DeVille Hotel

Panama City


Overshadowed by newer, bigger hotels, the sleepy DeVille remains a sweetheart option with 33 classy, tasteful rooms and sterling service. Rooms feature antique Thai dressers, glistening with inlaid mother-of-pearl, and marble-topped antique tables set with Louis XV chairs. Guests sleep on US-made mattresses, dressed with custom Egyptian-cotton bed linen and goose-feather pillows.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Panama City attractions

1. World Trade Center

0.25 MILES

Located within the financial district, these two towers were built in 1996.

2. Balboa Statue

0.99 MILES

Sculpted by Miguel Blan and Mariano Benlliure, the Balboa statue overlooks the Bahía de Panamá and was inaugurated in 1924, a gift from Spain.

3. Museo de Ciencias Naturales

1.36 MILES

Museo de Ciencias Naturales has sections on geology, paleontology, entomology and marine biology, as well as an impressive display of taxidermy.

4. Parque Recreativo Omar

1.59 MILES

The biggest park in the city is filled with children, joggers and the occasional salsa class. It's located in Omar, behind the San Francisco neighborhood…

5. Mariposario Metropolitano

1.65 MILES

With 1600 species, Panama City's butterfly garden is a worthy stop for nature lovers. Fifteen-minute guided tours explain the life cycle of butterflies…

6. Museo Afro-Antilleano

1.68 MILES

The small Afro-Antillean museum has exhibits on the history of Panama’s West Indian community, particularly their work building the railroad and later the…

7. Parque Natural Metropolitano

1.74 MILES

On a hill north of downtown, this 265-hectare park protects vast expanses of tropical semideciduous forest within the city limits, and serves as an…

8. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo

1.97 MILES

This wonderful privately owned museum features the best collection of Panamanian art anywhere, an excellent collection of works on paper by Latin American…