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Think New Year's is all about the traditional spots in the Caribbean? Think again. This year the chicest spot to take an unusual holiday and celebrate the countdown to 2011 is Panama. Ideal as a luxury honeymoon destination or as a scorching beach holiday for a group of friends, this alternative Caribbean hideaway is our pick of the tropical hotspots.
Right now is the perfect time to visit this relatively understated country, one of our favourite unusual destinations for to its laid-back attitude, stunning beaches and desert island experience with plenty of luxury mixed in.
Our favourite boutique hotel to sample the authentic Panamanian lifestyle in luxurious style is Coral Lodge. This bolthole more than lives up to everyone's castaway dream: is made up of wooden stilted over-water villas and heavenly stretches of sand, capable of fulfilling the most romantic tropical island fantasy. Staying in your own private hideaway, you can kick back on some of the world's most blissful beaches as well as enjoy the amazing hiking, sailing, fishing and other adventures that are on your doorstep.
With amazing outer reefs bursting with untouched corals, sponges and a huge variety of marine life surrounding the San Blas Archipelago, this is also a diver's heaven. Non-divers can stay above the waterline to kayak through the mangrove and coral bays, exploring the inlets and canals near the resort. You can even take a clear bottom kayak to the outer reefs and watch the divers as they explore the underwater world.
To soak up something equally refreshing and to see the New Year arrives in style you can relax over cocktails in the over-the-water bar or your private hot tub as the sun sinks over the horizon. Bliss...For our very latest unusual holiday ideas, or to get in touch about a tailor made holiday, get in touch with us here at Black Tomato.
