- Day 1
Arrival
Transfer from the International Airport to your hotel in Panama City. The rest of the day is yours to delve into Panama City at your leisure. Take some time to stroll the Old Town of Panama City. Savor flavorful local cuisine in Panama City’s restaurants. Sit for a spell and take-in the ambiance at an open air café or enjoy some live music at one of the many bars. The options abound!
- Day 2
Panama City
After breakfast, your half day tour takes you to the most interesting places in the city. You will see the Casco Antiguo, the oldest sector of modern Panama City, founded in 1673, a UNESCO world heritage site. Stroll through Plaza de Francia (French Plaza) near the bayside, and see various monuments in recognition of the French effort to build a canal in Panama. Then we head to the Miraflores Locks/Panama Canal: Here you will witness the magnificent Miraflores Locks. (B,L)
- Day 3
Departure
Transfer to Panama City to board your flight back home. (B)
Panama City is the most beautiful & cosmopolitan capital in Central America. Founded in 1519 by the Spanish, it quickly became an important center of government and church authorities, only to be destroyed in 1671 by Welsh pirate Henry Morgan, later the governor of Jamaica. Gone forever were several beautiful churches, thousands of colonial homes and hundreds of warehouses stocked with foreign goods. Panama City today has several major attractions, among which are these popular four: Panamá Viejo on the eastern edge, whose scattered stone ruins cover a large area; “downtown” or the “new” city of Casco Viejo (Old Compound), re-built by the Spanish just a few miles southwest of the original site, with narrow cobblestone streets and a mix of architectural styl...
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