Visiting Panama City

Discovering the first Spanish settlement in the Caribbean

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Panama

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Discover Casco Viejo, the old city listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, a rival to Havana for its sumptuous colonial architecture. Discover Frank Gehry's work, the Biomuseo, known as the “Bridge of Life”, a monumental feat of brilliantly interlocking wonders. Head to the Panama Canal area to see the canal's exit and the spectacular Miraflores Locks. On top of that, visit the Panama Canal Museum, which tells the story of the construction of this feat of global engineering.

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You can dive in Panama year-round — it all depends on what you want to see. The dry season runs from January to April, and the wet season from May to December. Visibility stays fairly consistent throughout the year. While humpback whales can be spotted in any season, they are most numerous from June to November, when they come to give birth in Panama’s warm waters. 760 fish species have ...

Isla de Coiba

A former natural prison turned biodiversity treasure

Coiba Island is part of the national park of the same name, covering an area of 2,700 km² of jungle and marine space. The island itself was once an open-air penal colony built there at the start of the last century. Being largely covered in jungle and surrounded by waters with strong currents and aggressive sharks, it formed a kind of natural prison.As a result, due to the fear inspired by ...

The Panama Canal

Key sites of the New World's maritime history

The Panama Canal is a feat of engineering connecting the Atlantic to the Pacific, dramatically shortening distances for global maritime trade. Since its completion in 1914, it has turned Panama into a strategic crossroads, generating substantial revenue through ship transit fees. The canal enables the rapid transport of goods between continents, supporting the global economy and the ...

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