A new app gives a self guided walking tour of Panama's Casco Viejo. http://pty.life/live-walk-pty/ Here is a description from Laprensa: Walking through its streets and breathe the pure air is to explore the soul of a country struggling to preserve intact its heritage and culture. That feeling led to a young Panamanian, Rob Howard, and his wife, Elizabeth Hurtado … [Read more...]

COLLETTE is offering a range of world tours that will enable travellers to sample exotic cuisines and culinary delights from the four corners of the globe. For a tropical adventure, aroma-rich Panama boasts lush rainforests, brilliantly hued birds and spectacular coastlines. Collette's Discover Panama tour is an opportunity for travellers to savour local specialities in an … [Read more...]

(Penn Live) One of the true engineering marvels in the world, the Panama Canal, is definitely a must-do travel experience. Since 1914, this link between the Atlantic and the Pacific continues to be one of the world's greatest and most important shipping routes. More than one million ships, from all over the world, have transited the canal. The historic millionth mark … [Read more...]

(Beacon Hill Times) "Blink and you’ll miss it,” I thought to myself, searching the open waters for a 14-foot dark object. Off the island of Contadora in the glistening Gulf of Panama, time was running out on my hour-long Humpback Whale tour.  Apparently I was looking in all the wrong directions, and was glad when my boat driver pointed to a tale splashing up before disappearing … [Read more...]

(St Louis Post-Dispatch)The Westin Playa Bonita's “Panama Past to Present” package takes travelers to the  UNESCO World Heritage Site, Casco Viejo, on a behind-the-scenes tour led by the Esperanza Social Venture Club comprised of former gang members. That's right: former gang members. Join the club's Facebook page to learn more about the initiative. In addition to … [Read more...]