in November, docking at the Brazilian port on November 23, 2025.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cruisebooking.com\/news\/costa-cruises\/costa-cruises-launches-2025-26-season-in-brazil#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.cruisebooking.com\/news\/costa-cruises\/costa-cruises-launches-2025-26-season-in-brazil"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.cruisebooking.com\/news\/costa-cruises\/costa-cruises-launches-2025-26-season-in-brazil#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.cruisebooking.com\/news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Costa Cruises Launches 2025-26 Season in Brazil"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.cruisebooking.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.cruisebooking.com\/news\/","name":"Cruise News","description":"CruiseBooking.com","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.cruisebooking.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.cruisebooking.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/adcfb3f8fae9556923dd78a3be8610cf","name":"Cruise Booking News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.cruisebooking.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d1f2def7d7894cc78c3bf1eb9b6a91e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d1f2def7d7894cc78c3bf1eb9b6a91e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Cruise Booking News"},"url":"https:\/\/www.cruisebooking.com\/news\/author\/cruisebooking"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisebooking.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6241"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisebooking.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisebooking.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisebooking.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisebooking.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6241"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisebooking.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6243,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisebooking.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6241\/revisions\/6243"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisebooking.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisebooking.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisebooking.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisebooking.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}