Casco Viejo, Panama City

National GeographicAug 15

Walk the Streets of Panama City Like a Local—Here's How

For centuries, Panama has been a crossroads between worlds. The canal may have put it on the global map, but its greatest stories are found beyond the waterway — in neighbourhoods being reclaimed, ...

Evolved from neglected district to fashionable address.

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American Trade HotelHotelPalatial 1917 building, formerly a gang base.
Casco ViejoNeighborhoodEvolved from neglected district to fashionable address.
Santa AnaNeighborhoodNeighbouring area with a raw and timeworn landscape.
El ChorrilloNeighborhoodNeighbouring area, fighting centred here in 1989.
Movimiento Cultural IdentidadPlaceNonprofit organizing community development programmes.
Café Coca-ColaCaféPanama's oldest cafe, licensed to use Coca-Cola name.
El Gato NegroRestaurantServes bowls of lentil soup.
Cementerio AmadorSightResting place of notable figures, including first president.
Museo Afro-AntillanoMuseumTraces history of Afro-Antillean culture in Panama.
Museo de la MolaMuseumDisplays 200 colourful molas reflecting Guna connection.
Museo del Canal Interoceánico de PanamáMuseumExplores Panama's role as a global trading hub.
Plaza de FranciaSightMemorialises French workers who died constructing canal.
Panama ViejoParkRuins of the city's original Spanish settlement.
Panadería La VenezolanaRestaurant

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Walk the Streets of Panama City Like a Local—Here's How