Casco Viejo - Panama City

Hello everyone,

We arrived in Panama on Monday after two flights of a few hours and a stopover in Bogota. We spent the first night and the following day in Casco Viejo which is the old Panama city. There is a very nice hostal there, called Luna's Castle, an old private home  immensely big and beautifuly decorated! The next morning we walked around the neighborhood which until recently was of little interest to the richer Panamians who left for Nuevo Panama, on the other side of the city. However, in 2003 the UNESCO declared Casco Viejo an important aspect of the Panamian Heritage and since then reconstruction of the abandonned and deteriorated buildings has taken place. Although most buildings are still in very bad shape, you can only imagine how beautiul this part of the city must have been...

We then took a bus to Bocas del Toro on the Northern Caribbean coast of Panama, but more on this in our next update!
Cheers,
Marie.

Contrast between Casco Viejo and Panama City in the background

Small plaza in Casco Viejo

Panama City from Casco Viejo