Panama Travel and Tourism Information

Panama

Blogs

Panama travel blogs from TravelBlog.org.

Encyclopedic Information

Panama country profile from the BBC.
Panama information from MSN Encarta encyclopedia.
Panama information from Yahoo! encyclopedia.
- Balboa.
- Colón.
- Cristóbal.
- Darién Region.
- David.
- Panama Canal.
- Panama Canal Zone.
- Panama City.
- Portobelo.
- Santiago.

Government

The President of Panama. In Spanish.

Sportfishing, diving, adventure, rafting, kayaking, birding, historic tours and nature treks are some of the activities considered world-class."

Maps

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News

Travel and tourism news about Panama from Google News.

Photographs

Panama photographs from Flickr.com.
Panama photographs from Google Images.

Reservations

Travelconsumer.com reservations page. Airline, hotel, car, and other reservations.

Tourism

Institute of Panamanian Tourism. In Spanish.
Panama Canal. The official Panama Canal Web site in English and Spanish languages
Panamainfo.com. "Panama has few rivals in the quantity and quality of it's tourist attractions: Fifteen hundred islands on both the Caribbean and Pacific coasts, the planets most nature-rich, accessible rainforests, spectacularly beautiful mountains and highlands, historical sites from a rich past as an international crossroads, seven living Indian cultures and a cosmopolitan capital city with a non-stop nightlife. Not to mention that other mega-attraction-the Panama Canal.
Visit Panama. "Panama City, Old Panama. Founded on August 15, 1519 by Pedrarias Dávila, it was the first European settlement on the Pacific coast. Gold coming from Peru passed through Panama toward the port towns of Portobelo and Nombre de Dios, where it was loaded onto ships bound for Spain. In 1671, twelve hundred men led by the English pirate Henry Morgan ransacked and subsequently destroyed the city.

Today, you can visit the remains of the old city: the cathedral, six convents and churches, the city hall building, the House of the Genovese, Fort Natividad, the Hospital San Juan de Dios and three colonial bridges. You can also view the Casas Reales - the compound where the Spanish customs and treasury was located.

Towards the Major Square (Plaza Mayor), you'll find the City Hall, the cathedral and the Bishop's house. The Cathedral of our Lady of the Assumption, constructed between 1519 and 1626, is the best preserved of all the buildings. Following the style of the time, it is cross shaped. The bell tower was located at the back and probably served a double purpose as bell tower and watch tower of the royal houses.

Further north is the Convent of Santo Domingo, constructed in 1570 and its respective church, erected 20 years later. They are the best preserved religious buildings in the city. Panamá La Vieja offers a site museum, which exhibits a maquette of the city before 1671 as well as colonial and pre-colombine artifacts brought from Spain."