The Canal, Casco Viejo and San Blas. Here is when to go, what a day costs on site and what to see, then Okela composes your itinerary hour by hour.

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When to visit Panama City

Best months: January, February, March, April and December.

What to see in Panama City

1. Canal de Panama (écluses de Miraflores)
   Here you can watch a cargo ship weighing tens of thousands of tonnes rise slowly in a lock just a few metres away.
2. Casco Viejo
   The district was built on a small peninsula after pirates destroyed the original city, and it still has a tight grid of lanes, squares and colonial facades with wrought-iron balconies.
3. Cinta Costera
   The Cinta Costera is Panama City's long waterfront promenade, running along the bay and facing the city's towers.
4. Biomuseo
   The Biomuseo tells how the Isthmus of Panama rose from the sea and joined two continents, an event that changed life across the whole planet.
5. Îles San Blas (excursion)
   An archipelago of tiny sandy islands fringed with coconut palms in clear Caribbean water, run by the Guna people who still live there.
6. Parc naturel métropolitain
   A tropical dry forest right in the city, where you go from avenue traffic to birdsong in a few minutes.
7. Amador Causeway
   This long causeway, built from rock dug out during the excavation of the canal, runs into the Pacific at the canal's entrance.
8. Mercado de Mariscos
   This fish market sits on the edge of the bay, close to Casco Viejo, and it is where the city comes for the day's catch.

A sample itinerary for Panama City, three days

Composed by Okela from the places in its database, with times. Yours takes your dates, pace and group into account.

Budget

Expect about €102 per person per day on site (accommodation, meals, transport and visits), depending on the comfort you choose. Okela shows the price of every step of your itinerary.

My Panama City itinerary, hour by hour

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