Exploring Los Santos, The Beating Heart Of Panama
Despite languishing in relative obscurity behind Panama’s more prominent draws like the Canal, the Pearl Islands and Bocas del Toro, the Los Santos province of Panama should rightly be considered one of the country’s liveliest regions. It is fairly bursting at the seams with cultural celebrations, natural attractions, beautiful beaches and adventure. It is no surprise then, that it is now becoming the site of intense international interest, as celebrities and tourists flock to Panama’s heartland.
Los Santos is a curious blend of real-world cowboy country, seaside magic, folkloric charm and thousands of years of history, all of it inhabited by incredible tropical biodiversity. It’s a place where quiet pastures stretch endlessly into the horizon, bordered by miles and miles of nearly deserted sandy coastline, and occasionally broken by the dramatically rounded hills that stand guard over the southern coast.
Today, a Panama real estate frenzy is building in the quiet, rural province, in particular on the Azuero Peninsula, which takes up the lion’s share of the Los Santos territory. Surfers, travellers, international celebrities, sportfishers and real estate buyers are all making their way along the PanAmerican Highway to see what the fuss is all about.
“There’s no doubt there is a magnetic pull to Los Santos, and we find that many of our clients are those who heard about it from someone else – it’s not yet fully on the radar, but those that have been here immediately fall in love,” says Daniel Rudasevski of Andromeda Ocean Estates, a luxurious beachfront gated community