Best Hotels near Casco Viejo, Panama District

Selina/Casco Viejo is a hostel, geared to the young. I am far outside their target demographics. It is loud at night, loud enough to have them provide ear plugs BUT it is a great place to stay. Casco Antiguo is a beautiful part of Panama City and the restored restaurants and shops gives the traveler a truly enjoyable experience. Away from Casco, you will find the true heart of a city, with small shops lining streets and locals hurrying about their daily lives. The hotel offers day tours to many places and the guide that work there are knowledgably of the sites, people and traditions. I slept through the noise on the third floor and brought the unopened ear plugs with me as a souvenir (the party is at the rooftop on the sixth) and for sure I will return. I am posting the view from the balcony of Panama City. That alone is worth a night stay.

We stayed here for 5 nights to be able to acclimatise to the weather in Panama. We got a room with windows to the floor, which gives a nice touch for the view over the city. The room is ok, spacious, but worn out. Specially the bathroom is in need of a make-over. The beds were mixed, one had a good mattress the other a soft one with a dent in it. Wifi worked very well. Very friendly staff. My main reason for 3 starts is that this hotel advertises itself as adhering to Planet 21, (link to Accor Planet 21 site removed  ) meaning amongst others that they are reducing food waste. Well, have a look at the pictures here and you'll see that a small portion of jelly is in a plastic cup, the abricot jam is in plastic, the butter is in plastic, and the youghurt as well. The third picture shows you the waste after having had breakfast... I know I have a sweet tooth ;) So, not really planet 21...

My husband and I recently stayed at the Hotel Casa Panama for 3 nights and unfortunately, our experience was not a positive one. While we had picked this hotel because it was right at the entrance to Casco Viejo and we thought we would be closer to the new city as well and centrally located in Casco Viejo , but wish we would had pay more attention to the bad reviews, they are all very real and more. The Hotel is located in a not so nice area, the adjacent streets are rough, dirty and they do not look safe to walk .The construction going on next door makes the area even worst. Checking in was no problem. The staff is not the friendliest (except for Natalie that tried her best to help us deal with the issues) the rest of the staff seem bothered every time you ask a question. I understand the decorator went for a concrete effect finish, but please this is not an effect some parts of the room look disgusting. We paid for a superior room with balcony. The room was extremely small and dark. The curtains were very dirty like they had never been washed, the doors to the balcony another disappointment, dirty and hard to open and close. Outside the balcony the view was not what is picture in the website. Yes, the view includes some of the pictures but mostly you get to see very bad street and filth. The sheets in the bed were old and the cover was not enough for two people Furthermore, the noise level in the hotel was excessive. There is a restaurant in the first floor and a club/bar in the third floor the music lasted until 3 or 4 am every night and to make matters worse the street in front of the hotel is an entrance to Casco Viejo and it is nonstop traffic and you can hear the police, the music from the cars and the car horns all night long. By six in the morning when everything was calming down then the construction crew arrives and you start to listen to their noises. sleep for This made it difficult for us to sleep or relax in our room No water at times in the afternoon. We should have changed hotels but that meant we would probably lose a day of tours and we were only there 4 days and we decided to make the best of the moment.

Good rooms and a nice little dipping pool on the roof. Close to the metro with good access to the old town and the airport (much much cheaper than a taxi). We didn’t eat here as there are so many good eating places in the area.

The facilities are a bit old, but the morning run by the sea is good

1) First 3 nights, pool was closed for renovation. Reception said ”No pool available”. Only this, I thought, the pool was completely closed. On the forth day, I saw, guests were swimming. I asked the reception. ”Yes, you can swim”. Why the reception could not inform us only 3 days closed? 2) No towel after cleaning. Also first 3 nights. I thought that the clean team forgot to leave it, but it was not forgetting, but not ready. Towels were delivered around 19:00 first 3 nights. I called the reception every night and they said ”We inform the responsible staff” and waited for hours. Why reception didn't answer ”Towels will be delivered around 19:00 today” or advised us for delay delivering in advance? Then I didn't have to call the reception every day. Anyway, I had to wait to take shower till 19:00. Outside was 30degrees, and I wanted to take a shower immediately. 3) Weak WIFI. WIFI at Reception was with 96 Mbps, however, room at the door was 14 Mbps and at bed, no signal anymore. At desk also 2 Mbps or no signal. It's impossible to watch streaming like Netflix or web meeting. Also no smart TV. 4) My room card key was invalided every day. I had to go to the reception after back to the hotel (Elevator works with valid room card key). If no guests are at the reception, it takes soon, but one day, big group was there, and I had to wait more than 10min or more. I had a take away food, and it was no more warm when I was back to the room. 5) They asked me an advance payment even flex rate booking. They need cash? 6) No refrigerator in a room.

The customer recommended, the old town, the hotel is also very beautiful, the room is a little small, the breakfast variety is not too much. The president lives nearby, so this piece of law and order is also very good. There is a fishing market nearby, there are many seafood stalls inside, and I will stay here next time.

Excellent hotel, good location but bad cleaning service, had no restaurant and the pool was not clean