A Perfect Gourmet Vacation
Looking for a holiday destination that is truly extraordinary? You might be considering of someplace that provides beaches and sailing opportunities, plus the cuisine and atmosphere of a metropolitan city. A perfect vacation that offers all of this is a trip to the French colony of New Caledonia, situated between Australia and Fiji.
This island is situated farther south compared to other South Pacific islands, benefiting from southeast trade winds, lots of sunlight and balmy weather. If a sailing holiday is what you like, 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 aid 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. The island also has other outdoor activities such as scuba diving, snorkeling, horseback riding, canoeing, and kayaking.
If you were hoping for 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 features delicate gourmet French food and wine along with the other benefits of a active cosmopolitan town. Some of the world-class restaurants in the South Pacific can be found here. Colonised by France in 1853, New Caledonia has a well-defined French influence when it comes to food and wine.
There are great deal of restaurants, 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 specialty of the Island, including spiny lobster, prawns, crab, and mangrove oysters. One of Noumea’s national dishes is Bougna, which is fish or chicken, mixed with sweet potatoes and bananas wrapped in banana leaves and then cooked covered in sand on hot stones. For the adventurous traveller on a gourmet vacation, you can sample a dish common 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.