Gourmet Holiday Destination
Are you looking for a vacation destination that is rightfully unique? You might be considering of someplace that provides beaches and sailing opportunities, plus the cuisine and ambience of a metropolitan city. A perfect holiday that offers all of this is a trip to the French colony of New Caledonia, located about halfway between Fiji and Australia.
This island is located further south compared to other South Pacific islands, benefiting from southeast trade winds, plenty of sunshine and balmy weather. If a sailing holiday is what you are thinking to have, New Caledonia is situated in a part of the Pacific that has the greatest coral lagoon in the globe. Sailing charters are easy to find and with the help of the trade winds you can sail out of the capital city of Noumea along the coastline, past numerous small islands that dot the ocean around the New Caledonia. Other outdoor activities on the Island are scuba diving, snorkel diving, horseback riding, canoeing, and kayaking.
If you were thinking of a gourmet holiday, New Caledonia has almost everything you could want. New Caledonia’s capital, Noumea, widely known as the Paris of the Pacific. Noumea boasts fine gourmet French food and wine along with the other benefits of a active cosmo town. The restaurants here are some of the best in the South Pacific. Claimed by the French in 1853, New Caledonia has a distinct French influence when it comes to food.
Noumea has 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 specialty of the Island, including spiny lobster, prawns, crab, and mangrove oysters. One of New Caledonia’s national dishes is Bougna, which is fish or chicken, mixed 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 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 by the beach.
