Moderators Moderator_03 Posted January 8 Moderators Posted January 8 Quote Boquete Flower and Coffee Festival 2025 January 7, 2025 Looking for a photogenic fair full of colour? Then consider the Feria de Boquete Panama, also known as the Boquete Flower and Coffee Festival. Everyone has heard of Panama City and its canal, but far less people venture from this part of the country to the west and close to the border with Costa Rica. The Flower and Coffee Festival takes over the streets of the small mountain town of Boquete. There are ample food and gift vendors, live entertainment, and massive arrangements of colorful flowers situated peacefully beside the river. The event attracts a surprising amount of visitors. Expect an abundance of colorful decorations, works by local artists, great tasting coffee, and all sorts of music and dancing. The event tends to be more lively after dark and the disco music goes on until late and beyond. As Boquete is in the mountains, it can be cool at night, so make sure to bring a sweater. Bring your camera, your water bottle and good shoes. The History of the Festival The festival has its modest beginnings in 1950 and occurred intermittently every several years until the floods in the region in 1970. Then from 1971, it began to be celebrated every year. Until 1991 it was held in April, but was then switched to January. When is the Boquete Panama Feria de las Flores? From 8 to 19 January 2025. The entry fee is $2.50, or $1.25 for jubilados. Children under 10 years are free. Other Things to Do in the Region Boquete is close to the Baru Volcano National Park. From the summit, you can see both the Pacific and the Caribbean. There is spectacular bird and butterfly watching, hiking and beautiful waterfalls. If you are looking for adventure, you can also go rock climbing, or try out the zip line. https://newsroompanama.com/2025/01/07/boquete-flower-and-coffee-festival-2025/ Quote
Moderators Moderator_03 Posted 3 hours ago Author Moderators Posted 3 hours ago Quote Thousands of flowers and the most expensive coffee in the world adorn the village in the mountains of Panama during the 2025 Boquete Fair News from Panama / Friday, January 17th, 2025 Post Views: 12 Thousands of flowers fill Boquete, a town in the mountains of northern Panama, with color, in a traditional fair in which their aromas are mixed with that of geisha coffee, the most expensive special grain in the world, to the delight of thousands of people who visit it every year. This is the Flower and Coffee Fair, which started this week and takes place until January 19 in an open enclosure flanked by the La Caldera River that crosses Boquete, a town in the valley of the same name and located more than 500 kilometers west of the capital of Panama. Tomás Ruiz, president of the board of trustees of the fair, explains to EFE that both national and imported flowers are exhibited with artisans from Peru, Costa Rica, Colombia and Panama. The most expensive coffee in the world in Panama This year, about 35,000 plants of 25 varieties of flowers, including impatiens, dianthus marigol, cineraria, gazania dalhia, dragonaria celosia, begonias nicotiana, zinnias, roses and pestrantus, make up a garden with different shapes, such as the tail of a gigantic peacock, and other geometric. The flower display is complemented by the coffee offer of the area, the highest grain production in Panama and the birthplace of the Panamanian geisha, a specialty that is sold at more than 13,500 dollars per kilo. “In addition to the flowers is our great coffee, a well-known coffee, the geisha coffee, which can be obtained in this event,” says Ruiz. Colorful gardens In addition to the colorful gardens and the roasted coffee of the fair, visitors can enjoy a range of cultural activities and the gastronomy offered by Boquete, a town that is distinguished by its mild temperature – in contrast to the heat of the capital, for example – and the always “very warm” attention of the people of Boquete, Ruiz highlights. “This is the most beautiful (…) the Flower and Coffee Fair is one of the most important events where national and foreign visitors come together because of the weather, the flowers and above all to taste the richest and most expensive coffee in the world, the geisha of Panama,” says Francisco Serracín, resident of the sector and producer of the grain. According to executives of the fair organization, the event generates more than 300 direct jobs, and a hotel occupancy in Boquete of 100% of its 800 officially registered beds, outside the offers available on technological platforms for lodging rental. https://panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com/blog/thousands-of-flowers-and-the-most-expensive-coffee-in-the-world-adorn-the-village-in-the-mountains-of-panama-during-the-2025-boquete-fair/ Quote
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