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The latest issue of the prestigious travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler dives deep into Panama’s natural wonders to “reveal secret villages, untouched isles, and new-wave retreats.”

The lengthy article, “In Panama, Going Beyond the Capital City and Its Famous Canal,” provides the full feature treatment to areas of Panama that don’t typically receive coverage. The article targeting Traveler’s millions of global readers comes at a time when Panama Tourism is actively promoting Panama’s eco-tourism and cultural travel, which are considered untapped gold mines.

Writer David Amsden goes on an extensive “free wheelin’” journey through Panama’s “less trodden areas,” traveling from coast to coast. His first stop was in Portobelo, a village on the Caribbean coast, where he explored a Spanish fort built in the 1700s, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

“Crossing from the Pacific to the Atlantic in less than two hours, we traded the capital’s sprawling skyline, a symbol of Central America’s fastest-growing economy, for this drowsy hideaway of candy-colored buildings where the dominant sound is the throaty roar of howler monkeys,” he wrote. 

Later to the Guna Yala Islands, also known as the San Blas Islands. 

“Imagine a version of paradise almost too pristine for this world: a desert isle of bone white sand, the palm tree arcing over water so blue it feels backlit,” the author writes. “Now picture more than 300 of these islands and layer in an ancient culture, and you begin to grasp Guna Yala.” 

The detailed article is a first rate read, and an excellent to the world of Panama that deserves more coverage.

Read the full article here.

https://www.cntraveler.com/story/in-panama-going-beyond-the-capital-city-and-its-famous-canal