Panama City
This renovated hostel offers triple-decker bunks and plain, pleasant rooms at great prices. Showers are temperate. There's a lovely rooftop with city…
Must-see hotels in Panama
Panama City
Cute and convenient in a busy part of town, Metro feels like a chain hotel with an extra ounce of cool (witness the crashed-out party boys in the lobby)…
Península de Azuero
These two cabañas (cabins) accommodating up to five people each with two double beds and a single bunk have air-conditioning and their own bathroom. They…
Archipiélago de Bocas del Toro
Six canary-yellow cabins plus a 69-sq-meter mock lighthouse line a wooden dock. With individual swim-up decks and wood floors, they are lovely and…
Bocas del Toro Province
This 33-room place above a shopping center is a good-value stay, though you can expect dated bathrooms with showers with a spigot and room-temperature…
Península de Azuero
What was Pedasí's first hostel has metamorphosed into a budget hotel. Some of its six colorful rooms look out onto the central plaza and behind is a large…
Puerto Lara Community Accommodations
Darién Province
Right in the center of the village, this open-sided lodge giving on to the main road has a half-dozen basic rooms and a shared toilet. Activities on offer…
David
Professional and superclean, this hotel offers 69 cheerful tiled rooms with matching beds and desk sets in a vaguely art-deco style. Each is equipped with…
Comarca de Guna Yala
This is the cheaper of the two lodging options on the island, but it's not as nice as Cabañas Niadub. There are eight cabañas and a cramped dormitory for…
Comarca de Guna Yala
What is essentially a restaurant (plates US$7 to US$15) of the same name also has five thatched cabañas and six rather stuffy, wood-paneled rooms in an…
Santa Catalina
These brightly colored cabins lined up on a hill directly above the beach offer very conveniently located lodgings for surfers on a budget. Rooms have air…
Bocas del Toro Province
This relatively modern hotel in a shopping plaza offers rooms with flat-screen TVs, though not all feature an exterior window. At least there's a variety…
Comarca de Guna Yala
In terms of lodgings, Isla Perro Grande provides nothing but camping for adventurous souls with their own gear. To preserve the site, guests must pack out…
Darién Province
This slightly grubby guesthouse down from the port has 16 frayed but tidy rooms with cold-water showers. The best of the seven rooms upstairs are Nos 1…
Panamá Province
Hidden in a leafy suburban neighborhood, these two basic and very small cabins offer some respite. The bathroom is in the main house. Pre-booked dinner …
Bocas del Toro Province
This big family-run place has 28 rooms, but make sure to choose one in the back as those on the main street near the central bus station are noisy…
Comarca de Guna Yala
This rather bland hotel with four rooms (one has a single and two bunk beds) has air-con and cable TV, but is rather overpriced for what it is.
Panamá Province
Visitors can camp by the ranger station. There's access to water but no other facilities here.
Comarca de Guna Yala
What was once upmarket Dolphin Lodge taking up most of Uaguinega has emerged phoenix-unlike, with its feathers singed and claws clipped. The six cane-and…
Comarca de Guna Yala
Catering to backpackers, Cartí Homestay is the best place to meet young Guna, though the inflatable Jägermeister bottle in the corner might be a good…
Darién Province
At Rancho Frío (or Station VIII along the trail), this very basic two-story lodge has a total of 14 bunk beds accommodating 28 visitors. There's a small…
Panama City
This well-located casino hotel has a swinging, tropical style with open architecture and cool breezes. Service is often praised and recently remodeled…
Darién Province
The closest 'non-traditional' place to stay is this very basic hotel with four rooms in Santa Fé, about 12km to the north. It's nothing to write home…
Panama City
In a worn-out colonial near Vía Brasil, this longtime lodging has a relaxed family feel but it's also dated and cluttered. Rooms have safe boxes and high…
Bocas del Toro Province
These rustic cabins in El Guabo on the Río Yorkin are run by indigenous women who form a group called Alakolpa (Association of Women Protecting the Forest…
Boquete
Overlooking the Río Caldera, Hostal Boquete provides a budget option for couples. Though clean and offering all the essentials, its 10 rooms with cable TV…
Península de Azuero
One of the city’s first hotels, Santa Rita is basic and overpriced for what it offers. The 19 high-ceilinged rooms over three floors are rough around the…
Comarca de Guna Yala
The affable (and eponymous) owner has a three-bed dormitory on the 2nd floor of his wooden village house. Breakfast (only) is available for US$5 and tours…
Darién Province
Hospedaje Tortí has 29 squat cinderblock rooms, each with bathroom, air conditioning, a decent mattress and clean towels for cold-water showers. Not all…
Darién Province
Bleach-scented with clean concrete rooms, this place has friendly service and flowery gardens. When choosing from among the 29 rooms, avoid the ones…
Bocas del Toro Province
Basic but good, Hawaii has 20 plain rooms with clean bathrooms equipped with spigot showers, but some rooms don't have windows. Rooms 17 and 21 do, but…
Darién Province
The waterfront La Paila del Pueblo has thin walls and mattresses, and 10 none-too-salubrious rooms but good sea views. Staff here can arrange visits to…
Darién Province
At this shady campsite you can either pitch a tent or string up a jungle hammock. Pay the Ministerio de Ambiente in Panama City directly.
Península de Azuero
Above the Farmacia Pinzón on the main road through town, Pensión Lorena has eight spartan rooms with cold-water showers that will do in a pinch.
Hospedaje Leonides Kantule Valdez
Comarca de Guna Yala
This establishment offers board only in its eight ultra-bare-bones rooms. Still, it's right above the water (as is the toilet).
Comarca de Guna Yala
Basic accommodations in five rooms run by the island community.
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