A Dream Home In Panama: 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.
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…
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. 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.
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.
Now, here in this tranquil paradise, Panama’s most respected and established developer is undertaking a luxury-standard project.
This private community beside the Boquete Country Club will have the feel of a high-end European Alpine resort.
We’ve been waiting years for a project of this caliber in this part of Panama.
Boquete’s allure is as strong as ever. Expat retirees continue to flock to this spot. The demand is only increasing.
Likewise, Boquete is also enjoying fast-growing demand from the booming adventure and eco-tourism markets.
This new property is just what these folks are crying out for and just the opportunity I’ve long sought. This will be the premier resort in the region.
It could be your idyllic luxury retirement… your first-class getaway… or an investment for easy rental income and long-term appreciation in one of the world’s safest havens.
And, because of 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 in phase II, along with the chance to snap up one of the last remaining 7 units in phase I.
Join us tomorrow, April 22, 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.
Until next time,
