101 Things to do in Panama

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Panama City

1. Miraflores Visitors center
2. Partial or Full Canal Transit
3. Metropolitan Park
4. Cinta Costera (Sundays) / street food vendors
5. Rent Bikes on the Causeway
6. Panama Viejo / Craft market
7. Vegetable Market
8. Avenida Central / shopping / 75 cent shoe shine / Cafe Coca Cola
9. Casco Viejo / President's house / Panama Interoceanic Canal Museum / San Jose Church (Golden Altar - Altar de Oro)
10. Catch a show at the Teatro Naticional
11. VIP movie theater
12. Go Shopping! Multiplaza, Multicentro, Metro Mall, Albrook Rock Climbing / Mini Golf / Bowling(?) / Merry go Round / Mannequins
13. Climb Ancon Hill
14. Visit the Museum of Contemporary Art - www.macpanama.org
15. Take a ferry to Isla Taboga
16. Club hop on Calle Uruguay or Zona Viva
17. Take a salsa class
18. hiking / tours Gamboa
19. Catch a live futbol (soccer) match at Rommel Fernandez stadium
20. Soberania National Park / Discovery Center / Observation Tower / Pipeline Road / Summit Botanical Gardens
21. Fish Market / Restaurant
22. Push Button
23. Fishing in Gatun Lake
24. Panama Canal Railway
25. Portobelo - Fort San Lorenzo / Cristo Negro /
26. Isla Grande
27. Bridge of the Americas
28. Helicopter tour
29. Take a Spanish class
30. Sample the local brews! Ron Abuelo, Seco, Panama, Atlas, Balboa, Istmo
31. Dinner / Show Las Tinajas
32. Casinos
33. Visit the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute - http://www.stri.org/english/visit_us/index.php
34. Brave the Darien Gap
35. Chivas Parrandera!
36. Horse Races @ Hipodromo
37. Go to a strip club

Contadora

38. Stay at Perla Real
39. Rent a golf cart and cruise around the island
40. go to the country's only nude beach!
41. hire local fisherman to take you beach hopping
    

Bocas del Toro

42. Red Frog Beach
43. Starfish Beach
44. Chocolate Plantation
45. Take a yoga class - www.bocasyoga.com
46. Isla Colon: Bastimentos National Park
    

Boquete

47. Coffee Plantation Tour
48. Zip Lining
49. Paradise Gardens / Mi Jardin es Su Jardin
50. Bird Watching - Queztal
51. Rancho de Caldera - cloud watching / horse back ride / hot springs / carved rocks
52. Whitewater Rafting
53. Hike Volcan Baru

Punta Chame

54. Kite Surf - www.machetekites.com
55. Camp on the beach

Boca Chica

56. Boat tour to Isla Coiba & others & Whale watching
57. Sport Fishing
    

San Blas

58. Hire a boat and explore the nearly 400 islands
59. Relax on some of the most pristine white sand beaches in the world
60. Snorkel / Dive see Shipwrecks
61. Observe Kuna traditions

El Valle de Anton (http://elvalletour.wordpress.com/)

62. Zip lining
63. Craft market
64. Mud bath
65. Zoo

Azuero Peninsula / Pedasi

66. Sea turtles at Isla Cañas
67. Learn to surf
68. hop on a boat to Isla Coiba

Santa Clara

69. Rent a hammock for a day / party with the locals
70. Stay at Playa Blanca, Decameron, Buenaventura, Breezes
71. Go golfing

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