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Parque Vargas

Fodor's Review:

The aquamarine wooden port building faces the cruise terminal, and just to the east lies the city's palm-lined central park, Parque Vargas. From the promenade facing the ocean you can see the raised dead coral left stranded by the 1991 earthquake. Nine or so Hoffman's two-toed sloths live in the trees of Parque Vargas; ask a passerby to point them out, as spotting them requires a trained eye.

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