(Eye on Panama) Beautiful brand new building rising high over the financial district. Open kitchen with granite counter tops, large windows, spacious rooms, high ceilings, and a great breeze year round from the 21st floor! Modern building design includes pool, small gym, and 24 hour gated security. A great value in the heart of town, close to shops, … [Read more...]
Panama’s Casco Viejo: 3 Property Buying Tips
(International Living) Casco Viejo feels like a real neighborhood and there are regular jazz, music and art festivals The old buildings gaze grandly over the deep-blue sea. Their facades mingle colonial, French and Art Deco styles, with ironwork balconies, walls painted powder-blue, yellow and terracotta, topped with red-tile roofs. In the plaza, kids … [Read more...]
11th annual Kite and Tambourine Festival at Amador Causeway
(Newsroom Panama) If you are in to making or flying kites, or just like to watch others demonstrate their skills, then the 11th annual Kite and Tambourine Festival at Amador Causeway is for you. The festival will be held in the parking lots near TGIF with two competition categories: Artisanal (developed by competitors) and Commercial (purchased). There will be … [Read more...]
Bingo! a Panamanian Tradition in Casco Viejo
(Panama Casco Viejo) I remember it clearly as if yesterday: I was so small I thought the beans were big enough to be little rocks to play with. My little hand saw the colorful cardboards full of symbols (numbers) with beans on top, all spread out, and like a bug attracted to light I went straight in their direction. I thought to myself: ” why are they there? I think I`ll … [Read more...]
Video: Panama City’s Best Neighborhoods
(International Living) See the video below, where IL editor Dan Prescher gives you the rundown on the March issue of International Living magazine. The March issue is hot off the presses, and here’s the lineup… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xww6SLC3eOE Our cover story this month is from Jessica Ramesch, our on-the-ground expert in one of the most popular retirement … [Read more...]