10 Mejores Hoteles en Ciudad de Panamá — Casco Viejo, Punta Pacífica y Marbella (Reseña 2026)

Sofitel Legend Casco Viejo is the chain's newest Legend-tier property, opened in late 2025, and it brings the 1917 Union Club back to life on the tip of Casco Viejo as the first officially 5-star hotel in the UNESCO old town. The neoclassical shell was carefully restored to keep its century-old face while folding in contemporary luxury. There are 159 rooms, nearly all opening onto Panama Bay with a private balcony where you sip morning coffee against the new-city skyline. Other draws: the Sofitel SPA, a pool beside the building, a historic ballroom for events, and a kitchen that marries Panamanian ingredients with French technique. Location is the trump card — you can walk to Plaza Independencia, the Catedral Metropolitana and Plaza Francia within 5 minutes. Rooms start around $470 a night, the overall score is 9.4/10, and it suits couples and luxury travelers who want to step straight into the Spanish old town founded in 1673.

Picture a 36-floor glass tower in Panama City's financial district that quietly holds one of Latin America's rarest Waldorf Astoria addresses — that's the 248-room Waldorf Astoria Panama on Calle Uruguay, in the heart of Punta Pacifica, where skyscrapers, foreign banks and the upscale Multiplaza mall stack up like a scaled-down Miami. The pitch is clear: marble bathrooms run wall to wall and stay spotless to brand standard, rooms from Deluxe up open onto the Pacific Ocean or the skyline, a rooftop pool catches the sea breeze, and you don't skip PEACOCK Alley, the restaurant-bar lifted straight from the New York original. Rates start around $280 a night — genuinely reachable for a brand at this level — and you book through Hilton Honors with full points. A 9.0/10 from real guest reviews; good for couples, business travelers and families who want a polished base in a modern city.

The Bristol Panama, a Registry Collection Hotel is a genuinely Panamanian boutique that has been open since 1989, sitting in the heart of Marbella CBD near embassies, major banks and Multicentro Mall — close enough that Panamanian businesspeople call it their second home. What sets it apart from the big chains is the art-gallery feel: nearly 100 pieces of Latin American art are spread across the lobby, hallways and rooms, and each of the 127 rooms has its own design, fitted with double-glazed soundproof glass against the busy CBD outside. The restaurant Salsipuedes, run by Panamanian celebrity chef Cuquita Arias de Calvo, serves traditional Panamanian food you rarely find in the larger hotels. Rooms start around $210 a night, and the 9.1/10 on both Agoda and Booking reflects warm, name-remembering service. Best for couples, luxury travelers who want local character, and businesspeople after privacy over a chain.

American Trade Hotel is a 50-room boutique that the Atelier Ace team — the studio behind Ace Hotel New York — built out of a white colonial building from 1917 on Plaza Herrera, in the heart of the UNESCO World Heritage old town of Casco Viejo. The rooms stand out for their high ceilings, full-height long wood windows, furniture made from wood reclaimed from the original building, and soft Frette linens. The same building holds Cafe Unido, pouring Panama's celebrated Geisha coffee; the American Trade Bookshop with its curated English-Spanish art books; Danilo's Jazz Club, run by Grammy-winning pianist Danilo Perez; and a rooftop pool looking over the old town's terracotta roofs. Rooms start around $263 a night, with an Agoda score of 9.0 and Booking 8.9. It suits couples and design lovers who want to soak up the spirit of Casco Viejo and walk out the door to restaurants, bars and bay views within minutes.

JW Marriott Panama is the 70-floor glass tower shaped like a billowing sail that stands on the Punta Pacifica peninsula over Panama Bay — one of the easiest landmarks to pick out on the city skyline. It opened in 2011 as the Trump Ocean Club, then passed to JW Marriott management in 2018. Inside are roughly 320 rooms and suites, and the draw is that every one opens onto a full bay view, with a compact kitchenette built for longer stays. Downstairs sits a large outdoor pool that many reviews call the biggest in the city, plus the Sortis Casino, a full spa, and — the headline — Sugar Bar, the rooftop bar on the 66th floor with a 360-degree view taking in both the skyline and the Panama Canal. It sits in the new business district beside the Corredor Sur highway, about 15 minutes from old-town Casco Viejo and 25 to 30 minutes from Tocumen airport. From around $194 a night.

InterContinental Miramar Panama by IHG is a 5-star, 206-room property set in tall twin towers on Avenida Balboa, right along Bahía de Panamá. The detail that hooks returning guests is the private balcony on every room, which opens onto a wide bay where dozens of giant cargo ships sit waiting their turn for the Panama Canal all day long — a sight no other hotel in town matches. Suites are laid with cool marble floors, some bathrooms have a jacuzzi, and the Club InterContinental floor runs an Executive Lounge with free breakfast, afternoon snacks and an evening cocktail hour. The open-air terrace pool looks straight out over the bay, and La Bocaccia, the hotel's long-running Italian kitchen, keeps turning up in reviews for big, flavorful plates. You can walk across the street to Cinta Costera, the city's seaside path, in a couple of minutes. Rates start around $120 a night — noticeably less than the rival 5-stars on the same strip. Overall 8.5/10, best for couples and business travelers who want a wide bay view on a workable budget.

Hilton Panama stands on Avenida Balboa along the Pacific, a 21-floor tower with 347 rooms and suites — most of them facing the bay, so nearly every room wakes up to cargo ships lined up in turquoise water waiting their turn through the Panama Canal. The draw is the location: it sits right on the Cinta Costera, the seafront path locals jog and cycle every morning, a 5-minute walk from the well-known seafood market Mercado de Mariscos and about 10 minutes by taxi to the UNESCO old town Casco Viejo. The amenities are the full set — a rooftop outdoor pool over the bay, Eforea Spa, a 24-hour gym, the in-house Majestic Casino, and that breakfast buffet reviewers across every platform call one of the best in town, strongest on fresh-pressed juices, made-to-order eggs, and tropical fruit. Overall 8.7/10, from around $154 a night — good for travelers who want a luxury sea-view room at a reachable price, and for business guests who want everything on site.

Picture a pastel Caribbean building nearly a hundred years old, standing on a stone lane in the heart of Casco Viejo, Panama City's UNESCO World Heritage old town. Open the door and you find a suite with ceilings around 12 feet high, stretching long like a private apartment, complete with a small kitchen, a dining table, and wooden balconies wrapping the inside in tropical-house style. This is the charm of Las Clementinas Hotel, a tiny boutique of just 6 suites in the carefully restored 1930s Casa Clementina. The draw is the location in the heart of the heritage quarter, walking distance to every old-town landmark, the shady green garden out back that holds Mahalo Cocina y Jardín (in the Michelin Guide Panama), and a rooftop looking out over the tiled roofs. It is also B Corp certified for sustainability. Rooms start around $185 a night, with review scores of 9.3/10 on Agoda and 9.4/10 on Booking. Best for couples and travelers who want somewhere small but full of soul rather than a big chain.

Hyatt Place Panama City/Downtown opened in 2014 on Vía Brasil, right where El Cangrejo — Panama City's favorite eat-and-drink neighborhood — meets Vía Argentina, a café-and-restaurant street that stays busy all day. The 165 rooms follow the modern American Hyatt Place template, and the signature touch is a sitting area set apart from the bed, which suits both people opening a laptop and families who want room to spread out. Up on the roof there's a pool with a view of the Panama City skyline, and the daily American-Latin breakfast buffet is included in the rate, with a 24-hour market in the lobby for late-night snacks. The Vía Argentina metro station (Line 1) sits about a 5-minute walk away, so it's an easy hop to the Obarrio business district or the old town of Casco Viejo. Rates start around $100 a night, which makes this one of the best-value rooms in the area. Overall score: 8.8/10, best for business travelers and families who value a steady standard close to the metro.

Riu Plaza Panama is a 24-floor, 645-room tower from Spanish chain RIU Hotels & Resorts, planted right on Calle 50 in Bella Vista where it spills into Marbella — the business and shopping core of Panama City. It opened in 2010, and the draw is the rooftop pool with city and Panama Bay views, a full gym, an in-house casino, an international breakfast buffet that reviewers rave about, and warm-toned rooms with floor-to-ceiling windows — all from just $84 a night. You can walk to Multiplaza Pacific Mall and the restaurants along Via España in under 10 minutes, and it sits about 15 minutes by car from Casco Viejo, the UNESCO-listed old town. Overall it pulls 8.5/10 — built for travelers who value location and value over polish or Michelin dining.