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Bocas Del Toro
Home » Panama » Panama Major Cities and Regions » Bocas Del ToroBocas del Toro is Panama’s most popular destination with its beautiful beaches, rainforests, and a fun, friendly, small town ambience. Some of the unique attractions of the islands of Bocas del Toro are the classic Caribbean aqua blue water fringed beaches washing up against nature’s dense rainforest and a low key friendly town. France, Spain, Italy and Russia along with 8 other countries have filmed their Survivor series in Bocas del Toro.
The town of Bocas del Toro has a rich history, a lively nightlife and a friendly, mostly English speaking population. Like the rest of Panama, Bocas del Toro is even blessed by nature. No hurricanes ever touch these shores, as they do the Central American countries.
Christopher Columbus was the first white man to anchor in these tranquil waters. In 1502 he repaired his boats on Carinero Island, which was named by Christopher Columbus. English pirates later found Bocas the perfect refuge and still later it became a commercial trade center for cacao and bananas. Immigrants from Jamaica made Bocas del Toro an English speaking territory and even today, most adults speak English.
At the turn of the 20th century, Bocas del Toro was the first headquarters of the United Fruit Company. The town boasted of 25,000 residents, with six consuls and five newspapers. A banana blight in the 1920’s put an end to this pulsating commercial center, but historical building and a stately park still stand.
Bocas del Toro has experienced a real estate boom in the last few years. Prices of land have soared, but they still represent some of the best buys in the Caribbean to Americans who are purchasing water and beach front properties with the anticipation of building a vacation or retirement home in the near future. Even on a retirement income, in Bocas del Toro you can enjoy the good life in safe and beautiful surroundings.
Hotels in Bocas del Toro are economical and range from $5 a night for the pack backing crowd, with a variety of attractive middle range hotels in the $25 – 60 range and a few finer upscale island resorts over $90.
Because Bocas del Toro is a small town you can get most places by walking. The taxies in Bocas del Toro are inexpensive and will take you anywhere on the island. You can also arrange for them to take you to a beach and come get you at a later hour.
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