Can’t decide where to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Panama? From upscale city nightlife to laid back beach towns… here are the best spots in Panama to celebrate New Year’s Eve. Panama City An upscale modern city filled with glass skyscrapers, nightlife, restaurants, shopping, and lots of fireworks on NYE.…
Bocas del Toro is one of Panama’s top tourist destinations and once you visit you can totally see why. This pristine paradise has been attracting surfers, beach seekers, and young partygoers for years. A recent tourism ad for Bocas boasted “Cancun, we see your swim up bar… we raise you…
Boutique hotels are what the latest travelers are after. They offer unique experiences with an immersive design that are Instagrammable from any angle. I’ve rounded up the best-designed boutique hotels as well as Airbnbs throughout the entire country including spots in Panama City, Boquete, Bocas del Toro, and more. From…
Staying in a treehouse is the ultimate way to fulfill your childhood fantasy and luckily as an adult, you can finally make dreams come true! Treehouse accommodation has been popping up all over the world and the trend has made its way to Panama. Here are my picks for the coolest…
Looking for somewhere out-of-the-ordinary to stay in Panama? I’ve rounded up a list of places that you will never forget! From castles made out of plastic bottles to jungle treehouses to private beach escapes, here are the most unique and unusual places to stay in Panama. Plastic Bottle Castle In…
The ocean breeze, Caribbean sea, and beautiful off-the-grid locations have been enticing people to overwater bungalows for years. Many people think you have to travel to some tiny exotic island in the middle of the ocean for an experience like this, but Panama is home to some stunning overwater bungalow…
Enjoy this guest post by Drew Berger, a Bocas Expat since 2015, avid surfer, and owner of Sol Bungalows– a new overwater bungalow experience located on Isla Solarte in Bocas del Toro, Panama. In this article, we will tell you everything you need to know about surfing in Bocas del Toro,…
Enjoy this guest post by Drew Berger, a Bocas Expat since 2015, avid surfer, and owner of Sol Bungalows– a new overwater bungalow experience located on Isla Solarte in Bocas del Toro, Panama. Bocas del Toro, Panama, is many things… It’s the Venice of the Caribbean because its shores are lined with…
Enjoy this guest post by Drew Berger, a Bocas Expat since 2015, avid surfer, and owner of Sol Bungalows – a new overwater bungalow experience located on Isla Solarte in Bocas del Toro, Panama. Bocas del Toro has amazing beaches, incredible jungles, unique experiences, surfing, diving, and a slow-paced small-town…
You’ll often hear of places where travellers tend to ‘get stuck’ (in a good way). I’ve heard urban myths of people going to Puerto Viejo de Talamanca for a week and never going back home. I’ve heard mutterings of vacations to Maui that turned into “eternacations”. Never had I witnessed…
A 30-minute boat ride from Isla Colon is a hidden haven of tranquility on Bastimentos Island by the name of Azul paradise. If you are keen to stay that far (and if your budget extends that far), make all your dreams come true at once with a stay at the…
Panama will soon add one of the fixtures of tropical luxury to its tourism menu—overwater bungalows. Viceroy Hotel Group has announced plans to build Viceroy Bocas del Toro Panama on 457 acres on coastline in Bocas del Toro, including 42 overwater villas. Beyond the unique accommodations, which will be a…
If you’ve been to Utila in Honduras, then a trip to Bocas del Toro in Panama may remind you of this crazy Central American island. Not because it is full of people eager to party then complete their dive masters course the day after but because it is full of party-goers and those…
I was browsing the Expats in Panama Facebook Group earlier this week and came across a great story that I wanted share by Canadian expat Cryss who is living in Bocas del Toro, Panama. She was in a situation that no one wants to be in: walking alone at night…
