{"id":2470,"date":"2016-03-07T23:13:52","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T23:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/?p=2470"},"modified":"2016-03-08T13:45:27","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T13:45:27","slug":"peace-and-tranquility-in-santa-fe-panama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/?p=2470","title":{"rendered":"Peace and tranquility in Santa F\u00e9 (Panama)."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To get from Boquete to Panama City currently takes around 9-hours. My backside was protesting against yet another long distance bus journey so I decided to break the ride up by visiting Santa F\u00e9 &#8211; approximatley half way between Boquete and Panama City.<\/p>\n<p>The journey, using public transport, consisted of the following legs: Boquete to David (1hr) David to Santiago (3hrs) Santiago to Santa F\u00e9 (1.5hrs).<\/p>\n<p>Located in the Veraguas mountain range, about 5 hours from Panama City, Santa F\u00e9 offers a unique experience of a laid back traditional Panamanian village where horses are still commonly used as a means of transportation. Santa F\u00e9 offers a convenient base to explore the vast wilderness of the national park and the native reservations, stretching for over 40 miles in three directions.<\/p>\n<p>Santa F\u00e9 is a perfect location for those who love nature, adventure and authentic culture. It&#8217;s offerings include swimming, rafting, horseback riding, hiking (through virgin rain forest), bird watching, 4\u00d74 adventure tours, visits to organic farms and orchid gardens &#8211; to name but a few. Best of all large tour groups are still conspicuous by their absence.<\/p>\n<p>Santa F\u00e9 lies at an altitude of around 450 meters or 1350 feet, and due to its proximity to much higher mountains it enjoys a year round temperate tropical climate with warm days and cool nights. These mountains also temper the typical wet\/dry tropical seasons, resulting in a beautiful green landscape.<\/p>\n<p>The true charm about this town is that it isn\u2019t overrun with development. It truly is a place to get away from it all and return to unspoiled nature.<\/p>\n<p>I stayed at a delightful hotel with beautiful views across the valley.<\/p>\n<p>Next stage: Panama City.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/img_4022.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/img_4022.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/img_4021.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/img_4021.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/img_4001.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/img_4001.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To get from Boquete to Panama City currently takes around 9-hours. My backside was protesting against yet another long distance bus journey so I decided to break the ride up by visiting Santa F\u00e9 &#8211; approximatley half way between Boquete &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/?p=2470\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[101],"class_list":["post-2470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-panama","tag-santa-fe-panama"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2470"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2483,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470\/revisions\/2483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}