Neighborhoods In Panama City

Discover the best neighborhoods in Panama City with curated recommendations from our editors.

Calzada Amador

Just south of Balboa is the former U.S. military base of Amador, a relatively empty area that is connected to three islands by a breakwater...

  • 4 Restaurants
  • 1 Hotels
  • 5 Things To Do

Casco Viejo

Panama City's historic quarter is known as the Casco Viejo (pronounced CAS-coh Bee-EH-hoh; also called the Casco Antiguo, which translates as...

  • 10 Restaurants
  • 6 Hotels
  • 29 Things To Do

Cerro Ancon and Balboa

For the better part of the 20th century, the area to the west of Casco Viejo held the border between the American Canal Zone and Panama City...

  • 1 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 9 Things To Do

Downtown Panama City

The area northeast of the old city, stretching from the neighborhoods of El Cangrejo to Punta Paitilla, is where you'll find most of the city...

  • 18 Restaurants
  • 17 Hotels
  • 22 Things To Do

Panama Viejo

Crumbling ruins are all that's left of Panamá Viejo (sometimes called Panamá la Vieja), the country's first major Spanish settlement, which...

  • 2 Restaurants
  • 1 Hotels
  • 3 Things To Do

Parque Natural Metropolitano, Miraflores, and Summit

The area to the north of Balboa, which was also part of the American Canal Zone, has undergone considerable development since being handed over...

  • 1 Restaurants
  • 1 Hotels
  • 8 Things To Do

Playa Kobbe (Playa Bonita)

With a long beach on a cove of calm water backed by tropical forest, Playa Kobbe is a lovely spot. It's the closest beach to Panama City, less...

  • 0 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 1 Things To Do

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