Hotels in Panama City, Panama

[jgrecia]

Can anyone recommend a hotel for less than $100 a night in the center of Panama City?
We go a couple of times a year for shopping purposes and there are so many to choose from. I have read many reviews on the internet but I am looking for a local opinion.
Thanks

[blackjackds]

What is Panama like? How is it similar and different from Costa Rica?

[jgrecia]

In regards to downtown Panama City, it is a paradise for shopping. Prices for clothes and electronic are about 1/2 of the prices here. The Panama Canal and the Amador Causeway are nice places to visit. It is much more modern than San Jose.

[blackjackds]

how about the beaches and the scenery? What about wildilfe? Real estate prices? Crime?

[Andrew]

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[scara]

can you bring electronics and other items back to c.r without paying a duty?

[mediatica]

We stayed at the Radisson last month. It was a great place. If you want to stay under $100 I hear Plaza Paitilla Hotel is decent.

[jgrecia]

Everyone is allowed $500 duty free every 6 months. The Radisson is very nice but over my budget. The Paitilla has a lot of construction going on around it for the next 6 months or so. I may try it in the future, thanks.

Edited on Feb 19, 2009 04:02

[dimitri]

The best place is hotel Milan. Super location in downtown, nice and clean, free internet,good food too.$3.50 taxi to Albrook mall.
Reservations cound be made only by e-mail hotelmilan@cwpanama.net
Pay cash on arrival and get discount. I think it was $52 or $57 a night.
Milan was #1 on trip adviser until they raise the price. Us to be $32.
Great place.

[jgrecia]

Thanks,

I did contact them but they only allow 2 people per room. I have a wife and 2 small girls. I decided to stay at the Torres de Alba off of Via España. It is about $89 per night if you book on the net. If you call it is $129.

[scara]

but are we taxed when we bring it back across the border?

[DavidCMurray]

jgrecia answered that above, scara.

Everyone gets a duty exemption on $500US worth of imported goods every six months.

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