Captain Antonio Tello de Guzmán, while exploring the Pacific side in 1515, stopped in the small indigenous fishing town. This was communicated to the Crown and in 1517 Don Gaspar De Espinosa, a Spanish lieutenant, decided to settle a post there. In 1519, Pedrarias Dávila decided to establish the Empire's Pacific city in this site. The new settlement replaced Santa María La Antigua del Darién, which had lost its function within the Crown's global plan after the beginning of the Spanish exploitation of the riches in the Pacific, and hence panama was born. Panama broke with Spain in 1821; however the laid back colonial attitude still persists making it an idyllic spot for a vacation
Miles of lovely, uncrowded beaches, beach resorts, retirement and vacation communities, two golf courses, surfing and wind surfing, ocean and river kayaking, RV park, jet skis, and side trips to the ancient volcano crater town El Valle de Anton.
One of your first pleasant surprises will be how warm the water is on all Panama's Pacific coasts year round. You can make this a day trip from Panama City. Santa Clara and San Carlos have nice areas for day-trippers.
Rio Mar is the most popular surfing beach year-round. Punta Chame is good for windsurfing certain months of the year, particularly the dry season.
Another attraction of the Pacific Coast beaches is their proximity to the cool and picturesque mountain communities like El Valle de Anton and Los Altos de Maria, just half an hour away. You can easily make a day trip there from the beach
Panama Hotels are a world apart in luxury, be it for a vacation with family, your spouse or a getaway for your teenage kids it’s a world apart. Nothing compares to gazing at the sun setting at a beach or the pleasure of reading a good book with the sun upon your back as the cool breeze blows your hair. It is as near heaven as you can get on earth
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