Issue No. 1979
8 - 14 June 2023
COSTA DE ALMERIA • EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM
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Bilingual centres
Tourists were welcomed.
THE destination of Almeria enjoyed a special visitor on Thursday June 1 thanks to the booming cruise sector. The Port of Almeria re ceived a visit from the new Marella Voyager which made a stopover as part of its inau gural route after its christen ing the previous day in Mala ga. The ship, from the Marella Cruises company, specialises in the British cruise market and had more than 1,000 guests on board including company employees, journal ists and travel agents. It made its first stop in the port of Malaga and then con tinued to Palma de Mallorca where the tourists embarked for their first cruise.
CREDIT: TUI
MARELLA VOYAGER: Visited the Port of Almeria.
The Marella Voyager, be fore its refurbishment called Mein Schiff Herz, is 262 me tres long, has 13 decks, 952 cabins and a maximum capac ity for 2,681 passengers. As the newest member of the Marella Cruises family, Marella Voyager’s facilities are fresh out of the wrapper. The ship offers 16 restaurants, 10 bars and lounges, an indoor cinema, a pool deck – com plete with a swimming pool and whirlpools and a big show lounge. There are plenty of
places where you can take in the sea views, too, from the mini golf course at the top of the ship to The Veranda, where cosy Balinese beds point towards the blue sea.
TWO SCHOOLS in Almeria, the IES Cerro de Alhama and Bahia de Almerimar, are set to be bilingual centres in 2024. The councillor for Ed ucational Development and Vocational Train ing, Francisco Alonso Martinez, congratulat ed the centres and added his gratitude for the involvement of the teaching staff in “pro viding a professional, quality and competitive education.” The coun cillor also stated “the benefits of bilingualism are innumerable. Lan guages are the opening to new cultures and the improvement of com munication skills. They give a competitive ad vantage in the world of work and an improve ment of education.”
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