Gourmet Vacation Destination
Do you want a holiday that is truly extraordinary? You might be considering of someplace that offers beaches and sailing opportunities, plus the cuisine and ambiance of a metropolitan city. A ideal vacation that has all of this is a trip to the French colony of New Caledonia, situated about halfway between Fiji and Australia.
As New Caledonia is situated further south than many of the other islands of the South Pacific, its climate benefits from southeast trade winds, plenty of sun, and balmy weather. If a sailing holiday is what you are thinking to have, New Caledonia is based in a part of the Pacific that has the largest coral lagoon in the world. Sailing charters are freely available and with the aid of the trade winds you can sail out of the capital city of Noumea along the coastal line, 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, snorkeling, horseback riding, canoeing, and kayaking.
If you were thinking of a gourmet holiday, New Caledonia has lots to offer. New Caledonia’s capital city, Noumea, also known as the Paris of the Pacific. Noumea features fine gourmet French food and wine along with the other benefits of a active cosmo town. You can find some of the South Pacific’s finest restaurants 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 options 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 Noumea’s 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 holiday, you can taste a dish favourite with the locals, bat stew.
You can make a vacation to New Caledonia anything you want it to be: a sailing holiday, a gourmet holiday, or a time to just relax by the beach.
