Retiring In Altos Del Maria Panama Is Enviable And Affordable

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.

Altos del Maria is a 7000+ acre, secure, gated mountain community being developed for residential home sales. The developers have made sure all the comforts of urban life are there: ample water and electricity, cell and land-line phone service, satellite TV, Internet service, golf courses, swimming pools, and a heliport for starters. You will also find good roads that take you easily to and from Panama City, which is an hour and a half away. Closer by are the townships of Bejuco and Sora. It is also an easy drive to wonderful, warm beaches should you need to escape the cool mountains.

Early natives are credited with naming the country Panama. Depending on who you ask, the name means abundant fish, or abundant butterflies, or it could be the name of tree native to Panama. One might associate the words hat and canal with Panama. It all sounds so right for a country that has been hiding a mountain paradise.

Panama and its people are friendly. Panama and the US have enjoyed a long, friendly relationship in their efforts to build and maintain the Panama Canal. Although Spanish is the national language, many Panamanians speak English. Panama accepts the US dollar, which is exchanged at an even 1:1 rate between the US and Panama. However, the US dollar goes a bit further in Panama. Reportedly, twelve-hundred US dollars a month is considered more than enough to enjoy the good life in Panama.

Panama City has all the perks expected from a big city: good medical services, good restaurants, lots of things to see and do. The Panamanian economy remains stable in large part because of the Panama Canal. The US and Panama continue work together on a canal project referred to as the Third Set of Locks, to allow more ships through and maintain economic stability.

Worth mentioning is the pensionado program Panama offers retirees, which provides discounts on travel, entertainment, housing costs, and prescription medications. A pensionado application and visa are required for this program for non-citizens. However, it is possible to buy, build, and live in Panama without signing up for the pensionado 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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