Relax inside our lounge or on the outdoor patio with a cup of organic coffee, a glass of wine, wonderful food, great conversation, island music, and a friendly comfortable atmosphere, where rustic culture and fine foods come together.

Pedasito lounge and cafe offer guests the following amenities:

• Indoor Lounge
• Outside Patio
• Wi-Fi Internet
• Plasma Tv´s
• Bamboo Bar
• Rare Books
• Hammocks
• Serving Breakfast
• Air Conditioning
• Local Coffee
• Imported Wines

Our architect firm, Mallol & Mallol, has created a colonial, open and airy design that maximizes breathtaking ocean views as well as top-of-the-line features and amenities. At the same time, our models provide natural flow and functional living environments. Alternatively, if you prefer, you may let your imagination go and design the customized home of your dreams.

Pedasi’s first big development, the Andromeda Country Club is slated to begin building by early next year, promising an elegant seaside lifestyle amidst the vibrant culture and natural beauty of the Azuero Peninsula. Offers are now being accepted on its spectacular beachfront lots overlooking the Pacific Ocean, which range from 800 to 1500 square meters.

Buyers will find sweeping scenery, charming rural towns, unparalleled deep-sea fishing just minutes from shore, island nature reserves, surfing, snorkelling, wildlife-watching, scuba-diving, and no end of nooks and crannies to explore.

Residents in this elegant gated community will also enjoy 24-hour security, a beach club, swimming pool, tennis, basketball and volleyball courts, a children’s playground, a business center, as well as walking trails and parks nestled around the property’s two natural creeks.

Andromeda Oceam Estates is a luxury resort community located on the shores of the stunning Azuero Peninsula in Central Panama, just one Kilometer from the charming town of Pedasi.  Sitting on a small cut of land above Playa Garita and Playa El Toro, this 40 hectare oceanfront development offers breathtaking views of the Pacific Ocean on three sides.  Buyers will find sweeping scenery, charming rural towns, unparalleled deep-sea fishing just minutes from shore, island nature reserves, surfing, snorkeling, wildlife-watching, scuba-diving, and no end of nooks and crannies to explore.

Buyers can also choose to custom-build their home on the spacious lots, overlooking the Pacific Ocean.  Residents in this elegant gated community will also enjoy 24-hour security, a beach club, swimming pool, tennis, basketball and volleyball courts, a children’s playground, a business center, as well as walking trails and parks nestled around the property’s two natural creeks.

Recreational areas include tennis and basketball courts, min golf and joging trails. Home owners will also have access to the Andromeda Beach Club over looking long stretches of sandy white beach, where families can enjoy the clear, shallow Pacific waters.

Families can dig their toes into the sand, and enjoy the warm and shallow Pacific waters, or lay back poolside with a cool drink in hand to enjoy the spectacular panoramic views of the ocean and the gleaming white sands of Isla Iguana, a pristine island nature reserve just 20 minutes from shore.

The Beach Club also includes a Fishing Club for the casual and sport-fishers who wish to take advantage of the abundant game fish in Pedasí’s coastal waters.  From yellow-fin tuna to marlin, sailfish to wahoo, fishing along what is known as ‘the Tuna Coast’ is a year-round delight.

Successful catches can be brought back to shore to grill up fresh at the Beach Club gourmet restaurant, which will feature an eclectic menu centred on fresh, local fare ¾ tropical fruit, seafood, as well as a diversity of international elements thanks to Pedasí’s proximity to Panama City.

A bar is also on site, as is an entertainment area for events, meetings and celebrations.  Residents will also have access to the Beach Club’s gym, outfitted with the latest workout equipment for the athletically conscious. The Andromeda Country Club’s management office will also be located at the Beach Club, to assist guests and residents with all their needs.

The design of the Beach Club emphasizes the simplicity of tropical life, with careful attention to detail.  Footpaths wind through the complex, and a small wooden bridge fords one of the natural creeks that wind through the property.  The Club is fully landscaped, offering the cool shelter of greenery throughout.  Thatched and tile roofs grace the several buildings that are housed in the Beach Club, keeping a unified theme with the community’s overall design.

A parking area for golf carts is also included for residents to move easily to and from the Beach Club.

Buyers will find Pedasi Real Estate with sweeping scenery, charming rural towns, unparalleled deep-sea fishing just minutes from shore, island nature reserves, surfing, snorkeling, wildlife-watching, scuba-diving, and no end of nooks and crannies to explore.

Buyers can also choose to custom-build their home on the spacious lots, overlooking the Pacific Ocean.  Residents in this elegant gated community will also enjoy 24-hour security, a beach club, swimming pool, tennis, basketball and volleyball courts, a children’s playground, a business center, as well as walking trails and parks nestled around the property’s two natural creeks.

Recreational areas include tennis and basketball courts, min golf and joging trails. Home owners will also have access to the Andromeda Beach Club over looking long stretches of sandy white beach, where families can enjoy the clear, shallow Pacific waters.

Pedasi is a quiet, traditional town tucked away in a beautiful part of the Azuero Peninsula, the cultural heartland of Panama.  It is a place of green, rolling hills and shining blue waters resembling the tuscany region of Italy.  With its pastoral ambience, charming local cultures and a diversity of activities to suit the adventuros and leisurely alike, Pedasi is quickly making its way to the for front of the worlds top vacation and retirment destinations.

Our architect firm, Mallol & Mallol, has created a colonial, open and airy design that maximizes breathtaking ocean views as well as top-of-the-line features and amenities. At the same time, our models provide natural flow and functional living environments. Alternatively, if you prefer, you may let your imagination go and design the customized home of your dreams.

Pedasi new first big development, the Andromeda Country Club is slated to begin building by early next year, promising an elegant seaside lifestyle amidst the vibrant culture and natural beauty of the Azuero Peninsula. Offers are now being accepted on its spectacular beachfront lots overlooking the Pacific Ocean, which range from 800 to 1500 square meters.

Buyers will find sweeping scenery, charming rural towns, unparalleled deep-sea fishing just minutes from shore, island nature reserves, surfing, snorkelling, wildlife-watching, scuba-diving, and no end of nooks and crannies to explore.

Residents in this elegant gated community will also enjoy 24-hour security, a beach club, swimming pool, tennis, basketball and volleyball courts, a children’s playground, a business center, as well as walking trails and parks nestled around the property’s two natural creeks.

Andromeda Ocean Estates is a luxury resort community located on the shores of the stunning Azuero Peninsula, in Central Panama, just one Kilometer from the charming town of Pedasi.  Sitting on a small cut of land above Playa Garita and Playa El Toro, this 40 hectare oceanfront development offers breathtaking views of the Pacific Ocean on three sides.

If you would like to take advantage of our introductory pricing by purchasing a lot for your family, or if you would like to take advantage of our generous “Fly and Buy” opportunity to come and see this beautiful corner of the world for yourself, please contact me at your convenience.

 We would like your visit to Pedasi, Panama to be arranged as soon as possible. Upon arrival, we will be your Host for your stay Pedasi.   We would like you to stay a minimum of 1 day, and maximum of 3 days. In this way we will have time to cover all of the important aspects of Pedasi, Azuero.

Hotel Options in Pedasi*

• Casita Margarita $90/night + 10% service tax
• Villa Romana $88/night + 10% service tax
• Villa Camilla $240/night + 10% service tax

These rates are “low season”, single accommodation rates and will go up from December to April. High season rates apply for November festivities (First and last weekend of the month).

Clear temperate Pacific waters, deserted sandy beaches, the charm of rural life and no end of marine life to admire from behind a snorkel mask or hoist up proudly at the end of a fishing line – these are Pedasí finest offerings in the dry season, and the perfect counterpoint to gloomy and snowy winter days.

“There’s no doubt that this mirroring of seasons is a big reason why we felt Panama was the right place for our project,” said Daniel Rudasevski of Dekel Panama, the force behind Andromeda Ocean Estates.  Set just outside the town of Pedasí, Andromeda Ocean Estates is a beachfront vacation community, with exquisitely-crafted villas overlooking two wide, sandy beaches, and the stunning Isla Iguana just offshore.

“This makes Pedasi the perfect snowbird escape, for those who want to escape the winter up north; Panama is so easily accessible, safe, affordable, and inviting,” adds Mr Rudasevski.  “Andromeda Ocean Estates is designed to provide the best of both worlds – modern designs and infrastructure, every first-class amenity, but in a setting that is breathtakingly beautiful, and forever warm.”

The Azuero Peninsula is already one of Panama’s driest regions, a spit of land that is home to the country’s only swath of dry tropical forest; and when the torrential rains of September and October give way, the landscape shines emerald green under clear-washed blue skies. 

Very little rain falls after January, and the landscape slowly turns golden through the dry sunny days, with strong winds stirring up the ocean currents and bringing new gamefish to the offshore waters.  Big schools of yellowfin tuna, roosterfish, amberjack, mahi-mahi and wahoo ply the cooler coastal waters at this time of year, as well as a variety of snapper snapper, rainbow runner, snowy grouper, cubera snapper and bluefin trevally, to name just a few.

Reliably clear weather makes Pedasi’s summer the ideal time for outdoor festivities, and there is no shortage of celebration throughout the region.  The most famous and extravagant of these fiestas is the Carnival (carnaval), and every town on the Azuero Peninsula bursts into a frenzy of color, music, costumes and parades.  The center of activity is no doubt Las Tablas, about an hour up the coast from Pedasi, famed for its elaborate carnival that runs a full five days in February. 

“We’ve found that most of our homeowners don’t just want to escape, they are interested in the local culture, in taking part in this way of life,” pointed out Mr Rudasevski.  “The people of Pedasi are so incredibly friendly, and the culture is so rich here, it’s truly fascinating.  You can’t help but be drawn in.

“This is what makes Pedasi the whole package – at any time of year.”

One region in particular – Pedasi, in the Los Santos province, situated on the Central Pacific coast of Panama — is making significant economic gains as a popular tourist destination. The rich campesino tradition of the Los Santos province, growing corn, sugar cane, rice, coffee and raising livestock, offers visitors a welcome respite from the bustle of Panama City, only about 4 hours away by car.

Idyllic, picturesque, unbroken: these are the words often used to describe the landscape of of the Azuero Peninsula, on whose south end sits Pedasi. The rustic coastline is dominated by rolling fertile hills, which slope gently toward the Pacific. Air temperature never really drops below 74 F and . Visitors often draw comparisons to the South of Spain, or a variant of Tuscany.

Coastal access through Los Santos is well-paved and well-signed, and townships have neatly planned, well-maintained streets. Virtually every town has a point of wireless Internet and one never has to travel too far for a cash dispenser. Coastal architecture is a charming mix beteween colonial Old Spain and the province’s residents take pride in their towns and locals are always inviting of foreigners, even welcoming them into their own homes on occasion.

Pedasi is receiving its fair share of Panama’s booming influx of visitors. Panama’s Tourism Authority notes a steady growth of about 200,000 more annual visitors a year; and tourism in the country is expected to peak at about 2 million visitors in 2010. Because tourism makes up about 12% of Panama’s GDP, and because Panama uses the US dollar system, Panama’s been able to safely ride out the international recession.

“Panama’s yet to make its tourist mark, but it’s something that’s happening quite fast,” said the General Administrator of Panama’s Tourism Authority, Salomon Shamah. Though Mr Shamah’s expectations are still a ways away from being reached, he said foreign investment and infrastructure are two factors which are contributing enormously to the country reaching its goals.

Toward that end, Mr Shamah and the Ministry of Tourism celebrated the inauguration of scheduled Aeroperlas flights into Pedasi, which are expected to generate a significant rise in tourism activity, and further attract investment into the area.

Located at the tip of the Azuero Peninsula, Pedasi is a veritable tourist playground. One can go hiking, birdwatching, sport fishing, sailing, surfing, kayaking, snorkeling, and scuba diving. The nearby capital of Las Tablas is famous for its traditional carnival parties, annual fiestas with a rich history dating back more than 200 years. With crime rates being some of the lowest reported nationwide, foreign investment in the area is on the rise. Along the coast, a number of luxury developments — both residential and tourist — are in final stages of completion, including Andromeda Ocean Estates, a spectacular beachfront community just minutes from the town of Pedasi.

As one of the most desireable beach towns in the region, Pedasi is growing at a strong, yet controlled pace. With a regional landing strip, internationally-acclaimed surf breaks, and world-renowned sport fishing, Pedasi is presenting itself as the “it” destination of Panama’s Pacific.

With the new 7-8 year, $5.4 billion Panama Canal expansion plan approved, a spike in investment in the area will soon be seen — not only in Pedasi but across the entire Azuero Peninsula. Retirement and eco-tourism investment opportunities are presenting themselves on a daily basis in the region.

Live dance and musical performances marked the event, which was attended by Panama’s Minister of Tourism, Salomon Shamah, and Rolando Pereira, Commercial Manager of Aeroperlas, as well as representatives from various local businesses, who were instrumental in initiating the joint venture.

Mr Shamah announced the government’s intent to penetrate the country’s interior and further explore its rich tourism potential, while emphasizing the need to protect the natural heritage that supplies it.

The flight was received enthusiastically by local investors and residents alike.
 
“This region had been left off the map of domestic flights long enough,” said Daniel Rudas of Andromeda Ocean Estates, a beachfront gated community in Pedasí.  “We and other investors in the area were determined to persuade the airlines and the Ministry of Tourism that Pedasi, and the entire Azuero Peninsula, has the potential needed to make scheduled flights viable.  In fact, the demand is already there – it just needed to be acknowledged.”

Andromeda Ocean Estates and several other Pedasi businesses persuaded Mr Shamah to visit the Pedasi area and discover just how much tourism potential was waiting to be tapped.

“Once Mr Shamah set foot in Pedasi, we knew that the flight was going to become a reality.  Pedasi sells itself,” marked Mr Rudasevski.

Soon after their meeting, Aeroperlas executives, Pedasi investors and the Ministry of Tourism (ATP) hammered out a deal to subsidize flights to Pedasi’s existing airstrip.

Set in the southern point of the Azuero Peninsula in Panama’s Los Santos province, Pedasi has gained a reputation in recent years as a cozy escape for Hollywood and international celebrities, many of whom have bought vacation homes in the region.  Charming fishing villages, miles of deserted beaches, waters churning with tuna, marlin, mahi-mahi, sailfish and other prize catches, vibrant festivals and beautiful nature reserves have marked Pedasi’s appeal and lured strong investment into the district.

While Pedasi is a smooth four-hour drive from Panama City on well-maintained highways, the advent of a scheduled flight promises to further open up the region to both tourism and investment. 

Both Aeroperlas and the ATP have already begun a forceful marketing campaign promoting the new flights, which will run midday on Mondays and Fridays from Panama City’s Albrook Airport (also known as the Marcos. A. Gelabert Airport), returning the same day.  A third, additional flight on Wednesdays is also potentially in the works.

The 12-seater plying the route is one of many operated by Aeroperlas, which ferries passengers to 13 destinations across Panama.  The addition of Pedasi marks the airline’s first entry into the country’s long-neglected central interior; the majority of flights serviced destinations closer to the capital, and the Costa Rican border.

Aeroperlas is part of the TACA group, which operates domestic flights in Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala, as well as international flights across the Americas.

In this town, Paris Hilton, Michael Jordan, Mick Jagger, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mel Gibson, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein with his Panamanian wife Angela Brown can swim, take a walk and eat as any other tourist visiting the area, without being bothered by paparazzis, fans or the locals.

“Look at that gringo” is what the residents of Pedasí say when they observe a Caucasian with blonde hair and light-colored eyes, without minding if he is famous or not. For these persons, they are just foreigners on vacation, enjoying the amazing landscapes and beautiful beaches.

In spite that these famous persons have been seen by the villagers, who quickly narrate where they stay, what they eat, the owners of the hotels, restaurants and bakeries supposedly visited by them will not confirm this information, maybe to preserve the confidentiality of their services. And this is precisely what the celebrities want.

A folkloric town, the town of the same name of the District of Pedasi, Province of Los Santos, is a folkloric town, and its residents are simple and very inviting persons.

In this town, celebrities go to the Bakery Yely and a restaurant named Isla Iguana, named after the famous island that can be reached from this coast. In this restaurant, Paris Hilton had for breakfast scrambled eggs, while Mel Gibson waited two hours to be served as any other client. “(Gibson) he was like any other client. Sat in the terrace with a book, climbed his legs on a chair. Spent all the afternoon here and no one bothered him. He was unnoticed as any other regular customer”, commented a staff member from the restaurant, who also said that a year ago Woody Allen sat in the same restaurant where Hilton had visited a few months before.

“I am not so sure it was him (Allen), because that day I had a lot of work and could not affirm it, but in my opinion, that was Woody”, he said. He affirms that what attracts actors to the beaches of Pedasi, specially Isla Iguana, is precisely that residents don’t mind about them.

“They come here because they are unnoticed. People here maybe don’t know who they are”, affirmed the informant for whom these famous persons look like “a normal, common gringo”.

Visits without a trace, when Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt visited the Canopy Lodge, there were no photographs, no visitors’ books signed of the hotel located at El Valle de Antón. “It was an exclusive one-hour visit, they were alone in the hotel and were only attended by a waiter who served them wine and cheese”, said a source from the place who confessed that during those 60 minutes, no one was in their post.

He declared, “They wanted to relax, not be bothered”.

During that hour, Jolie and Pitt were in the bird observation area. However, another informant near the hotel said that the actors stayed two nights at the Canopy Lodge and that the only one directly taking care of them was the owner of the lodge. “Among their activities during their stay in Panama, they visited the Canal and the Biodiversity Museum at the Causeway”, he specified.

But Angelina and Brad are not the only ones who love to be untraced. Michael Jordan has traveled several times to Pedasi, and to this date there are no photographs of his visits. A resident told how the basketball player took a photograph with her, but the athlete has the evidence of said moment. “Not only actors come here, also politicians of any party and even presidents and vice-presidents, many people come here”, revealed the lady.

Special neighbors, some comment that the Colombian singer Shakira and the vocalist of the Rolling Stone, Mick Jagger, have also visited Pedasi. Other say that the actor and governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger has been seen fishing at Isla Iguana.

But all villagers do agree that celebrities stay at Villa Camilla and Casita Margarita.

“The administrators of the hotel pick them up and bring them. They (the famous) come dress with normal clothes, like another tourist in town”, stated a resident, who confessed seeing from afar a property whose owner is the renown designer, Carolina Herrera. “I have seen the house and a guard told me that she was the owner”, he said.

Mel Gibson and Michael Jordan are also mentioned as some of the celebrities having purchased properties. However, a source related with Villa Camilla made it clear that the basketball player still has not acquired a residence.

“(Jordan) has been here three times, his last visit was a year ago. He has no property, but rents a house directly from the owners”, admitted a source and added that the sportsman loves “the climate, the beach and fishing more than anything”.

According to this person, Angelina and Brad also visited this hotel in Pedasi, “I even understand that they came to see some property projects”.

Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein frequently comes to this lodge, where he enjoys “dining and cocktails”. The Prince loves this place so much that he already has a property, according to the informant.

The Capital City, some prefer to relax in the beaches, while others love to enjoy the city life, as is the case of the Spanish singer Julio Iglesias. Some time ago he was seen at the Sheraton Hotel and his visit was unnoticed.

“I was in the hotel and he passed by like any other person, I remember he was dressed with white thread pants, “said Mélida Trujillo, promoter of Gilberto Santa Rosa.

The Merengue singer, Eddy Herrera loves very much the Panamanian capital city, so much that – according to his representative, Jimmy Dawson – he would like to buy a home in Paitilla or Costa del Este.

“He loves gourmet and native food. When he comes to Panama, he meets with his close friends to play golf. He also loves resort type hotels. Once he went to Decameron and was fascinated”, emphasized Dawson, who also represents the Dominican singer, Sergio Vargas.

“On the other hand, Sergio prefers more pasta and seafood. He enjoys very much peacefulness and to share with friends. Enjoys smoking some Havana cigars, drink wines and eat cheese”, he stated.

Dawson indicated that Vargas prefers visiting the outskirts of the city were the climate is cooler and there is more vegetation. He added, “Once he went to the carnivals of Dolega and Chitre, and he was delighted with the cool climate and the highland environment of Chiriqui”.

The famous Brangelina duo also set foot in Panama City. The actors stopped at a gas station in Balboa Avenue, “They were buying bottles of water like any common person, they were alone, no bodyguards”, stated a source, who also says having seen in the Panamanian streets Mick Jagger and the granddaughter of the famous American writer, Ernest Hemingway, Mariel Hemingway, who came to Panama to film a documentary.

Story Translated from Prensa:  Anahil Trómpiz Torres