Playa Bonita Hotel and Resort in Panama

If you are searching for beach resorts in Panama, I can recommend another luxury resort in Panama besides the Playa Blanca Resort Hotel, called the InterContinental Playa Bonita Resort & Spa, a 5 star resort on the Pacific side of Panama. This luxury resort in Panama opened in 2006. It is located on a peaceful private oceanfront. All inclusive resorts packages are available at the Playa Bonita Beach Resort from the Sunwing travel company and others.

The Playa Bonita Resort is just 20 minutes west of Panama City (16 kilometers from Panama City center, 40 minutes away from Tocumen International Airport (PTY), ten minutes from the Marcos A. Gelabert, the domestic airport, 15 minutes to the Panama Canal’s visitors center in Miraflores locks and a half hour to the de Summit Golf Course. So, it’s a good location for those wanting to experience much of what Panama has to offer on their Panama vacation. In addition, this beach resort in Panama offers excellent spa services. At this resort in Panama, you will get a beach resort atmosphere, close to downtown Panama, close to the historical district of Panama and close to that engineering marvel, the Panama Canal.

Surrounded by the Punta Bruja Nature Reserve, 20 acres of tropical with a spectacular view of the Pacific Ocean, the Playa Bonita Resort offers vacationers a natural secluded setting of a private beach from which to watch the sunrise over the Pacific, explore nature, experience great services and the chance to get to know all that Panama offers its visitors to the country.

In the distance you can watch the ships queuing up to enter the Panama Canal. If you are going to explore the surrounding forests, don’t forget to bring insect repellent. The beach is lovely for walks along the sea. The Playa Bonita Resort is large and there are five free form swimming pools.

The Playa Bonita Resort has 300 Deluxe Rooms, of which 15 are one bedroom suites and two are Presidential suites. There are three Restaurants and a Lobby Bar and 24 hour room service dining and the Club InterContinental Lounge. A concierge and guest relations service, laundry and valet service, a gift shop, multilingual staff and a heliport are available if you desire. There is a poolside bar by one of the five free form pools. Your rooms, designed with a touch of ethnic Panamanian style, with rich wood décor, provide all the modern comfort and amenities you could desire such as 36-inch TVs with pay-per-view movies, VCRs, wireless Internet, direct-dial phones with voice mail, in-room printer and fax, mini bars and coffeemakers. The beds are comfortable, the rooms with great ocean views, are nicely designed with tiled floors and there are robes, slippers, hair dryers and plenty of toiletries for your use.

About dining at the Playa Bonita Resort. As already briefly mentioned there are three restaurants at the resort. There is formal indoor and outdoor dining and casual dining by the poolside. Gourmet chef John Haueter will even whip up something should you wish a culinary delight served in your hotel room.

Now, about the Spa at the resort. The air conditioned gym has a view of the ocean, featuring lots of modern exercise equipment, a free steam room and Jacuzzi. Definitely take advantage of this and stay in shape! The Bonita Del Mar Spa offers such delightful services of an outdoor massage, seaweed wraps, facials, soothing stress relief therapies.

Activities conducted from the hotel include 18 hole par 72 golf at Tucan Club championship golf course minutes away from the Resort. Daytrips can be arranged for tours of the Panama Canal, Panama city’s historical district. You can visit the Gamboa Rainforest Aerial Tram which is 45 minutes away. There is a wildlife observation safari day trip on the Panama Canal shores, salt water fishing trips forTuna, wahoo, sea bass, marlin, sail fish, mahi-mahi. Sailing and boat trips are available to Pearl Islands. Visit an Embera Cultural village and experience the life of Panama’s native peoples. Tropical bird watching is splendid for bird watching enthusiasts.

The Playa Bonita Resort is one of the finest luxury hotel resorts in Panama you could choose stay with that offers you a taste of all that Panama has to offer its visitors.

Beach Hotels in Panama | Bocas del Toro

I wrote this article about another one of the great beach hotels in Panama destinations before I heard about the floods in Panama. A state of emergency has been declared and there have been casualties. It is sad news to hear that this wonderful and very beautiful area in Panama is suffering at the present time. However, if you would like to read further about Bocas Del Toro, please read on. No doubt, they will recover and rebuild from this tragedy. As I have mentioned in this article, the high rain season is in November to January.

There are so many places, so much to discover and so many beach hotels in Panama to choose, and that includes Bocas Del Toro, that this blog might go on forever. I wanted to tell you all about Bocas del Toro, known as the “Venice of the Caribbean”, in this posting, but I think already it’s going to end up as a very long, long article or else, I might have to do this in two or more blog postings. It all depends how tired my fingers get from tapping away at the keyboard.

Bocas del Toro, on the island of Colon, situated on the Bocas del Toro archipelago in the Caribbean, north coast of Panama is actually the capital of the Province of Bocas del Toro. It’s a culturally vibrant and ethnically diverse area. You will find numerous small towns along the collection of islands, but not many roads. The actual town of Bocas del Toro is entirely constructed of lumber in the Caribbean colonial style, somewhat Victorian and reminding you a little of Key West. Bocas del Toro itself has paved roads, sewer systems, electricity, phone service, Cable TV, ambulance and a hospital and a fire department. The population of Bocas Del Toro is approximately 12,660 total inhabitants, Spanish is the main language, but English is widely spoken. Offering peaceful serenity, absolute beauty and tranquility, you won’t want to leave this paradise in Panama.

In 1502 Christopher Columbus landed in the area of Bocas del Toro and was so astounded by its beauty, that he named two of the islands Isla Colon and Isla Cristobal. There are many hotels and resorts in Panama located here for sun seeking tourists. For people looking for more than just a beach, you will find this to be another great eco-tourism destination in Panama.

How does one get to Bocas del Toro? You can get to Bocas del Toro by airplane from Panama City or Costa Rica or boat. What will you find here in Bocas del Toro Panama? You will find long stretches of unspoiled white sand beaches, beautiful resorts, shops, markets, restaurants, nightclubs and discos, thematic parks, surfing, snorkelling, some of the best scuba diving, boating, and the well-known Bastimentos Island National Marine Park – a chief destination for ecotourism. All of these things make Bocas del Toro an excellent and popular choice to vacation in Panama.

Bocas del Toro is so beautiful, and you may end up feeling like you have been to Paradise because you won’t want to leave here at the end of your vacation. Bocas del Toro possesses a natural beauty, with miles of beautiful beaches, the surf, its peacefulness.

For those tourists seeking ecotourism in Panama, there are nature reserves and national parks which reache over 25% of its total land mass. Panama aims to protect its wildlife and their habitat which consists of 960 different birds, 10,000 various forms of plant life and fauna, 240 species of reptiles, 160 species of amphibians. Like Costa Rica, Panama’s protection of the environment and wildlife make this country another viable destination for those who love and respect nature and want a holiday in a natural wildlife environment.

The best time to travel weather wise to Bocas del Toro Panama is from February to April or in September/October in the dry seasons. The temperature averages about 27 degrees Celsius or 82 degrees Fahrenheit on average throughout the year. If you like the rain, the seasons of May to August and November to January will please you because this is the rainy season in Bocas del Toro. This rain feeds the lush foliage and fauna of the virgin rain forests of Panama, the forests which are in abundant supply in Bocas del Toro. The white sand beaches run for miles in Bocas and the water is so clean and clear that you can see down to the reef when you are surfing. At night on the beach, watch as sea turtles emerge on to the beach from the surf and lay their eggs, bury them and then slowly lumber back to the sea, returning again next year. For surfing enthusiasts, some of the best surfing in the world can be found in Panama, and the waves in Boca are comparable to the surfing in Indonesia and Tahiti. The best surfing seasons are in December to March and June to July.

Okay, so I’ve written a lot about this fascinating and very beautiful place in Panama which offers another option destination for the winter sun seeker. If you are a retiree who wants to retire in the Paradise that is Panama it’s another destination to research.

And, like I thought at the beginning of this article, my fingers and brain would eventually get tired and have to wind down. I haven’t even started to mention the beach hotels in Panama situated in Bocas del Toro because you are going to need accommodation when you visit this paradise in Panama while you explore all this amazing country has to offer. So, until my next posting which will be about resorts in Bocas del Toro for my readers, stay tuned…