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Extract from the Portobelo Travel Guides:
Named by Christopher Columbus in 1502 after the magnificent bay on which it stands,
PORTOBELO
- "beautiful harbour" - was for centuries the most important Spanish port on the Atlantic coast of the New World, the northern terminus of the Camino Real. Today, it's a sleepy little town that sits amid the remains of the formidable fortifications built to defend the treasure fleets from pirate attack, and makes a good base from which to explore the rugged coastline and underwater treasures of
Parque Nacional Portobelo
. On October 21 each year Portobelo explodes into life as thousands of pilgrims descend on it fro...
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