A Perfect Gourmet Vacation
Looking for a holiday destination that is truly extraordinary? Fancy someplace with a beach and sailing opportunities, plus the cuisine and ambience of a metropolitan city. A perfect vacation that provides all of this is a trip to the French colony of New Caledonia, situated between Australia and Fiji.
This island is situated further south compared to other South Pacific islands, benefiting from southeast trade winds, lots of sunlight and warm weather. If a sailing holiday is what you fancy, New Caledonia is situated in a part of the Pacific that has the largest coral lagoon in the world. Sailing charters are available and with the assistance of the trade winds you can sail out of the capital city of Noumea along the coastline, past the many small islands that dot the ocean around the New Caledonia. There are also plenty of other outdoor activites such as scuba diving, snorkel diving, horseback riding, canoeing, and kayaking.
If you were hoping for a gourmet holiday, New Caledonia has heaps to offer. New Caledonia’s capital city, Noumea, is often referred to as the Paris of the Pacific. Noumea boasts delicate gourmet French food and wine along with the other benefits of a active cosmopolitan town. Some of the finest restaurants in the South Pacific can be found here. Colonised by France in 1853, New Caledonia has a distinct French influence when it comes to food.
Noumea has well over 100 palces to eat, ranging from sidewalk cafes to elegant bistros. French cuisine is easy to come by, but other choices include Indonesian, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, and African food. Seafood is a speciality of the Island, including spiny lobster, prawns, crab, and mangrove oysters. One of the national dishes is Bougna, which is fish or chicken, combined with sweet potatoes and bananas wrapped in banana leaves and then baked covered in sand on hot stones. For the adventurous traveler on a gastronome vacation, you can try out a dish popular with the locals, bat stew.
New Caledonia is the vacation destination you want to be: a sailing holiday, a gourmet holiday, or a time to just relax on the beaches.
