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Are you looking for a vacation destination that is really breathtaking? Fancy somewhere with a beach and sailing opportunities, plus the cuisine and atmosphere of a metropolitan city. A perfect vacation that provides all of this is a trip to the French colony of New Caledonia, located about halfway between Fiji and Australia.

This island is located farther south compared to other South Pacific islands, benefiting from southeast trade winds, plenty of sunlight and warm weather. If a sailing holiday is what you are intending to have, New Caledonia is located in a part of the Pacific that has the most remarkable coral lagoon in the world. Sailing charters are available and with the help 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 thinking of a gourmet holiday, New Caledonia has almost everything you could want. New Caledonia’s capital, Noumea, is often referred to as the Paris of the Pacific. Noumea features fine gourmet French food and wine along with the other benefits of a bustling cosmo town. The restaurants here are some of the finest in the South Pacific. Colonized by France in 1853, New Caledonia has a well-defined French influence when it comes to food.

There are lots 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, mixed with sweet potatoes and bananas wrapped in banana leaves and then grilled covered in sand on hot stones. For the adventurous traveller on a epicurean vacation, you can try a dish favourite 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 by the beach.