Panamá city runs alongside the pacific coast and offers a modern and cosmopolite lifestyle with efficient infrastructure and transport system.
With the independence from the USA began a period of great economic development, which attracted people from all over the world for tourism, business or start a new life.
Particularly attractive is the cost of living, lower than in Europe, and the real estate prices are very convenient.
Living in Panamá means also forgetting winter. The climate is tropical, ventilated and warm. Temperatures are constant during the year, between 24°C and 32°C.
HIGHLIGHTS
The old city (Casco Viejo) has been declared World Heritage Site by the Unesco.
The South American colonial architecture has given way to skyscrapers, giving rise to a city with variegated skyline on the Pacific coast.
Soho Mall and Multiplaza Pacific Mall are the biggest shopping center of the city and offer top international brands and fashion boutiques.
Traditional handcrafts includes molas (colorful fabrics), hand carved objects in Tagua nut and reproductions of pre-Columbian jewelry.
Panamá offers a great culinary variety counting on upscale restaurants where to taste the best international cuisine.
Panamá produces an outstanding coffee. The Geisha variety, well known around the world, can cost more than one hundred dollar per pound, one of the most expensive in the world.
Panamá has more than 40 Casino where you can groped your luck at gaming tables, slot machines or enjoying live shows and concerts.
Throughout the year there are many traditional festivals, where stand the origins and culture of Panamánian people.
The landscape is extremely diverse, with beautiful white beaches overlooking the Caribbean sea and the Pacific Ocean, like Bocas del Toro and Las Perlas.
You can practice all sorts of water sports like snorkeling, diving, surf, fishing, sailing or whale watching.
There are several national parks where you can observe the nature and wildlife, with nearly 1000 species of different birds.
The diversity of the area, with lakes, rivers and mountains offers the possibility to practice activities such as ecotourism, golf, surf, diving, sailing, kayak, horseback riding and others.
The Biomuseo describes the ecosystem of Panamá and how it changed after the construction of the Canal.
The structure was designed by the famous architect Frank Gehry, his only project in all Latin America.
The Canal, as well as being the basis of development of the country, is also an important touristic attraction. You can visit the locks in Miraflores and observe the ships procedure passing through them and in the Colon area, an observation center allows you to admire the surrounding tropical nature and Lake Gatùn.
Panamá theaters offers comedies, tragedies, dramas, musicals and even children’s shows.
Inside shopping malls, movie theatres play the latest international movies.
The famous Panamá straw hat was named after the city because it was worn by the workers that built the Canal in the early 1900. The hat is exported worldwide from Panamá, though it is produced in Ecuador.
It can easily be rolled up and put in the suitcase without being damaged.
