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Looking for a vacation destination that is truly extraordinary? You might be considering of someplace that offers beaches and sailing opportunities, plus the cuisine and ambiance of a metropolitan city. A ideal holiday that provides all of this is a trip to the French colony of New Caledonia, situated about halfway between Fiji and Australia.

As New Caledonia is situated further south than many of the other islands of the South Pacific, its climate benefits from southeast trade winds, plenty of sun, and warm weather. If a sailing holiday is what you fancy, 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 assistance of the trade winds you can sail out of the capital city of Noumea along the coastal line, past numerous small islands that dot the ocean around the New Caledonia. There are also heaps of other outdoor activites such as scuba diving, snorkel diving, 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. The restaurants here are some of the best in the South Pacific. Claimed by the French in 1853, New Caledonia has a distinct French influence when it comes to food.

There are great deal of places to eat, ranging from sidewalk cafes to elegant bistros. French cuisine is easy to come by, but other alternatives include Indonesian, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, and African food. Seafood is a speciality 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 grilled covered in sand on hot stones. For the adventurous traveller on a gourmet vacation, you can taste a dish popular 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 on the beaches.