The first tourist ship of the season docks in Ruse
Tuesday, 21 March 2023
This morning on Pontoon No9 docked the first cruise ship with tourists for the upcoming season. The ''Viking Lif'' carries more than 170 passengers, mostly U. S. citizens, moving from Vienna to the Danube Delta.
Tourists will have the opportunity to visit the sights in Ruse and the surrounding area – the Basarbovo Rock Monastery and the Ivanovo Rock Churches, as well as to walk around the old capital of Bulgaria – Veliko Tarnovo. Late tonight, the ship will depart for the Romanian coast, where passengers will spend the night.
The first tourists for the season were welcomed by Deputy Mayor Zlatomira Stefanova and employees of the Tourism Unit at Ruse Municipality. The guests were given brochures with possible sites to visit and the slogan "Enjoy every minute in Ruse!" . Zlatomira Stefanova wished the tour operators a successful season and favorable conditions for moving along the river.
The cruise ship "Amareina" with 120 passengers – Australian and New Zealand citizens is expected to dock at the port of Ruse later today. They will be able to walk in Ruse and take a tour of the sights of ''Rusenski Lom'' Nature Park.
According to preliminary information, more than 450 ship stops at the Ruse pier are expected in the upcoming season. On March 31, the first Bulgarian cruise ship "Ruse Prestige" will arrive, which will stop at Pontoon No8.
In December 2022, it was voted at a session of the Municipal Council on the quay strip to place a pavilion for a tourist information center and a kind of Crafts Alley, composed of 6 pavilions for the sale of souvenirs and handicrafts made by masters from Ruse. The idea is to stimulate local artists and traders, and tourists, incl. cruise ship arrivals have the opportunity to purchase goods from them.Competitions for renting out retail outlets are forthcoming, and the municipal administration expresses its readiness to make the quay strip an even more attractive place for the citizens of Ruse and guests of the city.
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