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July 1, 2016

In Panama for business? Take trip to famous canal

  • Getting to the canal is a snap, with a host of travel agencies and hotel tours competing for your business.
  • By JUAN ZAMORANO
    Associated Press

    PANAMA CITY — Dozens of spectators gawk from an observation deck as a bulk freighter carrying grains from the United States to China inches its way closer. Forty-ton locomotives known as mules latch onto the massive vessel with cables and guide it inside the Miraflores locks, employing a mechanical precision that keeps it from banging into the concrete walls despite the tight fit.

    PANAMA CANALMiraflores Visitor Center, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Adults (non-Panamanians), $15. Busiest time for crossings: 9-11 a.m. Schedules for ship crossings: http://visitcanaldepanama.com/en/ . Additional viewing platforms located at old and new Atlantic locks near the northern city of Colon, about an hour away by car.

    GUIDED TOURS: These well-established travel agencies offer canal visits: • Pesantez Tours, http://www.pesantez-tours.com/ • Viajes Arco Iris, http://www.arcoirispanama.com.pa/ • City Sightseeing Panama, http://www.city-sightseeing.com/tours/panama/panama-city.htm

    RESTAURANT: Atlantic & Pacific Co.: http://www.atlanticpacificrestaurant.com/



     
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