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Ave Peru y Calle 30, Panama City, 4944, Panama
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Hello,
My girlfriend and I are planning to be in Panama city December 31, and are looking for the best quality and location hotel room below $40. Do you have any recommendations?
My first choice would be Euro Hotel, for about 38 USD for 2 person. eurohotelpanama.com
it's in the Bella Vista area, close to everything and relatively safe . We stayed in that area for almost 5 days last week.
Then not far from there , you can try Costa Inn.
Marparaiso Hotel has free transport from airport to hotel. They also have a booth at the arrival floor at the Albrook bus station. Room there is about 20 bucks for 2 person.
http://www.marparaisopma.com/english.htm
We stayed for several nights on two occasions last January at the Aparthotel Las Vegas. You can get a room there for about 45. It is in the middle of the El Cangrejo district. It is safe, fun (casinos if you like across the street) and some good restaurants. Tip: upgrade to suite w/ private balcony for about 58.
Bella Vista as mentioned is also good. There is a great Cuban restaurant there.
Although the balboa is the currency of Panama, it iso nly so by name. Do bring your US dollars here, Balboa banknotes do not exist. Often you will be told a price in Balboa - but what they mean is dollars. 50 balboa=50 USD.
The balboa is divided in 100 cents... and at least here you can find Panamanian balboas, as well as US cents. The Balvoa cents coins are interesting and bear the face of the Spanish explorer/conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa.
Taxis are on a fixed base system with most close destinations at $1 and a maximum of $3 for destinations in the suburbs. Amazingly the taxi drivers are mostly honest and all instantly know how to get to where you want to go. I definitely recommend taking taxis in PC.
Everyone we met in Panama, after hearing us talking Italian, told us we had to eat at Pizzeria napoli if we wanted to have a good pizza. Those people had never een to italy so we were not persuaded. Then again, on our second last night, we decided to give it a chance. Of course the place was packed with locals. As soon as we entered the pizzeria we saw people being served a very sad dish of pasta... and started regretting we had gone there. Then on the table next to us pizza were served. They looked good, authentic - actually. We ordered a pizza with ham and a margherita with anchovies: they were simply delicious.. like in Italy, and even better (occasionally). Thebest part is that there's no italian working in the restaurant. Thumbs up!
Casco Viejo is the old part of town, extending into the Bahia de Panama. It certainly is a must-see though you might want to know about the best visiting times.
Before 9 a.m., the place is practically empty. At the tip of Casco Viejo, there's a belvedere with great views so photographers should start there, then work their way back in the old barrio for more beautiful photo opportunities. It's safer to be accompanied before the barrio really comes alive, around 9 a.m.
During the day, stroll around Casco Viejo to get a glimpse of beautiful Colonial mansions, small plazas, Embassy Row and hotels with character and style. (Use common sense and discretion. Although the Casco Viejo is obviously getting funds for historic preservation of monuments and buildings, local residents are on their own for house maintenance and they don't have it easy.)
I was surprised not to see more cafes and bars. Not that I needed a drink that badly, I'm just forever looking for a toilet! But the one terrace restaurant I finally found, on an intimate and charming corner, was worth the wait. This place looked like a wine bar cum small restaurant inside, sophisticated and friendly young owners, and the terrace attracted quiet travellers mostly from Spanish-speaking countries (aloof but polite, which suited me fine that day.)
The Cinta Costera, a bit like a boardwalk, is a new attraction that was just completed by the Government in 2009. It is a long walkway that curves along the Pacific Coast, hugging Avenida Balboa as it connects the new part of the city to the Casco Viejo. The Cinta is paved and has pavilions every couple of hundred metres, which are extremely convenient, given the way it rains in Panama. Joggers and cyclists are quite fond of the Cinta, not least because frequent police patrols mean that it is a safe location to enjoy oneself. A walk along the Cinta will require about an hour to get from one end to the other, and along the way there are plenty of great opportunities to take pictures of both the old and the new in Panamá City.
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