With Panama dining, you will find enticing flavors, exotic ingredients and mouth-watering selections. Alfresco or indoors, casual or extravagant, International or local, New World or Far eastern — an epicure’s paradise awaits you in Panama.

 

Panama 's fortunate location geographically has made us a melting pot of different cultures. Nowhere is this more evident than in the wide variety of fine restaurants available in the country.

 

Panama’s dining scene is truly exciting, one of varying tastes that can satisfy the most complete palate or craving. With so many different cultures migrating to Panama, the influence of flavors and culture here is almost overwhelming and has many positive effects on menu and recipe design.

 

Whenever you visit Panama, you're in for a delectable time when it comes to dining because no matter what you're craving, chances are it's being served somewhere in our world-class destination.

 

Darna Café (Kosher)	www.darnacafe.com	302-2989
Gauchos (Steak house)		263-4469
Barandas Restaurant		265-7844
Jimmy (Steaks & Greek)		226-1096
La Casa del Marisco (Seafood)		223-7755
Madame Chang		269-1313
Mostaza		228-3341
Ego Urbano		262-6245
Euroasia		264-7859
Manolo Caracol		228-4640
Market (Steaks)		264-9401
Peperoncini	www.tre-scalini.com	265-1312
La Papa	www.lapapa.net	265-5800
Beirut		214-3815
Restaurante Rincón Suizo	www.1985.com	263-8541
Restaurante Fuji		223-7869
Limoncillo		263-5350
La Posta	www.lapostapanama.com	269-1076
Sushi Itto		265-1222
Ten Bistro	www.tenbistro.com	213-8250
Tomato	www.tomato.com.pa	300-2003

 

Some key malls:

 

1. MultiPlaza Mall

Located near Punta Pacifica and Paitilla residential area.

 

2. MultiCentro Mall

Located on Avenida Balboa facing the Paitilla neighborhood.

 

3. Albrook Mall

Located next to the Albrook National Bus Terminal. Albrook is one of the biggest malls.

 

4. El Dorado Mall

A wide variety of popular stores

 

5. Los Pueblos Mall

The ever popular Los pueblos Mall is already an icon in the Panamanian culture.

 

Panama is the perfect place for eco-tourism and has some of the worlds most beautiful and biodiversity Rainforests with over 900 bird species more than US and Canada combined.

 

Panama offers a wide selection of beaches, fishing and diving. With two coasts (Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea), which you can swim on the same day and over 1,000 islands, there are plenty of water activities to enjoy.

 

Here is a list of some of the sports activities you can enjoy in Panama:

 

Panama offers several Golf courses to consider through out the country but if you will be in the City Summit Golf & Resort is a World Class championship golf course near Panama City, Panama. The course has been completely renovated to world-class standards. The win combination of a superior redesign by Jeffrey Myers with the ultimate in construction by Gregori International has created a championship course of the highest caliber. Summit Golf & Resort is strategically located on the East bank of the Panama Canal on Gaillard Highway and is only at 20 minutes drive from downtown Panama.

 

Just 83 kms from the city of panama, you will find the Coronado Golf resort. In a beautiful setting, you can play golf in one of the best professional courses in Latin America, created by the famous designers Tom and George Fazio. Tom Fazio has been chosen by Golf Digest as the world's top golf course designer. It has 18 holes, par 72, with 7,092 yards.

 

Weather snorkeling or with tanks (scuba), for the enthusiast we assure the submariner that will fulfill its desires for adventure and entertainment in the waters of Panama. Panama offers both, a vivid and colorful submarine world of the Atlantic Ocean, with clear Caribbean waters. Also the vast and mysterious Pacific Ocean, with plenty of the great marine species.

 

In addition to these two great oceans, there is also the possibility of enjoying intriguing waters of the vast Gatun Lake, bed of the PANAMA CANAL.

 

For Diving adventures visit www.scubapanama.com

 

There are many great spots for surfing in Panama. The surf in Panama is non-stop with swells hitting the Pacific and Atlantic (Caribbean) Coasts year round. The peninsula area of the Pacific coast (Cambutal, Venado, and Santa Catalina) receives south, and west swells making this a very good option year round. Near Catalina you can find islands like Cebaco, Coiba, Jicaron, and Montuosa where you will enjoy clear blue waters to swim, fish and relax.

 

You can also windsurf and kitesurf in Punta Chame with very strong and continuous north winds from December until April.

 

There has been many record setting fish caught of the shores of Panama, either in the deep Bay of Panama, in the "tuna coast" off the Azuero Peninsula of Panama's Pacific coast or in the Caribbean Sea.

 

Some of the fish caught in these waters include : Wahoo, Dorado, Roosterfish, Cero Mackerel, Snook, Cubera, Colorado and Crimson Snapper, Corbina, Broomtail and Rockhind Grouper, Peruvian Amberjack, Almaco Jack, Jack Crevalle, Blue-Fin Trevally, Yellow fin and Big Eye Tuna, African Pompano, Pacific Sailfish and more.

 

In season (January-March), The Tropic Star Lodge in Bahia Piñas holds over 180 World Records and is the Best Saltwater Fishing Resort in the World. With out a doubt is the best place in the world for his majesty, the Black Marlin.

 

Panama is a country world renounced for its rivers of rare and remote beauty. The rivers vary in difficulty, providing white water adventures for every rafter, beginner to most advanced.

 

Most malls have movie theaters, in addition to some independently located theaters in Panama City and the interior of the country.

 

Visit www.cinespanama.com for theater and movie listings in English and Spanish.

 

A variety of bars and clubs are found in three main areas of Panama City:

• Calle Uruguay area, located in Marbella, the financial district
  A very hip, booming area with many clubs and with big crowds
  Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights.
• Via Argentina area, located in El Cangrejo
  Numerous bars, along a tree-lined boulevard with a European feel; laid-back, in contrast to the intensity of the Calle Uruguay area.
• The Causeway
  Many Bars and clubs, extremely popular on weekends.

 

Contemporary Art Museum (Museo de Arte Contemporaneo - MAC)

Located on Avenida de los Martires

Visiting Hours: Tuesdays – Sundays: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Thursdays: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.

Website: Macpanama.org

 

There are several theaters in Panama, the largest is the National Theater (Teatro Nacional) in Casco Viejo. For information about other theater locations and current productions visit: