Pacific West Travel Guide

Explore Penonomé Penonomé’s colonial plaza, busy market and regional museums sit mid‑way between El Valle and Pacific beaches. Explore David David anchors Chiriquí Province’s market life and is the gateway to Boquete, Baru Volcano and coffee fincas. Explore Santiago de Veraguas Santiago’s central plaza and weekly markets represent the province’s commercial heart; travelers use it to reach Cerro Hoya, La Yeguada and Pacific beaches. Explore Chitré On the Azuero Peninsula, Chitré anchors Herrera’s festivals, colonial plazas and the Museo Regional de Herrera. Explore Natá, Coclé One of Panama’s oldest towns, Natá preserves colonial plazas and a 16th‑century church. Explore Boquete, Chiriquí Fog settles over Boquete’s coffee farms; visitors arrive for specialty tastings, cloud‑forest hikes, and climbs of Volcán Barú. Explore Las Tablas, Los Santos Las Tablas is the cultural heart of the Azuero Peninsula - folkloric festivals, tamborito drumming, painted masks and a colonial plaza make it a stop for anyone studying Panama’s rural traditions. Explore Antón Crater-ringed El Valle de Antón sits in a cool bowl of cloud forest with waterfalls, a busy handicraft market and trails up the ‘Sleeping Indian’ ridge.