Anton Valley Map

Thermal wells

Also on this end of El Valle de Anton: La India Dormida (the Sleeping Indian Woman) mountain. According to local legend, a young Indian princess fell in love with a conquistador. Her father disapproved and refused to allow the princess to marry the Spaniard, whereupon she lay down and died. Dust covered her body and grew into a mountain.

At some 2,000 feet above sea level, El Valle de Anton and its surroundings is cooler and less humid than at lower elevations. That makes it a popular residential area with both Panamanians and retirees from other parts of the world, and there are some fine homes here. Late evenings are sufficiently cool that long sleeves or a light jacket might be more comfortable. Year-round average high temperature is 20° C (68° F), and the average nighttime minimum is a comfortable 16° C (61° F), with little variation between summer and winter.

El Valle de Anton residents sleep peacefully. The last geological activity was 32,600 years before Christ walked the earth. They live in an area of spectacular scenery and in which almost anything will grow. So fertile is the soil that ranchers’ fence posts grow leaf-laden branches once they are planted in it.

EL VALLE DE ANTON: Down, way down, in a valley surrounded by mist-wreathed mountaintops near this comfortable community, are the red tile roofs of miniature homes.