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Pan-American Highway
The world's longest motorable road stretching approximately 30,000 kilometers from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to Ushuaia, Argentina.
19 km · about 20 min drive
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Tocumen
Panamá, Panama · North America
About Tocumen
Tocumen works well as a base: 5 minutes from Vista Hermosa, 19km from Pan-American Highway.
Tocumen is in Panamá, Panama, with about 51,000 people. The nearest town is Vista Hermosa, about 4 km away.
Tocumen is a city and corregimiento in Panamá District, Panamá Province, Panama with a population of 74,952 as of 2010. Its population as of 1990 was 47,032; its population as of 2000 was 83,187. It is the site of the Tocumen International Airport.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Tocumen?
Within an hour or so of Tocumen: Pan-American Highway (19 km), Casco Viejo (23 km), Miraflores Locks Visitor Center (25 km), Biomuseo (25 km).
Are there any good drives near Tocumen?
The nearest famous roads are Pan-American Highway.
Where is Tocumen?
Tocumen is in Panamá, Panama, about 4 km from Vista Hermosa.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 50,844
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- Panama
- Region
- Panamá
- Timezone
- America/Panama
- Coordinates
- 9.0894, -79.3831
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Worth the detour from Tocumen
7 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Casco Viejo
Panama City's UNESCO-listed historic quarter with crumbling colonial facades, rooftop bars, and views of the glittering modern skyline.
23 km · about 25 min drive
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Miraflores Locks Visitor Center
A four-storey viewing terrace directly above the Panama Canal's Pacific locks, where Panamax ships are raised 16 m in two steps a few metres from the rail. Bilingual commentary tracks each transit.
25 km · about 30 min drive
museum
Biomuseo
Frank Gehry's only building in Latin America: a crumpled cascade of red, blue and yellow roof planes on the Amador Causeway, telling how the isthmus rose and split two oceans while joining two continents.
25 km · about 30 min drive
bridge
Bridge of the Americas
The graceful 1962 steel arch carrying the Pan-American Highway over the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, for decades the only fixed link between the Americas.
26 km · about 30 min drive
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Panama Canal
One of the greatest engineering feats in history, this 82-kilometer waterway connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through a system of locks.
33 km · about 40 min drive
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Portobelo
A Caribbean bay where Spain's silver fleets once loaded, guarded by ruined coral-stone forts standing right at the roadside, plus the church of the Black Christ, focus of a huge October pilgrimage.
60 km · about 70 min drive
Driving roads near Tocumen
- 19 kmPan-American HighwayThe world's longest motorable road stretching approximately 30,000 kilometers from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to Ushuaia, Argentina.
- 26 kmBridge of the AmericasThe graceful 1962 steel arch carrying the Pan-American Highway over the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, for decades the only fixed link between the Americas.
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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