The northern end of Golfito preserves the planned town that the United Fruit Company built in the 1930s for its expatriate management. Wide streets, two-storey wooden bungalows on stilts, and the broad avenue along the waterfront still survive, slowly being eaten by the jungle and the rainfall.
Walk along the avenue between the airstrip and the old hospital for the best surviving stretch. The Banana Bay Marina now occupies part of the old company dockyard. A modest banana-republic history museum (Casa de la Cultura) lies near the old company square.