One particular of the most popular traditional luxury hotels in Panama City, the El Panama Hotel is a historical landmark, currently aged about 50 many years. I’ll call it a beach hotel in Panama simply because Panama sits right on the bay of the Pacific Ocean. Designed with the airy tropical notion in mind, the hotel is currently being renovated. The initial time I heard about this hotel was in the movie The Tailor of Panama developed in 2001. If you don’t let the renovations bother you, you will hardly notice and they’ll soon be completed with exceptional improvements.
Situated in the downtown of Panama in the El Cangrejo neighbourhood, the hotel is less than a half hour from the airport. El Cangrejo is secure to stroll around 24 hours a day. Appreciate a walk in the evening and you will feel okay. Many tourist police (that is the policemen with no guns are all over the spot, assuring you of your safety and a low crime rate. Get a map of the neighbourhood at the reception desk of El Panama Hotel to assist keep away from expensive taxi rides all over the place. Just go out the front door of the hotel, turn right to Veneto Avenue and go in any course to see numerous other of the four and 5 star hotels, casinos, shopping, restaurants, car rental agencies in the location, all a brief walking distance away.
I located the big open aired, Latin/Caribbean tropical style of the hotel design and style quite pleasing and elevates you into that tropical mood for your Panama trip. This hotel has a quite Panamanian feeling to it which provides a sure ambiance to this five star hotel in Panama. In the lobby you will discover several of numerous quite fancy shops. The swimming pool of the hotel is huge, the surrounded by tropical foliage and is fantastic. There is a restaurant by the pool which serves great meals and a swim-up bar in the pool.
The swimming pool is hour glass shaped, marvelous to swim in and hang out around the pool, people watching and catching some rays. You can rent a cabaƱa on the ground-floor, and have instant access to the pool. The pervasive feeling of luxury and comfort tends to make this hotel in Panama an best vacation escape for romance this kind of as honeymoons for newlyweds, couples wishing to kick back, romantic getaways for younger and older travelers, disabled travelers and households.
There are 330 guest rooms at El Panama such as regular, junior Suites, Cabanas by the pool, and a presidential suite. You can even have butler service on a single of the two executives floors which provides you personalized assistance as nicely as private meeting rooms if you’re a organization traveller. For the folks that like to maintain match, there is a spa and sauna to use.
My suite, despite the fact that the air conditioning was set a small to cold, was excellent and had all the modern day comforts this kind of as higher speed web access, cable Tv, telephone, and a safe to lock up my valuables. The space was clean, big with tiled floors. Even so, I must say, perhaps because of the downtown place and the noisy targeted traffic under, it was, at times tough to sleep at night. Nevertheless, I loved my remain at the El Panama Hotel and would surely advocate it to a friend.
There are fairly a few restaurants at the hotel that serve up delicious cuisine. There is a different breakfast buffet served day-to-day which is incorporated in the price tag and is an excellent way to commence your day in Panama City.
The organization center is good for the company traveller with web offered for a couple of bucks per hour. There are 35 meeting rooms and a convention center on the premises. It is a popular place for international conventions and you will locate it is a favourite luxury hotel in Panama for Latin American and European guests to book their vacations in Panama at this hotel. The employees, despite the fact that they don’t speak a lot of English are friendly and effective. The service offered was excellent. The restaurant serves excellent food and the service is exceptional. For the gamblers amongst us, there is a casino and nightclub connected to the hotel. It is a more pleasant keep than the chain hotels which lack the atmosphere and ambiance of the El Panama in Panama City, so if you can ignore the renovations and want one thing in a a lot more Panamanian design, certainly consider this traditional hotel. Bear in mind, the renovations will not last forever at this luxury hotel in Panama City.

