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Review of The Coronado Golf and Beach Resort, Panama

Coronado Golf and Beach Resort Review - A Review

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Coronado Golf an Beach Resort, Panama

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The Coronado Golf & Beach Resort is nestled on the shores of the Pacific Ocean less than an hour away from Panama City, Panama. The Hotel Coronado is situated on a stretch of private beach and boasts of the only professional Fazio designed, 72 par, 18 holes golf course in the region. The recently opened executive golf course features 9th holes, all of them par 3s, designed to encourage and develop the game of golf guests who would like to practice or learn to play golf. This executive golf course is also perfect for corporate golf tournaments where the participants can relax after a day of meetings.

Other amenities at the resort include four lighted tennis courts, two swimming pools and a full-service billed as “the only spa which offers crania-sacral therapy in Latin America certified by the Upledger International Institute. Aside from the crania-sacral therapy, the facility offers an array of including the chocolate massage. There’s also a gym, sauna, steam bath, indoor whirlpools, and the staff offers water aerobics and pilates classes.

If you love horses, the resort’s world class Equestrian Club is an added attraction. Its La Carreta Restaurant, open from Thursdays to Sunday, is a great place to eat and enjoy live music on Saturdays. Seven more restaurants at the resort include the La Terraza cafeteria, where the specialty is typical Panamanian food; Estribo de Plata Restaurant, which specializes in grilled dishes; the Beach Club Restaurant and Froggy’s sport and karaoke bar. There’s also a ballroom that can be divided into three sections or, as a whole, can accommodate 150 people for seminars or banquet events.

  • Seventy eight suites provide guests with beautiful views of the golf course, grounds or the exterior whirlpools and include: Royal Suite: has a capacity for six persons, and the room includes: queen beds, full bathroom, blow dryer, closet, air conditioning, balcony and TV. • Residential Suite: this room also has capacity for six persons and has an ample dinning room, sofa bed, the kitchen is equipped with refrigerator, microwave, coffee maker, and kitchen utensils.
  • Garden Suite: this elegant suite has capacity for four persons; it comes with a king size bed, two sofas, dining/ living room, cable TV, phone, air conditioning, hot water, mini bar and internet. For corporate guests, this would seem to be an ideal location to hold your seminars, meetings and or social events, especially when you consider the added attraction of the Fazio-designed golf course.
  • The conference rooms are fully air conditioned and audio visual equipment is available. The ballroom, Las Veraneras, has the capacity of 120 banquet style or 150 theatre style and can be divided into three independent meeting rooms with the capacity of 50 persons per room: Chame, Picacho and Sora.

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Contact:

Coronado Golf & Beach Resort Ave. Punta Prieta Coronado, Panama
Call toll free from the USA: 866-465-3207
For reservations, please call the Sales Office in the City of Panama: (507) 264-3164, Fax (507) 223-8513

How to Get There:

Tocumen Panama International Airport (PTY) some 17km (10.5 miles) east of Panama City.

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