Best Places In The World To Retire

The answer in most cases is no, Medicare will not pay for health care outside the U.S. However, if you’re in the U.S. and during a medical emergency a foreign hospital is closer than the nearest U.S. hospital, Medicare may pay for these expenses.

It is always recommended that individuals who have Medicare and live abroad secure an international policy. These policies will typically provide coverage anywhere in the world, free choice of doctors/hospitals and guarantee the...

The answer in most cases is no, Medicare will not pay for health care outside the U.S. However, if you’re in the U.S. and during a medical emergency a foreign hospital is closer than the nearest U.S. hospital, Medicare may pay for these expenses.

It is always recommended that individuals who have Medicare and live abroad secure an international policy. These policies will typically provide coverage anywhere in the world, free choice of doctors/hospitals and guarantee the renewal of the policy for life. International catastrophic policies for those 65 and older are relatively affordable and cost as little as $90 per month. It is important that retirees secure these policies before age 74; as this is the maximum age one can apply for a new international policy.

Good news!  The Apartments Sofia have recently opened and they offer one and two bedroom fully furnished apartments in a secure building. There is also a swimming pool and laundry facilities. These are great for long or short term and are right in the heart of Granada. Check out our website for more info.  

Good news!  The Apartments Sofia have recently opened and they offer one and two bedroom fully furnished apartments in a secure building. There is also a swimming pool and laundry facilities. These are great for long or short term and are right in the heart of Granada. Check out our website for more info.  

The best things to do in and around Boquete include several outdoor activities. If you’re an outdoor person, there’s no better place to be than right here in Boquete. In Boquete, you’ll see professional cyclists that you would see in the United States riding through the volcano, and up the gradual slope of the mountain.

 

Other interesting activities in Boquete include hiking, chasing waterfalls, fishing, and climbing and experiencing the summit at...

The best things to do in and around Boquete include several outdoor activities. If you’re an outdoor person, there’s no better place to be than right here in Boquete. In Boquete, you’ll see professional cyclists that you would see in the United States riding through the volcano, and up the gradual slope of the mountain.

 

Other interesting activities in Boquete include hiking, chasing waterfalls, fishing, and climbing and experiencing the summit at Volcan Baru, which is the volcano in Boquete that’s a central fixture in our landscape or in our horizon no matter where you are here in our province at Chiriquí. 

 

You can stand on the summit of Volcan Baru and you can see the Pacific Ocean to your south, and the Caribbean to your north. There aren’t many places in the world where you can have a view of two oceans from one viewpoint at the same time, and it’s an incredible view. 

 

In Boquete, there are various opportunities to go fishing out in the sea, in the inland rivers, and in the lakes. Boquete is just an outdoors paradise for people.

 

If you’re in Boquete, and you want to enjoy the beach for the day, you’re only an hour away from the beach. Boquete has several beaches in the province where you can go to that feature surfing, and find very good Jamaican-style fried fish on the Caribbean side. 

 

My family and I do a lot of day runs to the beach. We love the beach. We also do a lot of hiking, fishing, and other activities here in Boquete. The Caribbean is just an hour and a half away from Boquete, and the Pacific, where the island life is, is within an hour to an hour and a half on the south side of Boquete. 

 

I have six children between 2 and 14 years old. My family and I serve the community as much as anything here in Boquete. For example, we throw a lot of service projects, and I also help to lead worship at our church, Boquete Bible Fellowship. 

 

We’re a homeschooling family here in Boquete and back in the United States, so we seek out opportunities to interact with other homeschooling families, and we do a lot of that here in Boquete. Boquete has a thriving homeschooling community, and has an international school that’s bilingual for both English speakers and Spanish speakers. Boquete also has a church-based school, and has a thriving community for teenagers and pre-teens.  It has a huge community of English-speaking expats.

 

(Pictured: atop Volcan Baru, Panama.)

If you move your residency to Portugal, under Portuguese law you are liable to pay taxes in Portugal. Portugal has signed treaties to prevent double taxation with 71 countries (including most European Countries, United States and Canada) that assure its citizens and residents the protection against being taxed in more than one country.
 
If you move your residency to Portugal you may be entitled to benefit from the Non Habitual Resident Regime that allows you to obtain tax...

If you move your residency to Portugal, under Portuguese law you are liable to pay taxes in Portugal. Portugal has signed treaties to prevent double taxation with 71 countries (including most European Countries, United States and Canada) that assure its citizens and residents the protection against being taxed in more than one country.
 
If you move your residency to Portugal you may be entitled to benefit from the Non Habitual Resident Regime that allows you to obtain tax exemptions on several types of income earned aboard such as pension income, dividends, interests, etc.
 
I cannot expand on the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion available to US taxpayers as I am not expert in US tax regulations.  If you are a US taxpayer I recommend that you ask your tax expert about the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion, and how it could be combined with the Portuguese Non Habitual Resident Regime in order to give you the best outcome.

 

(View of the rooftops and the  seaside from The Blue Boutique Hostel and Suites, Estoril, Portugal, pictured.)