Coronado

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Panama's original beach resort, built around golf courses and gated communities rather than a town square.

Coronado was Panama's first resort development, and it still reads that way: a string of gated communities along the coastal highway, built up around golf clubs and beach clubs rather than a walkable center. It draws a mostly older, established crowd, many of them expats who've settled here long-term, more than travelers passing through. For a visit, that means a long stretch of beach, a golf club that's genuinely the heart of the place, and a handful of casual restaurants and beach bars rather than a big night scene. Most people give it a day or two, often as a stop on the way up to the cooler hills of El Valle de Antón.

1H FROM PANAMA CITY · PACIFIC COAST