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Pro
Local, untouristy and very friendly.
Con
Noisy, moderate pollution, TRAFFIC
In a nutshell
Latin America Charm with Unique Sights
Dabs Says: We set aside Sunday to visit Casco Viejo, the old part of the city. I printed a walking tour from Frommers to use as our guide, the area isn't huge but if you stop at the art market, poke around in the shops or Panama Canal Museum, the visit can take several hours. The...
Dabs Says: A definite must do excursion in Panama! They picked us up at our hotel in Panama City and took us to Lake Gatun, a manmade lake that was created to assist in the building of the Panama Canal. We hopped on a boat and went through the lake and part of the Panama Canal, made a...
Dabs Says: Portobelo was a bit of a disappointment, perhaps it would have been a little more interesting if we had a real guide but really there isn't much left. The Spanish fort which lines the bay here dates to the 17th and 18th centuries. The fort that we walked around, San Geronimo...
Dabs Says: There are so many trips that include monkey island but none of the tour descriptions actually said what it was. As far as I can tell no one gets off the boat at Monkey Island, instead guides will pull their boats up to the island laden with peanuts and other appealing monkey...
Dabs Says: We headed over to the Amador Causeway on Sunday afternoon after visiting Casco Viejo and before heading to the airport for our flight back. The Causeway connects three islands to the mainland. There are a lot of restaurants but I hadn't read up on them so we asked our taxi...
Dabs Says: Panama is not really a beach vacation kind of place, Panama City is on the Pacific side of the country, Colon is on the Caribbean side but almost everyone says you don't even want to visit Colon. The guidebooks suggest that the good beaches are on islands I read the reviews...
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Lenos Y Carbon: Steaks and seafood on the Causeway
Dabs Says: We asked our taxi driver for a recommendation on the Amador Causeway and he took us to Lenos Y Carbon. On a Sunday afternoon at 2:15pm there was still a 25 minute wait for a table and once we did get seated no fewer than 5 people stopped by to take our order so it seemed a...
Las Tinajas: Folklore show and Panamanian food
Dabs Says: Las Tinajas was right around the corner from our hotel and I figured it would be a nice night out on a Saturday night when we had nowhere to be the next morning. Most people go for the dinner show which starts at 9pm on Tuesday-Saturday, we got there right around 9pm and...
Dabs Says: There are taxis everywhere in Panama City, you'll never have a problem getting one, just wave your hand and there will be one in a second. They will sometimes stop to pick up other fares along with you, they will honk at you if they think you are looking for a taxi.We took...
Dabs Says: Although I'm sure there's some way to get to the city on public transportation, we opted to take a taxi from Tocumen airport (PTY) which is the international airport. We went outside the terminal to the taxi ranks and asked what the fare was from someone official looking,...
Dabs Says: While we were visiting with the Embera tribe one of the demonstrations were the crafts that they sell. You can find them at souvenir shops in Panama City but usually with an extremely high markup, it seemed like it was 2-3 times more expensive to buy at many of the shops in...
Albrook Mall: Biggest Mall in the Country
ZeekLTK Says: The Albrook Mall is the biggest mall in the entire country. It's a huge shopping outlet with tons of different stores as well as interesting decorations throughout the mall that serve as landmarks to help guide you around. There is also a large food court with a wide variety...
Dabs Says: Panama City and most of the places we visited were covered in litter, you'd go out into the jungle and the amount of litter is amazing, along the roads there are piles of trash. One of our guides explained to us that in some areas trash collection is free and in some areas...
Dabs Says: The first two transactions I made in Panama were for my airline ticket with Copa Airlines and my excursion with Jungle Land Panama and both were marked for fradulent activity. This was easy enough to solve while still in the US and fortunately it did not happen while we were...
Dabs Says: Water shoes, I used them on two of the excursionsSwimsuit, I wished I had packed two as nothing seemed to dry in Panama.Hat to keep your head from burning Sunscreen is an absolute must for me in tropical climates, bug spray is another good item to pack if you are heading...
Assenczo Says: For a week of reading glossy magazines on Panama and its diverse cultural life,primeval forests and convoluted history, I never got the chance to be privy toone of the most interesting moments in Panama's existence. Fortunately andmagically it happened on the last day when...
Art77 Says: I was surprised not to see people playing (beach) volleyball on the beaches around Panama CityMaybe somebody knows the good spots ? Please let us know ! We are very enthusiastic and would like to play as often as possible, or at least on week-endsArt77Email:...
Dabs Says: "The Tailor of Panama" was filmed in Panama including Panama City, Lake Gatun and Gamboa. It's an adapatation of a John Le Carre novel and stars Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush and Jamie Lee Curtis. I'm sure the Panama tourism bureau isn't promoting this film, while it does...
Dabs Says: We visited at the end of March, it was extremely hot and humid during the day but being near the water on a couple of the days made it feel slightly less hot. One of our guides said the rainy season would be starting soon and that would be a time when you wouldn't want to...
Dabs Says: Panama seems to still be a largely cash society, some of the restaurants did take credit cards as did some of the tours but mostly we paid cash for things including the Embera tour and most of our meals. The US dollar is the legal currency, sometimes you will get back...
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A: Coronado Bay is a private condo resort is a good hour plus from Tocumen International Airport. Taxis in most parts of Panama do not have meters. You will have to...
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