Portobelo
It is a beautiful place located at Colon as usually all the Panamanian people call it Colon Puerto Libre
Even earlier, in the XVI century , Spain had turned Panama in route of crossing between the seas and into an important commercial center within its empire. Spain transported its wealth by means of boats to the port of Portobello in the province of Colón. From there, mules and Cayucos loaded the merchandise through the isthmus all the way to the City of Panama to distribute their colonies in the pacific coast of America. That concentration of wealth attracted pirates and privateers like the famous pirate Francis Drake, who attacked Portobelo in 1596 and Henry Morgan who attacked Panamá´s first City and set it afire in 1671.
As the placed located at the Pacific has the most beautiful beaches there are the most popular to visit for all the tourist at our country . They prefer to visit Colon to take pictures, go shopping and take some trip to the beach as the most popular actually is Playa Langosta.
All the pictures are courtesy of Autoridad de Turismo de Panama
