The Costa neoCollection puts an emphasis on good food.

This spring, the Costa neoRiviera obtained the company’s highest performance through its customers’ eyes.

During the summer the Costa neoCollection is offering ‘slow cruising’ to top destinations in the Mediterranean and northern Europe.

In spring 2014 the Costa neo-Riviera, which offers neoCollection cruises together with the Costa neoRomantica, obtained the highest score for customer satisfaction of any Costa fleet member.

The rating was based on answers to the question: “How likely are you to recommend our cruise to a friend/colleague/relative?”

This autumn, the Costa neo-Riviera will head out of Valletta (and return to the capital) on 12-day cruises to Savona, Toulon (France), Propriano (Corsica), Olbia (Sardinia), Trapani (Sicily), Salerno, Capri and Portoferraio (Isle of Elba).

The range of tours includes seaside trips to gems like the Costa Smeralda, San Vito lo Capo, Positano, Amalfi, Portofino and the island of Favignana.

The Costa neoCollection is ideal for couples, honeymooners and groups of friends, with high-quality services designed to allow each guest to experience the cruise at their own pace and also with tailor-made excursions for small groups.

Longer calls in each port, often overnight and the next day, allow visitors to explore each place in depth with neoExperience excursions – tours for not more than 25 people.

Travellers can enjoy local gastronomic traditions, tasting ingred-ients available in the various ports of call, whether they are ashore or on board.

The menus propose recipes from the finest Italian culinary traditions and guests can dine at any time without having to choose a particular sitting.

• smsmondial is Costa Cruises’ preferred travel agency for Malta. More information can be obtained from smsmondial.com.mt or by calling 2277 6000.