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Panama City skyline across the bay at golden hour, stilted colonial building at left

Where to eat

Near the hotel, and worth the ride

Dining room at Fonda Lo Que Hay.

Fonda Lo Que Hay

Casco Viejo · Panamanian fonda

A roadside fonda reimagined, with a leafy courtyard.

10 min by car

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A short walk away

Dishes at Makoto.

House favorite

Makoto

Obarrio · Japanese

Edomae sushi and creative dishes from chef Makoto Okuwa, plus robatayaki.

15 min on foot

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Dining room at Umi.

Umi

Obarrio · Japanese

Japanese technique, Panamanian ingredients and a precise cocktail program.

10 min on foot

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Across the city

Dining room at Maito.

Maito

Coco del Mar · Contemporary Panamanian

Chef Mario Castrellón's take on Panamanian cooking.

5 min by car

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Dining room at Caleta.

Caleta

Casco Viejo · Seafood

Seafood and Panamanian produce, inside the Sofitel Legend.

10 min by car

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The city

Close to home

Tanker with a red hull entering the Miraflores Locks beside green lawns and hills

Panama Canal · Miraflores

Watch ships rise or drop 16.5 m on their way to the Pacific, from the visitor center terraces. Plan about an hour and a half.

20 min by car

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Golden evening light on Casco Viejo's yellow buildings, palms and church tower

Casco Viejo

The old quarter, settled in 1673 after pirates razed the first city. A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997.

10 min by car

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Biomuseo's colorful angular roofs and red wall designed by Frank Gehry, on green lawn

Biomuseo

Frank Gehry's first building in Latin America, on how the rise of the isthmus changed the world.

15 min by car

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Experiences

Days worth an early start

Cargo ship with a tugboat passing terraced rock walls of the Culebra Cut

Partial Canal transit

Tour boats cross the Pedro Miguel and Miraflores locks between Gamboa and Amador.

Organized tour, usually from Flamenco Marina in Amador

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Calm Gatun Lake bordered by lush green trees under a soft blue sky

Gatun Lake

Created in 1913 to carry ships across the isthmus. Small boats leave Gamboa for the islands where monkeys live.

Boat tour from the Gamboa harbor

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Thatched-roof huts at an Embera village along a dirt path under blue sky

Emberá communities

Upriver by dugout canoe inside Chagres National Park, for a welcome dance, crafts and a talk on Emberá life.

Organized tour, by road and canoe

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Beaches and islands

Two oceans to choose from

Colorful houses on Taboga island's green hillside above boats moored in blue water

Taboga Island

The island of flowers, with a village beach and quieter beaches on the far side.

Ferry from the Amador Causeway, 30 to 45 min

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Palm trees leaning over a white sand beach on a Guna Yala island

Guna Yala (San Blas)

An Indigenous comarca on the Caribbean coast, home of the Guna people. Bring bottled water.

4x4 to the port of Cartí, then by boat, or a flight from Albrook

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Turquoise water and a long pale sand beach on Contadora island, with a boat beached on the shore

Contadora, Pearl Islands

One of more than 200 islands and islets in the Gulf of Panama, small enough to cross in five minutes by car.

Ferry, about 1 h 30 min, or a domestic flight

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