Nouméa

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Noumea is the largest city in and capital of New Caledonia. One of the most westernized capitals in the Pacific Islands, it features beautiful beaches and colonial mansions and is not yet a heavily touristed destination.

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  • New Caledonia Airport (IATA: NOU) (ICAO: NWWW), in Païta, 52km northwest of Noumea, (687) 35 11 18, [www.cci-nc.com/tontouta] Air France provides direct flights from Paris. Regular flights are available from Tokyo on Aircalin, as New Caledonia is very popular with the Japanese. Air New Zealand and Qantas also serve the airport. There are also flights from various Pacific nations, New Zealand, Australia, and Southeast Asia. There is little or no competition on routes, so be very wary of high flight prices.
  • Noumea-Magenta Airport (IATA: GEA) , 4 km from the city center, (687) 25 14 00. Serves all domestic flights within New Caledonia, such as the Loyalty Islands (Maré, Tiga, Lifou, Ouvéa), from Isle of Pines in the south to Belep Islands in the northern tip of the mainland as well as Koné and Koumac on the west coast and Touho on the east coast.

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Noumea is a popular port of call for people sailing around the Pacific. Though most dare not sail during cyclone season.

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[edit][add listing] See

  • Museum of New Caledonia
  • City of Nouméa Museum
  • The Geological Museum
  • Maritime History Museum
  • Michel Corbasson Zoological and Forest Park
  • Aquarium des Lagons

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  • Youth Hostelling International, 51 bis, rue Pasteur Marcel Ariège, Tel: 27 58 79, (Fax: 25 48 17, Email: yhan@lagoon.nc), [1].

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  • Le Meridien Noumea*****, Pointe Magni, Tel:: 26 50 00 (Fax: 26 50 03, Email: reservation@meridien.nc), [2].

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