A Perfect Gourmet Vacation
Looking for a holiday destination that is truly breathtaking? Fancy someplace with a beach and sailing opportunities, plus the cuisine and ambience of a metropolitan city. A ideal vacation that has all of this is a trip to the French colony of New Caledonia, located between Australia and Fiji.
As New Caledonia is located 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 situated in a part of the Pacific that has the biggest coral lagoon in the globe. Sailing charters are freely available and with the help 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. Other outdoor activities on the Island are scuba diving, snorkeling, horseback riding, canoeing, and kayaking.
If you were thinking of a gourmet holiday, you can get everything you could want on New Caledonia. New Caledonia’s capital, Noumea, widely known as the Paris of the Pacific. Noumea boasts delicate gourmet French food and wine along with the other benefits of a active cosmopolitan town. The restaurants here are some of the best in the South Pacific. Colonized by France in 1853, New Caledonia has a distinct French influence when it comes to food.
There are lots of places to eat, ranging from sidewalk cafes to high-class bistros. French cuisine is easy to come by, but other selections 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 gourmet holiday, you can try out a dish favourite 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.
