What is the history of Coronado, Panama?
Nicolas Baldrich - Coronado Golf & Beach Resort
In the early 20th century, the Eisenmann family would come to Coronado, Panama to spend their free time. The approximately 1,500 acres bought by them was 83 kilometers (about 51 miles) from the city and
at that time it was a very long drive with no accessible roads.
Senior Eisenmann had a dream to construct and develop property, but many thought at that time that it was a crazy idea. After his death, his son, Bobby...
In the early 20th century, the Eisenmann family would come to Coronado, Panama to spend their free time. The approximately 1,500 acres bought by them was 83 kilometers (about 51 miles) from the city and
at that time it was a very long drive with no accessible roads.
Senior Eisenmann had a dream to construct and develop property, but many thought at that time that it was a crazy idea. After his death, his son, Bobby decided and began to comply with his dads dream.
In 1972, the first condo was built. Today there are more than 10 condos, 2,000 residents, a hotel Coronado Golf and Beach Resort, with a golf course, equestrian club, beach club, a fully commercial area with supermarkets, banks, restaurants, shops, offices... Coronado continues to grow and grow every year, to the point that now Coronado is considered the capital of the Pacific beaches in Panama.
Posted June 25, 2013
Col Davis Stevenson RET
Coronado, Panama for a long time was a beach vacation spot for city folks from Panama City as well as residents of the Canal Zone. The majority of the property of Coronado belongs to the Eisman Family. Bobby Eisman took the idea of sub dividing the property into small lots that could be sold for homes and promoted this idea which eventually grew into today's Coronado. The first major step was the building of the golf course and the golf club which became a magnet for weekend...
Coronado, Panama for a long time was a beach vacation spot for city folks from Panama City as well as residents of the Canal Zone. The majority of the property of Coronado belongs to the Eisman Family. Bobby Eisman took the idea of sub dividing the property into small lots that could be sold for homes and promoted this idea which eventually grew into today's Coronado. The first major step was the building of the golf course and the golf club which became a magnet for weekend visitors leading to the major expansion of Coronado. Coronado had several lean years due to the exile of Bobby Eisman by the dictator of Panama. Several members of the club jumped into the leadership and kept the club operating which lent stability to the community during these lean times.
Posted June 25, 2013
RICH Novak - RE/MAX Beaches & City! INC.
Coronado was founded in the 1940s and it was a place where wealthy Panamanians escaped from Panama City to the beach. The Eisenmann family owned much of the land here.
What used to happen was Panamanians would load up a bus full of locals, come up to Coronado, party at the beach and throw beer cans everywhere. In 2002, a member of the Eisenmann family decided to put up a gate and whenever a bus full of Panamanians arrived, they were turned away. A court...
Coronado was founded in the 1940s and it was a place where wealthy Panamanians escaped from Panama City to the beach. The Eisenmann family owned much of the land here.
What used to happen was Panamanians would load up a bus full of locals, come up to Coronado, party at the beach and throw beer cans everywhere. In 2002, a member of the Eisenmann family decided to put up a gate and whenever a bus full of Panamanians arrived, they were turned away. A court case followed that even went up to the Supreme Court because all the beaches in Panama are public, but the roads leading to the beach are private roads. Therefore, Eisenmann won their case and has the right not to allow people on their road.
When we arrived in Coronado in 2007, there was nothing much here, just a couple of convenience stores. But now in recent years, there has been a lot of development in Coronado, especially because of the new airport just up the road.
Posted October 28, 2014
David Bayliss - KW PACIFICA
Coronado was started by a family headed by Roberto Eisenmann when the Inter-Americana Highway (the highway that is called by many different names and goes from here to Alaska) was just a small, two-lane road with a beautiful set of coast beaches nestled against the mountains. Coronado started as a weekend vacation destination not long ago because of the natural beauty and the terrain, and it has just built upon that.if you’re in Panama City and you say,...
Coronado was started by a family headed by Roberto Eisenmann when the Inter-Americana Highway (the highway that is called by many different names and goes from here to Alaska) was just a small, two-lane road with a beautiful set of coast beaches nestled against the mountains. Coronado started as a weekend vacation destination not long ago because of the natural beauty and the terrain, and it has just built upon that.if you’re in Panama City and you say, “I’m going to the beach,” you’re not just going to Coronado but you’re going somewhere in the 20 mile strip between Coronado-Gorgona and Coronado-San Carlos; to the people in Panama City, that’s “the beach.”
Many people get focused on just the town of Coronado, but you wouldn’t know from looking out the window where Coronado starts and the next little town starts or stops. So what is generally referred to as “Coronado” is more than just the town of Coronado; it’s a strip of about 30 miles of beach of numerous little places that have their own characteristics. For example, San Carlos has their own little bread market and they make bread with the shape of a fish. They have produce stands and vegetables grown by the locals.
The great news is this whole beach area has lots of room to grow. People worry sometimes about the Coronado area being overbuilt but there’s miles and miles of beaches and so the development is going into the towns next to Coronado—Gorgona, the towns past Coronado, San Carlos—and you get different terrain and different other characteristics of each area.
They’re improving the highway again from the Panama City and they’re bringing the train to the town of La Chorrera from Panama City. La Chorrera is about halfway to Coronado. We have a little airport that’s international now called Scarlett Martinez International Airport in Rio Hato, and there are flights from Canada coming into the airport. This area is just going to continue to grow.
The real shock of the Coronado area is the number of young families living here with kids from all over the world. When I moved here my son was one of the four kids in the only international school. Now, that school has grown to 47 kids in high school alone and there are three schools in this area that are international and are all full and having to add on every year. The young people who now live here have given Coronado a feeling of electricity. Now you’ve got the ability to retire here and in addition young people with kids are making this place fantastic.
(View of the beach from a condo in Gorgona near Coronado, Panama, pictured.)
Posted March 22, 2016