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Casco Viejo
Panama City's UNESCO-listed historic quarter with crumbling colonial facades, rooftop bars, and views of the glittering modern skyline.
2 km · about 5 min drive
Panamá, Panama · North America
Ancón works well as a base: 5 minutes from Bella Vista, 2km from Bridge of the Americas.
Ancón is a town located in Panamá, Panama. With a population of 20,706, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, Ancón sits in Panama. It's in the America/Panama time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Ancón to your route.
The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI, Spanish: Instituto Smithsonian de Investigaciones Tropicales) is located in Panama and is the only bureau of the Smithsonian Institution based outside of the United States. It is dedicated to understanding the past, present, and future of tropical ecosystems and theirRead more
relevance to human welfare. STRI grew out of a small field station established in 1923 on Barro Colorado Island in the Panama Canal Zone to become one of the world's leading tropical research organizations. STRI's facilities provide for long-term ecological studies in the tropics and are used by some 1,200 visiting scientists from academic and research institutions around the world every year.
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Ancón is located in Panamá, Panama, North America. The coordinates are 8.9602 latitude, -79.5514 longitude.
Ancón has a population of approximately 20,706 people, making it a town in Panama.
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landmark
Panama City's UNESCO-listed historic quarter with crumbling colonial facades, rooftop bars, and views of the glittering modern skyline.
2 km · about 5 min drive
bridge
The graceful 1962 steel arch carrying the Pan-American Highway over the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, for decades the only fixed link between the Americas.
2 km · about 5 min drive
museum
Frank Gehry's only building in Latin America: a crumpled cascade of red, blue and yellow roof planes on the Amador Causeway, telling how the isthmus rose and split two oceans while joining two continents.
3 km · about 5 min drive
historic highway
The world's longest motorable road stretching approximately 30,000 kilometers from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to Ushuaia, Argentina.
4 km · about 10 min drive
landmark
A four-storey viewing terrace directly above the Panama Canal's Pacific locks, where Panamax ships are raised 16 m in two steps a few metres from the rail. Bilingual commentary tracks each transit.
6 km · about 10 min drive
landmark
One of the greatest engineering feats in history, this 82-kilometer waterway connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through a system of locks.
19 km · about 20 min drive
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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