Must-see hotels in Panama

  • Residencial Dos Palmas

    Bocas del Toro Town

    Boastfully '100% bocatoreño,’ Dos Palmas offers eight basic wooden rooms with old-fashioned furnishings and bright turquoise walls. Run by Noviña, a…

  • Gran Hotel Nacional

    David

    David’s largest hotel offers 119 modern yet fairly sterile rooms better suited to domestic businesspeople than travelers. But the hotel isn’t short on…

  • Hotel Don Pepe

    El Valle

    Very central Don Pepe has 19 bright rooms (those on the top floor are best) with tiled baths, firm mattresses and craft touches. A sprawling open deck on…

  • Palmar Surf Camp

    Panamá Province

    The wave-front Palmar Surf Camp is aimed at surfers or those who want to learn the ropes. Motel-style rooms feature cool murals, cable TV and free coffee…

  • Casa Max

    Bocas del Toro Town

    This sprawling pea-green Caribbean-style house has 15 brightly painted rooms, with wooden floors and somewhat dated bathrooms. The service isn't much to…

  • Meryland Hotel

    Colón

    Housed in a massive three-floor stone building, this 132-room business hotel fronts a small park in a comparatively safe part of Colón. Cramped tiled…

  • La Escapada

    Bocas del Toro Province

    About 20km south of Almirante down a steep dirt track from the coastal highway, this lodge has four comfortable though sparse rooms with large screened…

  • Hostal Amador Familiar

    Panama City

    If you like quiet, this big, red canal house offers cheap and reliable accommodations. The pleasant dining patio and open-air kitchen offer respite from…

  • Anton Valley Hotel

    El Valle

    Popular with groups, this small, very central hotel packs in 16 renovated rooms that feature high-quality linens, orthopedic mattresses, minifridges, and…

  • Selina Red Frog

    Isla Bastimentos

    Located amid the foliage on the way to the beach, this chain budget resort manifests in Red Frog in a huge hotel, with options ranging from 11-bed dorms…

  • Hotel El Porvenir

    Comarca de Guna Yala

    Just about the only 'real' hotel in the archipelago, Hotel El Porvenir has 15 cramped motel-like rooms housed in a building painted in bright pastel…

  • Hostal Orquídea

    El Valle

    How often do you get to spend the night in an orchid garden? This rather simple hostel, with two private rooms for up to four people and another two with…

  • Tántalo

    Panama City

    Industrial chic has hit Casco hard. Do oversized spikes on the ceilings work for you? Various artists were commissioned to decorate the 12 rooms of this…

  • Coral Suites Aparthotel

    Panama City

    This all-suites hotel is serviceable for traveling executives wanting amenities, or long-term visitors in need of more than a hotel room. Suites are…

  • Hotel Olas

    Bocas del Toro Town

    Shining like a beacon from the southwestern tip of Bocas town, the three-story 'Waves' has 25 clean polished-wood rooms with electric hot-water showers,…

  • Villa Fiesta

    Darién Province

    This very central guesthouse atop a general store counts four simple but large rooms, two with air-con, two with fans and all with cold-water bathrooms…

  • Hotel La Mejorana

    Península de Azuero

    Just off the Carretera Nacional, this nondescript hotel has 23 fairly cramped but clean rooms with good storage space, decent bathrooms and chunky carved…

  • Hostal Bastimentos

    Isla Bastimentos

    On a hill off the main path, this sprawling yellow clapboard house has a bright selection of 28 rooms and hammock decks. Spaces are creaky but serviceable…

  • Hostel Villa Vento Surf

    Santa Catalina

    This branch of a Sunset Coast surf hostel occupies a two-story wooden house on the main road above a minimarket. It features six rooms set around a 2nd…

  • Hotel Versalles

    Península de Azuero

    Some 77 spacious rooms in this white-tiled hotel feature comfortable beds and tile floors, and the onsite restaurant-bar is good for a drink and an…

  • Villa Paraiso

    Isla Colón

    With a waterfront location 2km from Bocas town, this family-orientated, California-style home offers three comfortable suites in a main building and annex…

  • La Casa de La Abuela

    Boquete

    This modern brick hotel is said to be built on the grounds where the family matriarch once tended her chickens. It has 18 comfortable rooms decorated in…

  • Bocas Buccaneer Resort

    Archipiélago de Bocas del Toro

    Located on a lovely strip of sand, this low-key resort is really just a humble clutch of romantic cabins, a bungalow and an attractive all-wood suite…

  • Dim’s Hostal

    Península de Azuero

    Dim’s has a family atmosphere and a coveted backyard patio, complete with breakfast tables, hammocks and a mango tree. The nine rooms vary in quality –…

  • Cabañas Estefany

    Isla Colón

    Though a far cry from luxury, this 11-room complex is one of the few budget beach lodgings on Isla Colón. Its brightly painted wooden cabañas are bare…

  • Hotel Vista Mar

    Bocas del Toro Town

    This pretty 14-room inn right on the water at the northern end of Bocas town offers rather good value. Standard rooms have town views, or splurge for a…

  • Playa Bluff Hotel

    Isla Colón

    Running on solar power, the 20 rooms at this Playa Bluff property are modern and Mediterranean in style, nestled into a rainforest location that includes…

  • Cabañas Senidup

    Comarca de Guna Yala

    A thatched village of a dozen tourist cabins (half of them private), Cabañas Senidup is a popular spot, even though its six dorms are a little crowded,…

  • Lodge Cool Inside

    Santa Catalina

    On the main road in town, these funky, chilled lodgings offer decent value. Simple thatched bungalows sit out back. There's also dining at the in-house…

  • Point

    Panamá Province

    Perched on a cliff above Playa Galeón, this is the island's only ‘resort’ but it feels worn out and in need of a revamp. The 48 rooms, in low-rise adobe…

  • La Milonga

    Panama City

    This tiny retro-cute hostel has only six rooms, including two dorms. Though conveniently located, there's little in the way of shared spaces, beyond a…

  • Casa Loma

    Península de Azuero

    Sister hotel to the Pedasí Sports Club B&B and sharing the same property, pool and restaurant, the Casa Loma has 10 large and immaculate rooms in a…

  • Toscana Inn

    Panama City

    Though the look here could use an update, the spacious rooms have flat-screen TVs, leather sofas, and beds with firm mattresses and brocade covers…

  • Johnny Fiestas

    Chiriquí Province

    About as bare-bones as you'll find, the five cabins at this popular beach bar with a US owner are seconds from the sand. Surfing tides can reach 6m here…

  • Oceans Hotel

    Santa Catalina

    Well-kept and strewn with plants, there's a certain amount of pride in this basic two-story hotel, run by owner Juvenal. It sits on a hilltop with its…

  • Hotel Puerta del Sol

    David

    A very secure budget choice, this central hotel offers 86 tasteful tiled rooms with wood furnishings. Rooms are on the small side, but the setting is…

  • Hotel Biaquirú Bagará

    Darién Province

    Simple and sweet, Hotel Biaquirú Bagará has hardwood decks, wicker furniture and firm beds above street level. Five of the 13 rooms share a bathroom,…

  • Pedasí Sports Club

    Península de Azuero

    This property at the northern end of town with 11 motel-style rooms may lack a certain character, but the rooms are impeccably clean and cool, with air…

  • Hotel Piamonte

    Península de Azuero

    A clean and well-kept place with frilly bedspreads, friendly Piamonte has 44 small-ish rooms; make sure to ask for one with a window. The rooms in the…

  • La Casa de Juan

    El Valle

    Now in a new location and run by the next generation of the same family, this scaled-down version of the legendary 'John's House' is aglow with street art…

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