Shopping lovers are advised to check out Panama’s shopping centers, but its flea markets as well. In addition, high-quality and often unique products can be found in individual specialized shops that are scattered around Panama City. Tourists who decide to start shopping with a visit to shopping centers should first visit the “Albrook Mall” in the capital. This is the largest and most popular mall in Panama, with many shops selling well-known brands, a supermarket and a catering area in the middle of the building, as well as cinemas and a recreation area. Here you can enjoy yourself all day.
Not many countries in the world cover the territory of fifteen hundred islands. Panama is a diverse country, where visitors can enjoy observation of …
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Panama, located on the isthmus between South and Central America, like a bridge between two cultures, can boast of a rich and varied cuisine. Nature …
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There are many different shops in Panama City, where you can buy high-quality and beautiful products that will become not just souvenirs on the shelf, but useful acquisitions. The “Galeria Vida” store sells fine craft samples collected from all over Latin America. Many of them are created by the hands of members of indigenous tribes, and each product – textiles, masks, dishes, jewelry – is unique and inimitable. “Reprosa” sells both the items created by the Indians and the items which are exact replicas of the decorations of the Panamanian Museum of Anthropology.
Panama is a country of mixed culture, connecting the influences of Latin America, China, Europe, Africa, India and North America. Panamanians are …
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Most of the time, tourists bring from Panama the popular “maul” fabrics with embroidery and appliqués. Often, exotic fishes and birds of Panama are depicted on these fabrics. Sometimes neat and intricate geometric figures are embroidered on them. Maul can be used in the interior as a blanket or as pillowcases. It can also be hanged on the wall as a carpet or a picture, or just use it as a wardrobe accessory – nearly everything the buyer can imagine. Wicker baskets and bags, hats, carved wooden figures, traditional masks, reproductions of art created by the local people of pre-Colonial era, inexpensive clothing, local rum and coffee, are some of the items that can serve as wonderful memorable souvenirs and gifts.