Food Travel to New Caledonia
Are you looking for a holiday destination that is truly extraordinary? Fancy somewhere with a beach and sailing opportunities, plus the cuisine and atmosphere of a metropolitan city. A ideal vacation that offers all of this is a trip to the French settlement 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, plenty of sunshine and warm 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, snorkeling, horseback riding, canoeing, and kayaking.
If you were thinking of a gourmet holiday, you can find 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 bustling cosmopolitan town. Some of the finest restaurants in the South Pacific can be found here. Claimed by the French in 1853, New Caledonia has a well-defined French influence when it comes to food and wine.
There are great deal of eateries, ranging from sidewalk cafes to high-class 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 Noumea’s 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 traveler on a epicurean holiday, you can try out a dish popular 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 on the beaches.
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