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Destinations
How is it possible that one small country offers so many world-class destinations? Panama has over a thousand islands in both the Caribbean and Pacific Oceans, highlands covered with cloud forests, flower-filled valleys and prize-winning coffee farms, the most accessible pristine jungle and rainforest anywhere, historical sites that never disappoint the history buff and a capital city with an easy cosmopolitan living and a non-stop night life.
- AZUERO PENINSULA: THE UPCOMING RURAL PLAYLAND: CULTURE, SUN AND NATURE
Jutting out prominently on Panama’s southern coast is the Azuero peninsula. This off-the-beaten-track rural area is cherished by Panamanians as cradle of their Spanish heritage and folkloric traditions.
- BOCAS DEL TORO - SEA, NATURE AND FUN
Beautiful beaches with scarcely a soul in sight, rainforests so fine Lonely Planet Guide calls them "a biologists fantasy" and a fun, friendly and funky small town ambience- this is Bocas del Toro- Panama's most popular island destination.
- BOQUETE - PANAMA'S MOUNTAIN PARADISE
Fortune magazine's 2005 Retirement Guide selects Boquete as one of the 5 best places in the world to retire. Boquete used to be one of Panama's best kept secrets. All that changed in 2001 when the magazine of the American Association for Retired Persons also chose Boquete as one of the top places in the world for Americans to retire- a rating based on safety, beauty, climate and cost-of-living. A scenic mountain town in highlands of West Panama, Boquete is also a world-class tourist destination.
- CASCO VIEJO, PANAMA CITY- HISTORY, CULTURE AND NON-STOP AMBIENCE
Casco Viejo, Panama City's Spanish Colonial sector is a must-see for tourists and an increasingly popular place for those who want to live in and take part in the renaissance of one of Latin Americas' most distinguished historical destinations.
- CHIRIQUI PROVINCE-HIGHLAND PERFECTION AND MORE IN WEST PANAMA
The extraordinary Chiriqui Province in West Panama on the border of Costa Rica, offers a wide variety of attractions including highland and beach destinations, Indian cultures, idyllic retirement communities, world class rafting, kayaking, birding and hiking.
- COIBA ISLAND NATIONAL MARINE PARK - A BIG FISH DIVERS AND NATURE LOVERS DREAM
Considered one of the ten top diving spots in the world, Coiba Island is home to the second largest coral reef in the Eastern Pacific, the best diving "to be found along the Pacific Coast from Columbia to Mexico" according to Lonely Planet and pristine terrestial flor and fauna.
- COLON PROVINCE: CARIBBEAN BEAUTY SO VERY NEARBY- PORTOBELLO & ISLA GRANDE
Nearby Panama City, less than 2 hours by car on a good highway, is the extraordinary Colon Province. On the Atlantic Caribbean sea, the province has a wide variety of attractions-beautiful beaches and island,fascinating historical sites, the largest Free Trade Zone outside Hong Kong, a state-of-the-art cruise port, world-class bird watching, diving and snorkeling and a spectacular 5 star hotel/convention center on the Panama Canal.
- DARIEN NATIONAL PARK - WORLD CLASS BIRDING AND ADVENTURE
The nearly impenetrable jungles of Darien Province make it a truly wild and nature-dense region- heaven for adventurers, birders and nature lovers.
- EL VALLE DE ANTON- PANAMA'S PERFECT MOUNTAIN GETAWAY
A verdant .picturesque mountain village, just two hours from Panama City, El Valle is the perfect escape from the hustle and heat of the city. El Valle de Anton, known simply as El Valle. has a unique geological setting- it is nestled in the second largest volcano crater in the world.
- PACIFIC COAST BEACHES NEAR PANAMA CITY - PANAMA'S CONVENIENT BEACH GETAWAYS
Along the Pacific Coast just outside Panama City, begin a string of pretty beaches of white sand and sapphire blue waters. It is hard to think of any other metropolitan city with so many fine beaches nearby.
- PANAMA CANAL RAINFOREST - NATURE WAS NEVER THIS CLOSE
Just minutes from Panama City lie the lush rainforests of the Panama Canal, the most accessible prime rainforests in the world and home to an abundance of nature and outstanding ecotourism attractions.
- PANAMA CITY - CENTRAL AMERICA'S MOST ATTRACTIVE CAPITAL CITY
Panama City is a city of easy cosmopolitan living, a delightful combination of the historic and the ultra-modern.
- THE PANAMA CANAL - THE EIGHTH WONDER OF THE WORLD
Controversial. Revolutionary. Amazing. It took 250,000 people from all corners of the globe more than 10 years to build, and it stands as a monument of mankind's ingenuity and power of conviction.
- THE PEARL ISLANDS-WORLD-CLASS EXOTIC BEAUTY AND CBS'S SURVIVOR LOCATION
Just a 15 minute plane ride from Panama City are the famous Pearl Islands-paradisical tropical islands famous for their island and rainfoest scenery, sport fishing, snorkeling and the vacation homes of some of Panama's wealthiest families.They were also home to two Survivor Series.
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- THE SAN BLAS ISLANDS - AN INDIAN CULTURE IN A TROPICAL PARADISE
The San Blas Islands offer two unbeatable attractions: secluded Caribbean islands of great beauty and an opportunity to visit San Blas Indian villages and learn about their fascinating culture and way of life.
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