Limon Bay — Attraction in Colón

North end of the Panama Canal, natural harbour of the Caribbean Sea, in Panama at the north end of the Panama Canal. Approximately 4.5 miles (7 km) long and 2.5 miles wide, it is protected from storms by breakwaters at its entrance. The bay serves as a waiting area for ships about to enter the canal. On its eastern shore are the twin cities of Cristóbal and Colón, the Atlantic terminus of the canal. It sits on the Caribbean coast, at the entrance to the Panama Canal. The Canal Expansion Observation Center is a park with viewing platforms over the canal’s Atlantic locks and Gatún Lake. The vast Colón Free Trade Zone offers tax-free shopping. Just west of the city, at the mouth of the Chagres River, Fort San Lorenzo is a well-preserved colonial...

This is a very busy shipping port on the Caribbean side (North coast) of Panama. Many ships offload cargo here, which is taken by train to the Pacific (South coast) in order to decrease the cost and delay of transshipping through the Panama Canal. The port itself has an industrial and utilitarian beauty. Our cruise ship off and onloaded passengers here with complete cooperation from the local...

Excelente experiencia de atravesar el canal de Panamá via colon sobre una gabarra, con su vehículo, puede ver cómo pasan en frente suyo grandes buques con sus cargas atravesando el canal, las aguas de bahía limón no se ven contaminadas, ni tiene olor desagradable. En la gabarra puede subir hasta la cabina del capitán que muy gentilmente le permitirá tomar fotografías de la cabina de mando. La gente que realiza el transporte es muy amable, y el traslado de un lado al otro...