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Golf Panama at Cielo Paraiso Golf Club Boquete Panama Imformation
Boquete is a charming mountain town in the highlands of West Panama. It is also a world-class tourist destination with hiking along flower-filled valleys and a community that has coffee farms on its hills with spectacular mountain views and spring-like climate year around. Boquete was one of Panama 's best secrets until it was selected as the 4th best place in the world for Americans to have a 2nd home by Modern Maturity magazine.
Boquete neighbors to the north with the communities of Bocas del Toro and Chiriqui Grande, located in the Bocas del Toro province. Its neighbor to the east is the district of Gualaca, to the south are Dolega and David, and to the west is Bugaba. This fresh and fertile valley is made up of the communities of Bajo Boquete, Caldera and Palmira. The district of Boquete has a surface area of 514 kilometers (319 miles), with a population of approximately 15,500 inhabitants and an elevation of 1,600 meters (5,250 feet) above sea level. Its altitude ranges between 800 and 3,000 meters (2,625 feet to 9,843 feet) in the northern region, and between 300 (984 feet) and 800 meters (2,625 feet) in the southern region. The area has an average year-round temperature of 20¬?C (68¬?F).
Getting There
Boquete's distance from the capital city of Panama is 480 kilometers, and from the city of David it is around 40 kilometers (25 miles), which in the case of the latter, signifies a car ride of approximately 30 minutes. By plane, the trip about 50 minutes long, leaving from Albrook Airport in Panama City, with 3 daily flights leaving in the morning, at midday and in the afternoon. For transportation from Boquete by bus to David there are two options: the express bus, which takes 5 1/2 hours, or the regular bus, which takes 6 1/2 hours.
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