Isla Palenque

Located in the Gulf of Chiriqui on the country’s Pacific coast, Isla Palenque is one of Panama’s best-kept secrets. The 400-acre property has long featured an exclusive-use villa—complete with six bedrooms, a split-level infinity pool, a private restaurant, and a rainforest yoga deck—but this summer it will help usher in Panama’s new wave of luxury […]

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Isla Palenque

Photo: Courtesy Isla Palenque/David Adam Elliott

Isla Palenque

Photo: Courtesy Isla Palenque/Mike Dell

Pool at night

Casita

Located in the Gulf of Chiriqui on the country’s Pacific coast, Isla Palenque is one of Panama’s best-kept secrets. The 400-acre property has long featured an exclusive-use villa—complete with six bedrooms, a split-level infinity pool, a private restaurant, and a rainforest yoga deck—but this summer it will help usher in Panama’s new wave of luxury resorts with the debut of eight new casitas. Tucked back into the dense jungle that lines the estate’s pristine private beach, each intimate suite has been designed with sustainability and local aesthetics in mind, featuring a traditional palapa roof, a plush king-sized bed, and a spacious patio that all but spills out onto the soft golden sands and warm teal waters.