| Gourmet Holiday Destination |
| 09.16.09 | |
Do you want a holiday that is truly breathtaking? Fancy somewhere with a beach 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, located between Australia and Fiji.
This island is situated farther south compared to other South Pacific islands, benefiting from southeast trade winds, plenty of sunshine and warm weather. If a sailing holiday is what you are looking for, New Caledonia is situated in a part of the Pacific that has the greatest coral lagoon in the world. Sailing charters are easy to find and with the aid 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. The island also has other outdoor activities such as scuba diving, snorkel diving, 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 city, Noumea, also known as the Paris of the Pacific. Noumea features delicate gourmet French food and wine along with the other benefits of a active cosmo town. Some of the best restaurants in the South Pacific can be found here. Colonised by the French in 1853, New Caledonia has a distinct French influence when it comes to food and wine.
There are plenty of restaurants, ranging from sidewalk cafes to high-class 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 the national dishes is Bougna, which is fish or chicken, combined with sweet potatoes and bananas wrapped in banana leaves and then steamed covered in sand on hot stones. For the adventurous traveller on a gourmet vacation, you can sample a dish popular with the locals, bat stew.
New Caledonia is the holiday destination you want to be: a sailing holiday, a gourmet holiday, or a time to just relax on the beaches.
