Hospedaje Casco Viejo

Panama City


This renovated hostel offers triple-decker bunks and plain, pleasant rooms at great prices. Showers are temperate. There's a lovely rooftop with city views, a communal kitchen and an open-air courtyard. It’s on a quiet side street near the Iglesia de San José.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Panama City attractions

1. Iglesia de San José

0.02 MILES

This Casco Viejo church protects the famous Altar de Oro (Golden Altar), the sole relic salvaged after privateer Henry Morgan sacked Panamá Viejo.

2. Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús

0.04 MILES

These days only a shell, this 1741 convent and church in Casco Viejo was destroyed in a fire and further damaged in an earthquake but remains a thing of…

3. Museo de Historia de Panamá

0.07 MILES

The modest Museo de Historia de Panamá has a small selection of exhibits covering Panamanian history from the colonial period to the modern era.

4. Palacio Municipal

0.07 MILES

This neoclassical Casco Viejo building, dating to 1910, houses the modest Museo de Historia de Panamá.

5. Museo del Canal Interoceánico

0.09 MILES

This impressive museum is housed in a beautifully restored building that once served as the headquarters for the original French canal company. The Panama…

6. Catedral Metropolitana

0.1 MILES

The headquarters of the Panama archdiocese. Construction started on this 1796 cathedral in 1688.

7. Plaza de la Independencia

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In this plaza, in the heart of Casco Viejo, Panama declared its independence from Colombia on November 3, 1903.

8. Iglesia de La Merced

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An example of the baroque style in Panama, this Casco Viejo church was built in 1673 with a facade transferred from Panamá Viejo.