| AIDA’s world cruise

AIDA Cruises’ AIDAcara was given a spectacular farewell when she sailed out of Hamburg earlier this week on the line’s first world cruise.

The vessel has embarked on a 116-day sailing which will take her to 23 countries.

Her voyage includes Sydney and the Great Barrier Reef.

The vessel was farewelled on Tue with a fireworks display (pictured), which around 2,000 spectators watched from the banks of the River Elbe or tuned into watch live online.