Fuerte
Amador Resort & Marina
Your Sea Route To Vista
Mar
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Part
of the Vista Mar project, the Fuerte Amador Resort & Marina is
another of the marinas that is available to Vista Mar property owners.
If you are looking for luxury properties in Panama at prices you would
have paid twenty years ago in the USA and Europe, then you should take
a close look at Vista Mar. We have a complete section on Vista Mar.
Click on the image to the left or click
here to get more details on Vista Mar - An oceanfront development with
an eighteen hole par 72 golf course and a wide range of amenities that
make life worth living. If you're looking for property in Panama,
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recently visited Fuerte Amador Resort & Marina. The Marina is an ultra-modern
facility that is located at the end of the Causeway in Panama City. The
Causeway was built by the United States during the early years of the construction
of the Canal in order to keep the mouth of the Canal from being blocked
with silt from the Bay of Panama. The Causeway leads to a series of islands
and on the last of the islands is Fuerte Resort & Marina. The Marina
is located just 50 minutes by boat from the Vista Mar Resort and has modern
shopping and restaurant facilities. During the late afternoon boats pull
into one of the 50 to 60 slips that have been constructed at the Marina;
people exit their boats, eat at one of the several excellent restaurants
nearby or shop at some of the new retail shops that have opened or spend
the night in one of the many nightclubs. In the next year or two there
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The
atmosphere at the Marina and surrounding shops is relaxed and there is
a nice mix of Panamanians, Americans and Europeans. At night, people walk
among the shops and window shop. There are a number of small bars where
you can get a drink and something to eat: I saw two Italian restaurants,
a Japanese restaurant, sandwich shops and a Brazilian bar and more. And
of course there are lots of beautiful people strolling around enjoying
the atmosphere.
The yachts
I saw in the Marina are huge, say 60 to 100 feet long - and longer - with
every possible modern convenience onboard. A lot of powerful people from
Mick Jagger to Greg Norman to American oil tycoons keep their boats docked
at the Marina. I was told a lot of people that have their yachts docked
in the Marina use their yachts as a place to hold business meetings: some
take the boat offshore a mile or two and conduct business. Others take
their yachts out and head off to the Pearl Islands to fish or to Coiba
Island to enjoy some privacy and a little slice of paradise. Other people
keep small boats in the Marina so that they can boat or sail their way
to the beach towns of Vista Mar or Coronado. |
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The Marina
has a number of boat shops that will provide you with everything you could
possibly need to manage your boat; the other shops in the Marina are for
most part chic designer clothing shops that you would fine in places like
Miami or Los Angeles.
The night I
went to the Marina to eat dinner there was a large cruise ship that had
just pulled into the Marina: the Marina is the “Home port” for the Universe
Explorer cruise ship. People from all over the world disembarked from the
cruise ship and enjoyed their night at the Marina. The Marina has a great
view of Panama City and the Bridge of Americas, the Bridge that connects
North and South America.
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thing I most enjoy about visiting the Marina is the strong sultry, warm
Pacific breezes that blow through the open restaurants and shops; that
breeze seems to relax people and watching them window shop in the bright
lights of the storefronts in the breezy, warm night is fun. Other nearby
places to see and visit are the beautiful Island of Taboga – the Island
of Flowers - and, of course, the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal
is right next to the Marina. Last year almost 40,000 passengers visited
the Marina and this year it is predicted that there will be more.
Part owners
of the Fuerte Amador Resort & Marina are also owners of Vista Mar Resort.
Their idea is that people will use the Marina as a point of departure for
their Vista Mar home. Over the next year or two Vista Mar will have its
own Marina on the Pacific Coast near Vista Mar, so traveling by boat to
Vista Mar will be a logical way to stay out of the traffic and arrive to
your new home, relaxed and not worn out by a long car trip: sounds like
a great plan.
To see more
about the Marina Click
Here
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