Retirees Find Altos Del Maria Panama Pleasing And Dollar Friendly
July 28, 2010 - Posted in travel
If you enjoy living in the mountains and a setting like a national park, Panama may be the place for you. A new development offers trails that bring you eye-to-eye with sloths and monkeys, and sightings of yellow frogs and exotic birds, and sites for homes tucked away among hills and valleys. This new paradise is named Altos del Maria. Homes in the development offer picturesque vistas of waterfalls and lakes, volcanic mountains, and two oceans.
Spread out on more than seven-thousand acres, the developers at Altos del Maria have thought of everything. The gated community offers security and urban services such as Internet and phone services, including cell phones, television via satellite, plus a heliport, golf courses, swimming pools. The developers have paved miles of road and made sure there is plenty of electricity and water. The roads facilitate the hour and half drive to and from Panama City. Closer by are tropical beaches when you want a change from the mountains, and the townships of Sora and Bejuco.
Most people think of the canal or a hat when they hear Panama. Panamanian locals have several versions of where the word Panama originated. Some say indigenous peoples named the land after a common tree. Others say the word means either many butterflies or many fish. All versions seem appropriate. The fact that the country holds vast expanses of unspoiled nature feels like a secret someone has been keeping.
A long and profitable relationship building the Panama Canal with the US has resulted in many Panamanians speaking English in addition to Spanish, their national language. Panamanians have a reputation of being friendly. US dollars exchange at a rate of one-to-one, and are acceptable, legal tinder in Panama. Reports indicate that the dollar goes further for retirees in Panama. A monthly income of twelve-hundred US dollars buys one a very nice lifestyle there.
Panama City is beautiful, cosmopolitan, and sophisticated, and offers all the best attractions of a big city including fine dining, entertainment, and modern hospitals. The US and Panama Canal partnership continues today with an expansion project called the Third Set of Locks that will double the capacity of the canal, thereby allowing more ships through. The canal plays an important role in keeping the Panamanian economy stable.
The government of Panama provides retirees with very good benefits, including discounts on prescriptions, reduced housing costs, plus perks for travel and entertainment. If you are not a resident, Panama required an application and visa before it will sign you up for the pensionado program. You can, however, buy land and retire in Panama without being part of the program.
Panama is the end of Central America, right before Columbia in South America. Altos del Maria is in the same narrow section of Panama as Panama City, but on the west side. The elevation of the development ranges from 1,476 to 3,608 feet above sea level. Some areas of Altos del Maria allow vistas of both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. The temperature is an ever-moderate 75 degrees F.
Whether you dream of building your own home or prefer to find a bungalow ready to move into, the developers at Altos del Maria can accommodate you. Big lot, small lot, high elevation or low, it is your choice.
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