Is she right for you?
Families who want a big, lively Italian-style resort ship at a lower price.
Think twice if: Guests come from many countries, so expect multilingual announcements and a European crowd; check Costa's site for which restaurants cost extra.
See her Europe sailings ↓ · Where is she now? → · Costa Cruises's page for this ship →
What she's like
Size & feelVery large · 5,224 guests
A floating resort with the most to do. Expect lines at boarding, the buffet and tender boats. About 35 tons of ship per guest. As a rule of thumb, 40 or more feels roomy and under 30 feels busy.
Who you'll sail with
Unknown from line's site.
Price level$$$$$
Our judgment, from $ (budget) to $$$$$ (ultra-luxury).
Included in the fare
Not published. Assume drinks, tips and wifi cost extra.
Children
The line doesn't say.
What to wear
The line doesn't say.
Her Europe sailings, October 2026 to November 2027
92 sailings in Europe on the published schedule, 2 to 14 nights. Tap a start port to see how to get from the airport to the ship.
Where they start
- Marseille , 41 sailings how to get there →
- Barcelona , 41 sailings how to get there →
- Savona , 7 sailings how to get there →
- Cagliari , 2 sailings
- Palermo , 1 sailing
The counts above are our own tally of the CruiseTimetables.com listing for this ship (an independent site), read in November 2026. We do not reprint the dates here. See the full date list on CruiseTimetables.com. Routes change, so check with the line before you buy flights.
What it costs beyond the fare
| Tips for the crew | EUR 11 (age 15+); EUR 5.50 (ages 4-14); under 4 free per person per day; Added to your bill automatically; SECONDARY source (CruiseDirect); Costa's own FAQ pages load by script and returned no text. Rates may change for sailings from Dec 1, 2026. |
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| Money on board | EUR on Europe cruises (per secondary source's service-charge currency). |
How tipping and money work on a European cruise → · Build a full trip budget →
Her restaurants
The line's site doesn't list this ship's restaurants by name.
Which cabin to book, and which to avoid
The line doesn't publish cabin sizes for this ship that we could find.
Good to know before you pick
- Deck 17 cabins (fwd) sit below Deck 18 venues in the same zone: Settimo Cielo Swimming Pool (fwd); Green Healthy Food (fwd); Settimo Cielo Bar (fwd)
- Deck 16 cabins (fwd, mid) sit below Deck 17 venues in the same zone: Nutella at Costa (mid); Gelateria Amarillo (mid); La Spiaggia Beach Club (mid); Aqua Park (mid)
- Deck 15 cabins (aft, fwd, mid) sit below Deck 16 venues in the same zone: The Salty Beach Street Food (mid); Sole Bar (mid); La Spiaggia Beach Club (mid); La Cascata Bar (mid)
- Deck 5 cabins (aft, fwd, mid) sit below Deck 6 venues in the same zone: Mito Disco (fwd); Sanremo Theatre (fwd); Mastroianni Grand Bar (mid); Caffè Vergnano 1882 Bar (mid); Colosseo (mid); Arlecchino Restaurant (mid)
- Deck 4 cabins (aft, fwd, mid) sit below Deck 5 venues in the same zone: La Colombina Restaurant (aft)
If you use a wheelchair or walk with difficulty
Elevators: Elevator groups named Prua (forward), Center and Poppa (aft) in the SVGs; decks 3-17 have all three Our accessibility guide →
Find your way around
Our own deck plans, drawn from the line's official plan: tap a deck to see it from above, with what's at the front, middle and back of the ship. Use “Find on board” to light up every deck with a pool, a bar or a restaurant. Not to scale.
Find on board
- Deck 19 , Smoking Area; Private 19 Solarium; Aqua Park; Solarium
- Deck 18 , Smoking Area; Settimo Cielo Swimming Pool; Solarium; Green Healthy Food; Settimo Cielo Bar; Smoking Area; Solarium; Volare Skywalk; Sport Area & Glowing Arena; Smoking Area; Orizzonte Bar; Piazza di Spagna
- Deck 17 , Nutella at Costa; Gelateria Amarillo; La Spiaggia Beach Club; Solarium; Smoking Area; Aqua Park; Aperol Spritz Bar; KikiPoke; Smoking Area; Lido Caracalla; Piazza di Spagna; Solarium
- Deck 16 , The Salty Beach Street Food; Sole Bar; La Spiaggia Beach Club; La Cascata Bar; Beauty Salon Solemio; Area Gym; Area Beauty Spa Solemio; Squok Baby Area; Arcade Games Room; Squok Club; Family Restaurant; Piazza di Spagna
- Deck 15 , Cabins
- Deck 14 , Cabins
- Deck 12 , Cabins
- Deck 11 , Cabins
- Deck 10 , Cabins
- Deck 9 , Cabins
- Deck 8 , Bellavista-Élite Suite&Club Restaurant; Archipelago: Edition I; Sushino at Costa; Osteria Frescobaldi; Piazza Trastevere; Frescobaldi Wine Experience; Smoking Area; Gelateria Amarillo; Il Mercatino Shopping Area; Food LAB; Teppanyaki Restaurant; Kebab Experience; Pummid'Oro Pizzeria; Smoking Area; Lungomare Riviera; International Hostess Info Point; C-Dream; Ferrari Spazio Bollicine; Colosseo; La Sagra Dei Sapori; La Sagra Dei Sapori; Lungomare Riviera; Smoking Area
- Deck 7 , Sanremo Theatre; Mito Disco; Galleria Shops; Costa Shop; Il Mattino Bar; C-Dream; Reception; C|Club Point; Internet & App Info Point; Iris Studio; Colosseo; Sushino Lounge; Campari Bar; Laguna Bar; Galleria Shops; Casino; Arcade Games Room; CoDe Museum; Il Cielo in una Stanza Piano Bar; Il Rugantino Restaurant; Superba Terrace; Superba Bar
- Deck 6 , Mito Disco; Sanremo Theatre; Mastroianni Grand Bar; VR Space; Caffè Vergnano 1882 Bar; Colosseo; Elemis Boutique; My Land Shop; My Moments Photo Store; Arlecchino Restaurant; Quelli della Notte Jazz Club; Il Meneghino Restaurant
- Deck 5 , La Colombina Restaurant; Cabins
- Deck 4 , Cabins
- Deck 3 , Hospital
What to book, and when
The line doesn't publish its booking windows where we could find them.
The ship in numbers
- Cruise line
- Costa Cruises
- Kind of ship
- Mass-market
- Built
- 2019
- Guests
- 5,224
- Crew
- 1,646
- Gross tons
- 185,010
- Length
- 337 m (1,106 ft)
- Width
- 42 m (138 ft)
- Flag
- Italy
- Class
- Excellence (Helios) class
- Ship number
- IMO 9781889
- Sister ships
- Costa Toscana, AIDAnova, AIDAcosma
- In Europe 2026–27
- Western Mediterranean, Canary Islands & Madeira
Highlights
- Runs on LNG; one of Costa's two largest ships (Wikipedia)
- Italian line: announcements are made in several languages and the onboard style is Italian
- Mediterranean home ports make it easy to board in Italy, Spain or France
More pictures
Sources & what we could not confirm · 7 sources · checked 2026-11
- Costa: Costa Smeralda ship page (includes interactive deck plan)
- Wikipedia: Costa Smeralda (ship) (secondary)
- VesselFinder: Costa Smeralda (IMO 9781889)
- CruiseDirect: Costa gratuities (secondary)
- Costa Cruises FAQ (no readable text)
- Costa: drinks packages page (no readable text)
- CruiseTimetables.com: Costa Smeralda schedule (independent listing)
Still being confirmed
- Costa's ship page loads its facts, dining and deck plan by script; none could be read, so all numbers are from Wikipedia (secondary)
- cabin count and refurbishment year not found
- guest_decks from Wikipedia where given
- highlights 2 and 3 are general line facts, not from the ship page
- Costa Cruises: Everything except service charge (Costa's site returns script-only pages)
- Costa Cruises: Service charge from secondary source only
- Deck plan: Cabin category codes (e.g. BP, IP, EP, MS, S) are shown as on the plan; their full names and sizes were not on the deck plan files
- Deck plan: Some labels (single letters, Exit, Credit Card Registration) left out as non-venues
- Deck plan: Deck 13 does not exist on the plan list
- Deck plan: Costa Toscana assumed to match; only Smeralda plan read