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10m · Admission ticket included
We will walk towards Plaza Santa Ana, Calle 12 Oeste, San Felipe, nearby is Café Coca Cola 8°57′12″N 79°32′18″W, the first Café and the oldest in the city, authorized by the Coca Cola Company to bear the name of Its product in 1875, Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO, we will eat puff pastry, a popular fried food of all social classes in Panama.
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15m · Admission ticket included
We continue the walk passing through the rails of the old tram that circulated in colonial times.
Stop at a legendary local bar called Cantina Aurora XF36+6JQ, Calle 12 Oeste, San Felipe, with almost a century of being active, to learn about the drinks that Panamanians consume.
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Independence Square
15m
Stop at Plaza Mayor or Plaza de la Independencia, surrounded by historical buildings such as the Cathedral, the Panama Canal Museum, the Municipal Palace, where the Separation of Panama from Colombia and the Independence of Panama from Spain was declared.
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15m · Admission ticket included
We continue to the Cathedral Basilica Santa María La Antigua (8°57′09″N 79°32′07″W), founded in 1510, a World Heritage Site, with mother-of-pearl inlays that were considered the highest in Latin America by far. time. The walls are made of stone, the façade is carved in the Renaissance style, it has a large Sacristy, once two levels, the only Panamanian colonial building with a dome, with a picturesque setting.
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The Flat Arch of Casco Viejo
15m · Admission ticket included
The Flat Arch is thus known universally, it is made up of the church, the convent and its auxiliary chapel, where a large church was built with a Latin cross plan and a cloister with only one wing for the monks' cells. The fires of 1737 and 1756 affected the entire Santo Domingo de los Dominicanos convent, it is said that it served to prove to the Americans when they chose the route to build the Canal, that there were no major tectonic movements in Panama. It is considered one of the architectural wonders of the world.
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15m · Admission ticket included
We resume our walk towards the grounds of the Sofitel Hotel, which is located in front of Panama Bay, French-style, the largest hotel in Casco Viejo due to its sophisticated design. We will talk about the modern city.
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Plaza Bolivar
15m · Admission ticket included
We continue the walk, passing by the National Theater, on one side is the Plaza Bolívar, also known as Plaza Mayor where we stop to talk about its history, the square was renamed as a tribute to the liberator Simón Bolívar in 1926.
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Palacio de las Garzas
10m · Admission ticket included
Next we will go to the Presidential Palace, where we will stop to talk about the government system of our country.
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10m · Admission ticket included
We resume the walk towards Plaza Quinto Centenario, located in the final stretch of the city's so-called Cinta Costera and the beginning of the Old Town, with a panoramic view of the modern city's skyscrapers, a recommended place for our visitors' photographs . At this point our walk ends.
