Playa Farallón — Attraction in Coclé

We visited Playa Farallon, next to playa Blanca in September. It was fairly clean throughout the beach, and quiet during the week. The weekends bring more visitors. There are only a handful of restaurants serving cocktails and beer to choose from on the beach, and another few behind the beach inland. The water was OK to swim, warm with some waves, and not clear, so its better for the more confident swimmer. The sand is soft and a mix from beige to black depending on which end of the long stretch you are. It can take about 40 minutes to walk the length of the beach. the west end near the river mouth next to Playa Blanca feels more local and run-down, and the east side is newer with high rise resorts. The area is dominated by Resorts & high rises, so there is little choice in terms of budget or moderate priced accommodation. The 'cheaper' hotels or hostels are in fact quite expensive in comparison to the rest of the country's beach properties (for $50-60 USD/night). It was easy to get to Playa Farallon along the IntraAmericana highway from Panama City or David, with Coach bus getting off on request to exit Farallon, then walking across to the smaller bus stop and hailing a small public white bus marked "Farallon" for $0.50 usd - 0.75 each or taxi $3 usd total, to the beach (less than 10 minutes from the Farallon...

Beautiful beach! At low tide can walk for miles (though be careful about checking tides if you have plans to get back walking vs swimming!)

Highlights include transfixing peach and pink shells, high soaring frigate birds, sweet cafes and no too significant a crowd.

A man and his young son come around selling coconuts for water. A small group of men have horses for rental. Or just sit and be - a great place to watch the weather and...

Es una playa bastante tranquila, sin mucha gente. Hay ranchitos para alquilar que pueden costar 3$, 5$, 10$ o más. Hay lugares para hospedarse, para comer y beber.

No hay muchas duchas, hay un lugar donde por 20$ por persona consumibles en el lugar (restaurante) puedes usar las duchas y baño, y en otro sitio un poco más retirado (Los Bam Búes) puedes ducharte por 50 centavos y usar el vestidor por 50 centavos más (no es lo más bonito pero es funcional).

Me parece que es un lugar seguro. Fácil de llegar, desde albrook tomas cualquier bus que pase por Rio Hato y te quedas en Farallon y alli pasan taxis o busitos que cobran entre 50 centavos a 2$ para llevarte hasta la callecita que da a la playa, y así mismo te devuelves.

Las olas son un poco fuertes temprano (como hasta las 12) pero es solo en el pedazo donde rompen las olas, si te vas un poco más allá (donde el agua aún llega al pecho) se...