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To not miss any of your Échappées belles, subscribe here: / echappées belles Our favorite is Panama! - Echappées belles Mainly known for its canal between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Panama, a small country in Central America, can boast of its multitude of landscapes: from the sea to the mountains, nearly a third of the national territory is classified as a nature reserve. Sophie Jovillard suggests setting off to discover this country that looks like a postcard. Wedged between the famous Costa Rica to the west and the immense Colombia to the east, caught between two waters, the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, Panama is best known for being a tax haven before being a paradise, period. However, it does not lack assets (or atolls): 1,500 islands, nearly 2,500 km of coastline, a temperate climate all year round. The Bocas del Toro archipelago has 9 main islands and thousands of small rocks around it. Populated by frogs, monkeys and hundreds of bird species, the inhabitants try to preserve the biodiversity that surrounds them by all means, especially the fish-filled waters. An exceptional resource for their cuisine with tropical flavors that reveals a very strong cultural mix in the area. Sophie Jovillard is on a shuttle boat with other passengers who have come to discover, like her, the magnificent postcard landscape of the Bocas del Toro archipelago. Before taking in the whole of Panama and the two seas that surround it. It is the diversity of landscapes that makes this country a paradise. A wonder that deserves to be known, protected by its inhabitants and by a very environmentalist policy. On the program: The country of a thousand islands My life underwater The Panama Canal Panama, the rhythm of the Americas The sentinels of biodiversity The brown gold of the Panamanians -- Join us on: ???? Facebook: / echappeesbellesf5 ???? Instagram: / echappees_belles ???? Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.fr/Echappees_Be... ???? france.tv: https://www.france.tv/france-5/echapp... Sophie Jovillard, Tiga, Ismaël Khelifa and Jérôme Pitorin take turns on Saturdays at 8:50 p.m. on france5 to help you discover getaways that are as beautiful as they are far away.