Celestyal Cruises

Leading Greek cruise line operator Celestyal Cruises this week announced the introduction of a new vessel, the Celestyal Journey, in its itineraries as of September 2, 2023, undertaking the schedules of Celestyal Crystal.

Celestyal's newest cruise liner will begin with the "Idyllic Aegean" route, the company's popular seven-night cruise.

Greek cruise lines hope a swifter vaccination rollout and the government's proposed vaccine certificates scheme can help get ships out of the docks where they have been idling empty for the past year and back to sea for the vital summer season.

In the last 5 years in Bulgaria, no sea cruises have been realized from our two ports Varna and Burgas, Eurostat data show the trends in the development of this type of sea tourism in the EU countries last year.

The only sea cruise departing from the port of Varna was in 2013, according to European statistics.

Niche cruise operator Celestyal Cruises is gearing up to participate in its fifth Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum, where it hopes to further cement its reputation as the world's foremost Greek cruise specialist.
At this May's event in Athens, Celestyal will unveil details of its ongoing efforts to extend the cruise season in Greece and announce new itineraries from 2020 and beyond.

The Greek cruise market is bracing for a serious contraction next year, according to figures on cruise ship calls scheduled for Greek ports in 2017.

While many cruise companies have canceled their trips to Turkey over security concerns, Eastern Mediterranean-based Celestyal Cruises has increased its number of voyages to the country.  

Mediterranean operator Celestyal Cruises is to offer a new seven-day roundtrip from Asia, Turkey in May 2016, aboard the Celestyal Nefeli – the newest addition to the fleet – that will feature three new destinations.