Places to Explore

• Albrook, Parque Metropolitano, and Miraflores

  The area to the north of Balboa, which was also part of the American Canal Zone, has undergone considerable development since being handed over. The former U.S. Army airfield of Albrook is now Panama City's... (more)

• ATLAPA and Panama Viejo

  The coast to the east of Punta Paitilla has a growing supply of condominium towers, but just behind them lie residential neighborhoods where houses and smaller apartments are being mowed over in Panama... (more)

• Calzada Amador

  The Calzada Amador (Amador Causeway) is the place to go when you tire of the city's cement and traffic jams. The sprawling views and refreshing breezes coming off the ocean seem a world apart from the... (more)

• Casco Viejo

  Panama City's charming historic quarter is known as the Casco Viejo, (pronounced CAS-coh Bee-EH-hoh), which translates as "old shell." It's spread over a small point in the city's southeast corner, where... (more)

• Downtown Panama City

  The area northeast of the old city, stretching from the neighborhoods of El Cangrejo to Punta Paitilla, is where you'll find most of the city's office towers, banks, hotels, restaurants, and shops. As... (more)

• Santa Ana, Cerro Ancón, and Balboa

  For the better part of the 20th century, the area to the west of Casco Viejo held the border between the American Canal Zone and Panama City proper, and it continues to be an area of stark contrasts. The... (more)