15 Best Things to Do in Panama City, Panama
Discover the best things to do in Panama City, Panama according to our guests, along with travel tips and more.
Panama Surprises
Panama, the “crossroads of the Americas,” has been attracting visitors since the Spanish carried their plundered South American gold across its Camino Real. Even today, it remains a magnet for the shipping industry, as mega-ships travel between the Pacific and the Atlantic through the Panama Canal.
The country’s capital, Panama City, is Latin America’s booming financial center. Here, modern skyscrapers and high-end shopping malls contrast with the ruins of Panama Viejo, the first Panama City, and the colonial buildings in Casco Antiguo.
Beach lovers can kick back with the indigenous Kuna community of the San Blas islands, or party hearty and snorkel in Bocas del Toro. If you’re an adrenaline junkie, try shark diving at Coiba National Park, or go off the grid and hike through the Darien, one of the most remote lands on earth. Finally, return home with a bag of the country’s coffee, fresh from the lush, green plantations of Boquete, high in the Chiriqui highlands.
Discover the best things to do in Panama City, Panama according to our guests, along with travel tips and more.
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Punta Chame’s beautiful white sand beaches are an ideal day trip from Panama City. If you go during the week, you’ll have it all to yourself.
In our opinion, he best steak in Panama can be found at Patagonia Grill in San Francisco. Steaks are cooked over open fire, Argentine-style.
Explore el Camino Real de Panama, the route that once brought plundered Incan treasure back to the king of Spain.
In Panama City’s Casco Viejo street art abounds, even while the World Heritage site itself undergoes a renaissance.
Strolling through Casco Viejo’s brick paved streets makes you feel as if you’ve stepped back in time where life was much simpler.
Meet Panama’s indigenous Embera Indians in Panama’s Darien. This is the best way to buy an exquisite hand-woven basket. Or two.
A drive to Santa Fe Panama will bring you to an authentic town in the Veraguas Mountains, a world away from the hubbub of Panama City.
Boquete, tucked snugly in Panama’s mountains, is a popular expat community. It’s well known for its annual coffee and flower festival.