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Panama has long been underestimated.

That is why the recent Travel + Leisure article lands well. The magazine asked five travel professionals to name the most underrated country right now. All five said the same thing: Panama.

The logic is easy to follow. Panama is compact, connected, and far more varied than most people assume. A serious capital city, a historic district, beaches on two coasts, mountain towns, rainforest, islands, fishing, surfing, and coffee country all fit on a single, manageable map.

For years, the country has been reduced to the Canal. The article makes a more useful point. The Canal may be the symbol, but it is no longer the whole story.

That shift in perception tends to travel.

People arrive thinking they know Panama. Then they see the city, the coast, the mountains, the pace, and the ease of moving through it. A place that felt like a stopover starts to feel like a possibility.

That is where real estate enters the picture. In Panama City, MOVA by B&B Italia reflects a more design-forward capital. In Santa María, Bosco leans into privacy, greenery, and a more residential kind of luxury. Along the Pacific, Playa Caracol and Vervana show how the country’s lifestyle story is expanding beyond the city in very different ways.

Travel media does not create a market. But it does help the market become easier for the outside world to read.

Panama did not suddenly become more interesting. It is just being seen more clearly now.

To read the full article, visit the original feature from Travel + Leisure.