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A Look Inside A Luxe Home In The World’s #1 Expat Haven

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Sep 25, 2026
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My real estate scout, Sophia Titley, checking out progress on this luxurious development in Boquete, Panama, that you can get in on…

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As a reader of these dispatches, you’ll likely have heard of Boquete.

In 2010, the AARP named it the world’s top retirement haven.

By that time, I’d been showcasing Boquete’s charms for more than a decade.

However, I wasn’t the first to recognize the potential of this hidden valley. First was a fellow retire overseas pioneer.

Sam Taliaferro was an American entrepreneur searching for a new and better life overseas. He had a clear vision of the paradise he sought.

Sam wanted to restart his life somewhere beautiful and serene… peaceful and safe…

Somewhere offering broad vistas and wide-open spaces… that was supported by a welcoming community… and backed by top-notch infrastructure and world-class health care.

Yes, Sam wanted it all.

And he found it in Boquete.

Sam reached out to me just after he’d identified this remarkable spot he believed could deliver on his ultimate lifestyle. He wanted to share his discovery with others also dreaming of a better life in retirement.

Sam had been introduced to Boquete by his Panamanian bride. She’d enjoyed years of family holidays in this mountain idyll. The beautiful spot was a best-kept secret. No one outside Panama, including me, had ever heard of it.

When Sam toured me around Boquete for the first time, I understood why he was so enthusiastic about his find. This place was special… a hidden gem of wildflower-covered hillsides, waterfalls, creeks, and valleys…

Boquete was Mother Nature at her best and utterly undisturbed.

It was also Panama, meaning long-term stability and safe haven… the best infrastructure and health care in the region, improving all the time… and no currency risk.

However, in truth, Sam and I both were a bit forward-thinking in our original recommendation.

Back in 1999 when I saw Boquete for the first time, it was a humble village. It had all the raw materials of the world’s best place to retire… but it was thin on comfort and convenience.

Fast forward to today and Boquete has come of age. It is everything you could ask for in a retirement destination.

Colorful peacock sculpture surrounded by vibrant flowers in a Boquete garden.

Today Boquete is home to one of the world’s biggest communities of expats and foreign retirees. These are welcoming folks. Living here you’d never want for English-speaking company.

In addition, Boquete offers fresh spring-like weather year-round. Down at sea level, Panama is hot and steamy. Up here in the highlands it’s eternally pleasant… even cool enough some evenings for a fire. Some homes come with fireplaces.

The countryside is lush and green in this land of rainbows…

Scenic view of Boquete’s green coffee-growing landscape and surrounding mountains.

And the cost of living is low… remarkably low given the lifestyle on offer…

For life here today is fully appointed. Boquete village boasts restaurants of nearly every nationality, nightlife, massage studios, beauty salons… along with grocery stores and medical clinics…

This region also produces some of the best coffee on earth, including the famous geisha bean, grown in beautiful fields all around.

Colorful peacock sculpture surrounded by vibrant flowers in a Boquete garden.

It’s a nature-lover’s dream and an outdoorsman’s playground. You could spend your days hiking the lush highlands, rafting on the river, spotting wildlife, fishing…

Plus, you’re only around 30 minutes from David, Panama’s second-largest city, where you’ll find everything you’d expect to find in a large city back home.

You’re also just 50 minutes from the Pacific coast and its beaches.

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Boquete has grown up to offer everything you could want for your retirement lifestyle…

With one glaring exception.

Quality housing has been very hard to come by… and luxury housing has been non-existent…

Until now.

In this tranquil paradise, a luxury-standard project, boasting a slew of five-star amenities, by Panama’s most respected and established developer is well underway. I sent my real estate scout Sophia Titley there recently to check on progress…

Bright, modern interior with an open kitchen and dining area overlooking the Boquete landscape.

Thanks to our decades-long personal relationship with the developer, we’ve been able to negotiate for Live And Invest Overseas readers to have their pick of the best inventory every step of the way. Phase I has already opened its doors, celebrating its grand opening just last week.

Now, we’ve secured access to the newest phase of the resort, giving you the chance to get in before the full vision is built out.

And that’s not all…

We’ve arranged for a massive discount of up to $12k for my readers… along with a VIP invitation to visit in person.

To gain access to all the details, you need to join us next week, on Wednesday, Sept. 30, at 11 a.m. ET, for our Ultimate Retirement Haven Spotlight Event when America’s #1 overseas property expert Lief Simon, together with our contact on the ground in Panama, will walk you through this one-of-a-kind opportunity.

Simply click here to register at no cost and obligation free.

Until next time,

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Kathleen Peddicord has reported on opportunities for Americans to live, retire, and do business overseas for 40 years. She has traveled to more than 75 countries, invested in real estate in 24, established businesses in 7, renovated and built properties in 6, and educated her children in 5.

Kathleen has moved children, staff, enterprises, household goods, and pets from the east coast of the United States to Waterford, Ireland, then to Paris, France, and finally to Panama City, Panama, where she has based her Live And Invest Overseas business. Peddicord and her husband, Lief Simon, now divide their time between Panama and Paris.

Peddicord was a partner with Agora Publishing’s International Living group for 23 years. She opened, staffed, and operated International Living publishing and real estate marketing offices in Waterford, Ireland; Panama City, Panama; Granada, Nicaragua; Roatan, Honduras; San Miguel de Allende, Mexico; Quito, Ecuador; and Paris, France. Peddicord launched Live And Invest Overseas group in 2008 and has built it into a successful multimillion-dollar business. Today, she shares her firsthand experience of expat life with more than 500,000 readers of her publications, including Overseas Opportunity Letter and Overseas Living Letter.

Kathleen has been featured often in The New York Times, MSNBC, AARP, CNN, Bloomberg, CNBC, and more and writes monthly about expat matters, international real estate, and offshore diversification for Forbes and U.S. News.

Kathleen has written several books including the memoirs “At Home In Ireland” and “At Home At Los Islotes” and her latest title “At Home Abroad,” all published by Lahardan Books. Her best-selling "How To Retire Overseas: Everything You Need To Know To Live Well (For Less) Abroad” was published by Penguin Random House in 2018 and her “Buying Real Estate Overseas For Cash Flow (And A Better Life)” was published by Wiley in August 2020.

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