Articles of category "Central America"

City Panama is the capital of Panama, a country in Central America. Located on the sprout of northwest Florida on beautiful St. Andrew's Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, Panama City is known as a popular tourist location famous for year round comfortable climate and friendly atmosphere. Prominent places of interest borne by bright diversity of Panamanian culture, and seemingly omnipresent sea will never let you be bored.

Due to advantageous geographic location Panama presents interesting options for everyone. Beautiful mountains, rivers, tropical rainforests provide an excellent quiet retreat from a bustling city life. Coastal areas dispose of seemingly the best beaches in the world and provide perfect conditions for water rest: fishing, scuba diving, and snorkeling. One of the country's most eminent phenomena is the Panama Canal well-known as a busy route from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. This article will shed light on the history of the Canal construction, which lasted for over seven years and took almost 28,000 lives of workers, and prove the validity of so a terrible sacrifice.

El Salvador, the smallest country in Central America, has constantly been facing the issue of poverty. The history of El Salvador is full of civil conflicts and disasters, which have been major obstacles for improving people's lives throughout decades. However, in recent years people of El Salvador have been demonstrating amazing courage and optimism in fighting poverty, which may explain the recent positive changes in the country.

El Salvador is sure a volcanic country, and not just in the sense of being situated on a plateau between two chains of volcanoes and having two dozens of them on its territory. Everyone who is lucky to find his spirit gliding on a natural height in the middle of the famous festival in San Salvador can realize that life is a big carnival if you learn how to enjoy it to the most. Ladies and gentlemen, a complete guide to joy and pleasure -- El Salvador!

Nicaragua is the largest Central American country, but it is still small enough to make visiting for a few weeks a viable option.On your travel to Nicaragua, the vast, chaotic cities of Leon and Managua are worth a call. But if you want lazy rather than hazy, there are plenty of bumming-about options. Several times as you hung out on the deck, families of howler monkeys would stop for a while in nearby trees before moving on.

It's Central America as it should be - miles of pristine beaches, rainforest running down to the sea, spectacular wildlife. And it's safe. Now a sumptuous new hacienda has opened so you can enjoy ecotourism in nicaragua in style. A landscape of outstanding natural beauty, of lakes, volcanoes, rainforest and pristine beaches - these are not the first things most people think of when Nicaragua is mentioned. More likely would be revolution and civil war, poverty and natural disasters.

Apart from many attractions in Guatemala with a Mayan connection, Guatemala offers a number of other activities, such as hiking and climbing, bird-watching. You can have a bird's-eye view of the volcanoes from a helicopter. Spanish language courses are very popular with students of Spanish. Let us take a look to what this Central American country has to offer.

This article includes the description of natural conditions of Honduras, of national parks and places of interest. What does the "Garifuna" means? What do people seek on the Isles de la Baya? Article can reveal the answers.

This article contains history of ecotourism in Costa Rica and answers on questions, such as what unique natural wonders do wait one in this country, what place does ecotourism take in economy of Costa Rica and what islands were the prototype for Steven Spielberg's "Park of Jurassic period"?

This article includes a list of the best hotels in Costa Rica, some information about the country and some examples, how one can busy oneself during Costa Rica travel. Sights of San Jose, some natural wonders and national dishes are also described.

In this article, some of the most interesting cities in Honduras, including are described. Sights and some health resort towns are enumerated too. Furthermore, here one can find a list of the most popular festivals and fairs, which is rather useful when you are planning your Honduras holiday.

Belize is a small state in Central America located on the Yucatan peninsula bordering Mexico to the northwest and Guatemala to the west and south. Known for its unique nature and diversity, this popular resort also attracts tourists with its great hotels, high level of service, and kind and friendly population.

Belize travel will produce a long-lasting, unforgettable, and even fairytale impression on you and, certainly, come up to expectations of the most fastidious tourist.