Nearby surroundings

1. Spend the day in a beautiful Caribbean Island = Isla Grande
Do you want to drive to the Caribbean side?  This would be a 2-l/2 hour drive from Panama City.  We would go to spend the day in a beautiful Caribbean Island called Isla Grande where you can go snorkeling, have a delicious lunch, and just relax and enjoy your day in Paradise!

2. El Valle de Antón

El Valle is located  on the site of an extinct volcano..the largest in Panama in pre-historic times.   This fact has endowed this area with hot springs and fertile land ideal for flowers and vegetables.  

El Valle is 120 kilometers from Panama City, and the journey takes about an hour and a half up the PanAmerican Highway, on the same road that takes you to some beautiful Pacific beaches.

El Valle enjoys a cool climate year round.   This town is a week-end retreat for many wealthy Panamanians, who have built beautiful villas and country homes there.

El Valle is also a land of history and legend.  Inhabited for hundreds of years by several Native American tribes, the area is famous for some rare petroglyphs which have not yet been deciphered.

El Valle has lush vegetation, golden frogs, square trees, and  beautiful waterfalls.   

On weekends, and especially on Sunday, the quite and relaxed El Valle becomes a picturesque country shopping center, celebrating its most popular tradition:  The Market.   In this event, locals and residents of neighboring towns (including some of the Indians who come down from the mountain) gather to offer an impressive variety of flowers, handicrafts, rattan furniture, fruits, vegetables, and flowers.

There you can probably see one of the famous orchids we have in Panama, which is the “Flower of the Holy Spirit”, a very rare specie which is Panama´s National Flower.    

El Valle is an awesome town for you to visit!

LINKS

Panama Airport. http://www.tocumenpanama.aero/

Panama Canal. http://www.pancanal.com/esp/index.html

Panama Insurance. http://www.panamakevin.com

Caribbean Hi-Res. http://www.intellicast.com

Panama Premium Real Estate http://www.panamapremiumrealestate.com/

English speaking Panama law firm. http://www.panama-offshore-services.com

Marathon Panamá. http://www.marathonpanama.com

INN ON THE CANAL . www.InnOnTheCanal.com