Destination guide — Panama

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WITH THREE WORLD HERITAGE SITES DECLARED BY UNESCO,
YOU CAN CROSS A CONTINENT, FROM THE PACIFIC (PANAMA
CITY) TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN (COLON) IN A EIGHT HOUR
CRUISE, A ONE AND HALF HOUR DRIVE OR A TWENTY MINUTE
FLIGHT AND ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS LIVE IN THEIR NATURAL
HABITATS - KUNAS, EMBERA WOUNAN, NGOBE BUGLE AND TERIBE.

PACIFIC:
PANAMA CITY - THREE CITIES IN ONE. ITS OLD QUARTERS
FILLED WITH BOHEMIAN LIFE. ITS FINANCIAL CENTER
VIBRATES WITHIN THE NEW CITY AND HISTORY TRANSPIRES
IN ITS OLD RUINS.
PLACES TO VISIT ARE PLAZA DE FRANCIA, THE COURT OF
JUSTICE BUILDING, SAN JOSE CHURCH, MUSEUM OF COLONIAL
RELIGIOUS ART, PRESIDENT'S PALACE.

THE PANAMA CANAL - A FUNNEL OF FOR WORLD COMMERCE, A
MAIN PASSAGE WAY, A SPECTACLE BY ITSELF, NEAR NATURAL
PARKS, HISTORICAL SITES AND BIRDWATCHING.

PARKS - THREE MINUTES FROM DOWNTOWN YOU FIND A PRIME
TROPICAL HUMID RAINFOREST - WITHIN THE METROPOLIS.
ADDITIONAL PARKS WITHIN A FIVE MILES RADIUS DOWNTOWN
- CAMINO DE CRUCES, SOBERANIA, CHAGRES, SUMMIT.
DELUXE ACCOMODATIONS ARE WITHIN THE PARKS.

ATLANTIC:
COLON - ATLANTIC TERMINAL OF THE PANAMA CANAL AN HOME
OF THE LARGEST FREE ZONE IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.

PORTOBELO - EAST OF COLON, ON THE ATLANTIC SHORELINE,
WORLD HERITAGE SITE PROTECTS COASTAL ARES WITH CORAL
REEFS, HISTORIC SPANISH FORTS.

COUNTRY TOWN:
BOCAS DEL TORO - BOCAS AND BASTIMENTOS ISLAND WITH
THIS LOCAL REEF, ARE WITHIN THE AMISTAD PARK.

BOQUETE - SPRING WEATHER WITH A FLAVOUR OF ITS OWN,
FILLED WITH FLOWERS AND COFFEE. HOME OF THE QUETZAL
AND OTHER MIGRATORY SPECIES.

VOLCAN BARU - THE HIGHEST POINT IN PANAMA, WHERE YOU
CAN GLIMPSE BOTH OCEANS AT THE SAME TIME.

ISLA COIBA - LARGEST ISLAND IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC
SHORELINE, FILLED WITH MARINE LIFE AND COASTAL
ECOSYSTEMS.

CHITRE - THE CRADDLE OF PANAMA FOLKLORE AND SARIGUA -
A DRY FOREST, WITH WINDBLOWN SAND AND CACTI PARK, IN
DESERT LIKE CONDITIONS.
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