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Avenida
Bolivar |
The city
of Colón hosts a range of shopping options. The city’s
main street, Bolívar Avenue, is lined with stores.
There you can find anything, from sewing needles to the
latest in today’s fashions, from appliances and furniture
to crafts and fine jewelry.
For those preferring the ease of a shopping center, there
is the new Los Cuatro Altos mall. This recently opened center
has department stores, shoe stores, supermarkets, a multiplex
cinema, a disco, billiards and a video arcade, and restaurants.
You will find ample parking at Los Cuatro Altos, located
beside the new elevated bridge, some 15 minutes from downtown
Colón.
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Centro
comercial 4 altos |
At the
cruise ship port of Colón 2000, you can purchase
exquisite regional crafts such as fabric molas from the
Kuna Indians, tagua nut sculptures, and pottery. You can
also take advantage of the city’s low prices on appliances,
cameras and video cameras, computers, cell phones, and even
fine furniture for home and office. This shopping center
also has a well-stocked supermarket.
If you need to stay connect with the rest of the world,
fear not: our city has numerous "Internet Cafés."
For the modest sum of $0.50 an hour (fifty US cents or fifty
centésimos of a Balboa), you can connect to the Web
to check your e-mail or to surf.
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