The Old City (Casco Viejo) Panama City

Avenida Central, Panama City , Panama

TravelPod Member ReviewsThe Old City (Casco Viejo) Panama City

  • The Semi-Old City

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    phranc.lamm 1 contribution Lebanon, Tennessee, United States, United States Dec 28, 2011

    I only say its semi-old because Panama Viejo was the REALLY old city but it was burned to the ground by Henry Morgan in the 1500s. Very cool, lots of crumbly buildings and good restaurants. Other reviews said it was potentially dangerous but there were probably about a hundred policemen within a mile... El Diablito restaurant was awesome.

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    Success! We made it on time!

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    Feeling like champions after surviving our 16 hour bus ride, we arrived at the Albrook bus terminal in Panama City at 4 am. We waited until the sunrise and then hopped a taxi for the hostel we were hoping to stay at, but arrived and it was full. Luckily we had a very understanding taxi driver who got us a killer deal at hotel that thankfully had …

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    PanaManiac

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    Das Panama-Katastrophen-Tagebuch

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    Nach 2 Stunden Flug und um rund 180 Euro leichter (siehe vorheriger Blogeintrag) komme ich am Tocumen Airport Panama City an, natürlich regnet es in Strömen, ich erfahre, dass momentan "Winter" ist, was in diesen Graden eine Menge Regen und eisige Temperaturen um die 25-30 Grad bedeutet..:-) Bei …

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    Arrivée sous les tropiques!

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    Le Nouvel An passé, je commence à penser aux prochaines étapes et particulièrement le Costa Rica où vient me rejoindre Xavier à la mi janvier, il est donc grand temps de commencer à organiser les choses car la mi-janvier, c'est dans moins de 15 jours et je suis toujours à Santiago du Chili.

    Après ces trois mois de découverte de la …

  • 4

    Panama City

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    So we arrived to Panama City on Tuesday night and it was pouring down, nice welcome! Since we had to go in two separate jeeps, Ramón and I took one each in case we needed to speak to the driver in Spanish. We were the first to arrive and unfortunately even though we had a booking for 6 persons we were not able to go into one dorm. Amy (Gypsy Moth) …

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    Panama City

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    Mariko and I left Nashville at 6:00 AM and after a short layover in Miami landed at Panama City's Tocumen airport at around 2:30 EST. Catching a cab was quite easy but explaining where our hostel was turned out to be a little more difficult. The address I had for the hostel was Calle 55, Paitilla en frente Super 99. The Super 99 was a big grocery …

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    Week-end au Panama

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    Panama est la capitale et la ville la plus peuplée de la Republique du Panama, meme si cela se reduit a environ 1 million d'habitants. Une toute petite capitale, dans un tout petit pays de 3,2 millions d'habitants, située sur la côte Pacifique a l'entree du Canal de Panama.

    Le Panama est un isthme qui relie l'Amerique centrale a l' …

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