Ships: The passenger cruise ship Artemis again this year at the Argentario

Port Santo Stefano: Yes, she’s back”Artemis” in Porto Santo Stefano docking at the Garibaldi pier, the cruise ship of gruppo Grand Circle Cruise Line who has chosen to include the Argentario among the stopovers of his itinerary in the Mediterranean once again this year. The American company, based in Boston, presents ships with a recognizable retro style, with a number of seats available limited to 25 cabins and a target of medium-high income North American tourists. The Artemis ship is a passenger cruise ship, built in 2007 which currently sails under the flag of Malta, the unit has a length of about 60 meters a draft of 3 meters and the gross tonnage is 1,206 tons.

Artemare Club, who documented it again from the Candia dock of the Valle port for the Cruising historical archive at the Argentario available to the media, operators, members and sympathizers at its headquarters in the ancient Corso di Porto Santo Stefano, says that the ship has the name of Artemis divinity of the Greek religion, goddess of hunting, wild animals, the forest, archery; she is also the goddess of female initiations and of the moon, protector of virginity and modesty, daughter of Zeus and Latona and twin sister of Apollo, she is one of the twelve Olympians and her origin dates back to ancient times, she was later identified as the personification of the waxing moon, together with Selene the full moon and Hecate the waning moon. Together with Athena and Hestia, she was a virgin goddess, armed with golden bows and arrows, lived in the woods with her reliable hunting dogs and a crowd of nymphs, was associated by the Romans with the figure of Diana, while the Etruscans they venerated with the name of Artume, the group of girls who follow her, the Huntresses of Artemis, are the handmaids of the goddess and are young immortals.

Welcome back to Artemis and its cruise passengers to the Argentario, one of the most beautiful seaside places in the Mediterranean, according to the Artemare Club!