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Panama: the canal and the hub of the Americas

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Panama is where two oceans and two continents meet, and the canal makes the crossroads visible. At the Miraflores Visitor Center near Panama City, three observation decks put you metres from ships rising and falling in the locks, with a four-hall museum on the waterway's history. On the Caribbean side, the newer Agua Clara Center reveals the giant 2016 expansion locks built for Neopanamax vessels. With Tocumen serving as Copa's « Hub of the Americas », a layover here can…

Panama Canal, Tocumen Airport: Panama is a strategic crossroads between two oceans and two continents.

The Panama Canal links the Atlantic and Pacific; about 14,000 ships transit it each year.

Watch the ships pass through the locks. With a data eSIM, book, translate and organise your stopover.

Must-see

Miraflores Visitor Center
Three decks metres from transiting ships, plus a four-hall canal museum near the city.
Agua Clara Visitor Center
Caribbean-side viewpoint over the giant 2016 Neopanamax expansion locks.
Tocumen International (Hub of the Americas)
Copa Airlines' hub linking North, Central and South America.

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Best mid-morning at Miraflores, when more ships transit the locks. With a data eSIM, book a canal-and-city layover tour, translate on the spot and organise your onward connection.

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