ID: PE-003 Half Day City Tour
Price: US$80 per person. Tour duration: approximately 4 hours.
ID:PE-004 Full Day City Tour Price: US$120 per person. Tour duration: approximately 8 hours.
* These tour are available from Tuesday through Sunday.
The Half Day City Tour takes you on a fascinating historic journey starting in Old Panama, where Pedro Arias de Avila founded the first Spanish City on August 15, 1519, and continuing on to Casco Viejo, the historic center of Panama City with beautiful restored colonial houses, interesting museums, cathedrals, and plazas. The full day city tour continues with lunch at Casco Viejo and a visit to the Miraflores Visitor Center and locks at the Panama Canal.
TOUR INFORMATION
During thehalf-day tour you will visit the ruins of Old Panama, climb up the Cathedral tower, visit the Old Panama Museum and then continue to Casco Viejo which dates from the late 1600's. A bilingual guide will describe the events in history leading up to the eventual movement of the capital city to its present location. Casco Viejo is home to monuments to Ferdinand de Lesseps and other Frenchmen instrumental in the ill-fated attempt of the French to construct a canal through Panama. The tour ends with a visit to the Panama Canal Museum.
The full day tour continues with lunch at a Panamanian restaurant and a tour of the Panama Canal area, including the town of Balboa, formerly part of the Panama Canal Zone. You will stop by the folk art market at the old YMCA building and then visit the Miraflores Locks at the Panama Canal where large ships can be seen transiting the canal. Enjoy a presentation by the Panama Canal Authority on the history of the Panama Canal and marvel at the workings of this feat of human engineering. In the late afternoon, you will return to your hotel in Panama City.
INCLUDED
Transportation from and to your hotel in Panama City*
Bilingual guide.
Full lunch (only included in Full Day City Tour)
Museum entrance and related fees.
DISCLAIMER
Prices and itineraries are accurate however they are subject to change due to weather or local conditions, availabilities or factors beyond the control of Panama Explorers.
RECOMMENDED TO BRING
Camera
Cap or hat
Sunscreen lotion
Light clothing
Light raincoat
Tennis shoes or sandals
Half day tour.
Full day tour.
If this tour doesn't suit your needs, feel free toplan your own tour or trip, we will be more than happy to quote it for you.
Did you know that Panama’s National bird, the Harpy Eagle, it’s the strongest bird of prey in the world?
ID: PE-003