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Panama City is a shopping destination for tourists of all income levels. There are stores of different price points, large shopping centers, excellent markets with local delicacies and a great selection of souvenirs. The capital of Panama has one of the largest malls in the region, Albrook Mall. It will take you several days to explore all its pavilions and stores featuring clothes and shoes of world famous brands. Especially popular with tourists are boutiques of local designers, where you can buy beautiful clothes and accessories in the national style at an attractive price. Locally produced clothes are notable for the fact that they are made only from natural materials. In the shopping center there are large stores of electronics, women will be interested to visit the pavilions with cosmetics and perfumes.

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Gatun Lake will please fans of fishing – tuna here jump out of the water by itself. You can try to catch a sergeant fish, so nicknamed in memory of the U.S. military. The lake attracts not only lovers of measured rest and ecotourists, but also divers. Panama has several possible dive sites in Lake Gatun and Alajuela. At the bottom of them you can see the remains of the railroad that ran all the way to the Isthmus of Panama, and a lot of construction equipment that was used to lay the tracks and build the Panama Canal.

Another interesting place is the partially restored old pier. From it, there is a path to a ruined military base that was used by the Americans during World War II for classified radio communications.

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Balboa Avenue runs along the area, as well as the new Cinta Coster Highway with modern interchanges. The Cinta Costera neighborhood includes the Vasco Núñez de Bonaire Park. Vasco Núñez de Balboa and other seaside parks and recreation areas with alleys, fountains, ponds, gazebos, and tennis courts. Along the coast of the Gulf of Panama there is a 3.5 kilometers long Cinta Costera bike path. In the area is the tallest building in Panama – Star Bay Tower 267 meters tall.

Avenida Balboa is the most modern and wide avenue of Panama City, as well as the most expensive highway in the world. The avenue runs along the Pacific Ocean, close to the financial center of the city. At the end of 2009, the avenue was completely renovated and widened, and Cinta Costera, Panama City’s waterfront, was opened. Cinta Costera has sports fields, parks, gazebos, fountains, green areas with trees and tropical plants, a bike path, pedestrian paths, including those adapted for the disabled, and a monument to Vasco Nuñez de Balboa, who discovered the Pacific Ocean.

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There is no room for ornithology lovers here. There are about a thousand species of birds on the territory of the reserve. Some are found only in Panama and are on the verge of extinction. Only here you can meet the Guiana harpy and the sun egret. For the convenience of bird watching, an old radar unit is used, from which you can see rare birds in their natural habitat through binoculars.

The partially cultivated rainforests are ideal for hiking. The local nature is very diverse, but especially striking are thickets of cottonwood trees, which sometimes exceed 60 meters in height. Hikers move around the park on their own, armed with a map and beacon. There are convenient campsites and fishing spots along some of the trails.

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