Customer Travel Tips for Panama City
Customer Travel Tips for Panama City
Read a selection of great customer tips provided by HostelBookers customers like you
04 Dec 2017
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
Sightseeing & culture
Work / volunteering
Age Range:
25-30
Customer Travel Tip: spend some days on casco viejo, visit canal, and... go to wild nature part of Panama
Liked: Casco Viejo a place to be and perfect to visit by foodies and to enjoy for a weekend, a lot of police
Disliked: in the night you have to know where not to go
25 Apr 2017
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Age Range:
18-24
Customer Travel Tip: Visir casco viejo and walk up Ancon hill
Liked: Panama City is very safe and clean, the endless restaurants and cool rooftopbars are fantastic. Getting around by foot is easy.
Disliked: Sundays are very quite in the city, don't expect much nightlife on that day.
01 Feb 2017
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Age Range:
31-40
Customer Travel Tip: Visit Metropolitan Tropical Park at city outskirts for panoramic views.
Liked: Modern city center.
Disliked: Nothing to mention.
13 Jan 2017
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture
Age Range:
25-30
Customer Travel Tip: When going somewhere, take an Uber instead of a normal taxi. Safes you serious money.
Liked: The canal is nice
Disliked: It's all very stretched out, hard to get around.
30 Aug 2016
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Work / volunteering
Age Range:
18-24
Customer Travel Tip: u should see the old town :)
Liked: spot for coming and going on to antoher place, funny crazy bus rides (public transport/ schoolbus), safe and nice hostels anyways & shopping opportunities like in europe (equal prices in "Multicentro"), also small supermarkets to get food a little cheaper than in streetfood-restaurants...
Disliked: very big town, not really nice to walk around outside because of huge roads and many cars... more mosquitos than on san blas etc.
06 Jul 2016
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Partying / nightlife
Sightseeing & culture
Age Range:
25-30
Customer Travel Tip: If you're on a budget look into doing tours diy. There is plenty to see with a little research you can learn a lot with out breaking the budget.
Liked: Hiking up anton hill where we saw sloths, tucans and spider monkeys all at no cost. I also liked the view from the top of trump tower with a cocktail in hand. Old town was a beautiful walk with dancing in the centre square.
Disliked: I found the canal to be underwhelming.
09 Jun 2016
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Age Range:
25-30
Customer Travel Tip: -
Liked: -
Disliked: -
11 May 2016
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Age Range:
25-30
Customer Travel Tip: Don't need to stay too long
Liked: The canal
Disliked: A bit too American
06 Sep 2015
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Partying / nightlife
Sightseeing & culture
Visiting friends or family
Customer Travel Tip: Go to the Trump Tower, get up to the rooftop bar and enjoy an awesome view. They don't mind if you don't drink anything.
Liked: The people, mostly :)
Disliked: There's not so much to do..
04 Aug 2015
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Sightseeing & culture
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Customer Travel Tip: Go to San Blas. Also the museum about the canal in the old town is excellent.
Liked: Lots of tours from the city. Old town nice and good museum in the centre.
Disliked: Not much to do in the city, no need to stay more than a couple of days then get out of the city.
03 Jul 2015
Customer Travel Tip: do visit the canal people are friendly and the economy appears to thrive
Liked: it had no local flavor it could have been Chicago why go to a country where there is no local flavor?
Disliked: a lunch for 2 withou wine/liquor, just veggies and chicken was $54 at a chines restaurant
03 Jul 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Beach / sunbathing
Partying / nightlife
Sightseeing & culture
Customer Travel Tip: Get out of Panama City, the area outside the city is beautiful and head towards the Atlantic coast for beautiful pristine beaches
Liked: Panama Canal but not the exhibition/ Museum
Disliked: its too urban and expensive, It is not a city that I would to party as there is no real nightclub atmosphere in the city yet.
09 Jun 2015
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture
Customer Travel Tip: If you are a woman expect to be stared at by the men
Liked: There is lots to do in the city such as the amador causeway, panama canal, metropolitan park and ancon hill. It is easy to catch a boat from the city to Isla Taboga.
Disliked: There are no suitable beaches
07 Jun 2015
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Beach / sunbathing
Customer Travel Tip: Be cautious of those who you would normally trust at home , you can't trust them here.
Liked: Easy to get around with transit system
Disliked: Robert gill , American scammer who claims to be in the military .
14 May 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Beach / sunbathing
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Customer Travel Tip: Not yet
Liked: The canal is interesting as expected.
Disliked: Not yet
12 May 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Customer Travel Tip: You can always pay less! Haggle as much as you can
Liked: Modern city with, good and cheap public transport, nice restaurant, safe and nice to walk.
Disliked: No
12 May 2015
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Work / volunteering
Customer Travel Tip: Panama Canal
Liked: Nice
Disliked: no
24 Apr 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Relaxation / spa
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Liked: Friendly people
Disliked: crazy traffic
08 Apr 2015
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Family Holiday
Sightseeing & culture
Customer Travel Tip: Train and canal cruise worthwhile, also Mi Pueblito for culture
Liked: Beautiful sights.
Disliked: Some taxis overcharge foreigners.
09 Mar 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Customer Travel Tip: stay in Casco viejo
Liked: Casco viejo
Disliked: no