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Panama City 2029
1 events · 1 series · Panama City, Panama
Next: September 27, 2029
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Panama City
Panama — Central America's most cosmopolitan city, where the Pacific meets the Canal. Casco Viejo's colonial charm, the stunning skyline rivaling Miami, and a growing sports scene with MLB prospects and boxing champions. Panama's national team plays at Estadio Rommel Fernández. The nightlife in Calle Uruguay and the ceviche scene are world-class.
Panama City Fan Travel Guide
Central America's most cosmopolitan city, where the Pacific meets the Canal. Casco Viejo's colonial charm, the stunning skyline rivaling Miami, and a growing sports scene with MLB prospects and boxing champions. Panama's national team plays at Estadio Rommel Fernández. The nightlife in Calle Uruguay and the ceviche scene are world-class.. Discover where celebrities eat, stay, play, and party in Panama City. From courtside seats to the best local restaurants, here's everything a fan needs to know.
Panama City Fan Travel Blueprint
Treat Panama City as a fan basecamp city: anchor around one primary event, then layer fan-tested stay/eat/bar/attraction stops to maximize every travel block.
- What fans can already use: 2 fan weekend ideas that could turn into huge weekends and 12 fan-favorite hotels, restaurants, bars, and things to do.
- Main event anchor: 2027 Panama City Tennis Open Week on September 27, 2027.
- Stay + eat core: American Trade Hotel with Donde José can frame your pre-event window.
- Night + recovery: La Rana Dorada plus BioMuseo can round out day two.
Sample 48-Hour Fan Route
- Day 1 Arrival: Check in at American Trade Hotel, settle near the event zone, and open your first local meal block.
- Day 1 Peak: Center the night around 2027 Panama City Tennis Open Week and then push into post-event fan energy at La Rana Dorada.
- Day 2 Closeout: Use daytime space for BioMuseo, then finish with Donde José before departure.
Anime Travel Scene
Panama City, the version fans actually want
This visual is here to make the route feel real: ticket in one hand, food stop mapped, bar after, hotel nearby, and enough time left to turn the trip into a full weekend instead of a rushed one-night sprint.
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Hotels
American Trade Hotel
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BioMuseo
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Casco Viejo
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Casco Viejo Fan Walk
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Casco Viejo Historic District Walk
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Casco Viejo Historic Walk
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Restaurants
Donde José
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Estadio Rod Carew
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Estadio Rommel Fernández
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Estadio Rommel Fernández Gutiérrez
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La Casa del Marisco
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La Compañía Hotel
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Where to Stay in Panama City
Fan Stay
American Trade Hotel
Stunning boutique hotel in a restored 1917 building in Casco Viejo's Plaza Herrera, from the Ace Hotel group. Jazz club downstairs, rooftop pool overlooking the old city, and rooms with original tile floors. The hippest hotel in Central America. International artists, MLB players, and design tourists stay here.
Fan Stay
La Compañía Hotel
Occupying a restored Jesuit convent and a row of colonial houses in Casco Viejo, La Compañía is Panama City's most atmospheric luxury stay with a rooftop pool overlooking the old town skyline. Its location puts traveling fans steps from the best bars and restaurants in the historic quarter.
Fan Stay
Las Clementinas
This intimate boutique hotel in a beautifully restored 1930s Casco Viejo apartment building offers just six suites with high ceilings and colonial charm. The ground-floor café and bar have become a neighborhood gathering spot for visiting artists and international travelers. Its location in the heart of the historic quarter puts Panama's best restaurants at your doorstep.
Fan Stay
Tantalo Hotel
This stylish boutique hotel in Casco Viejo is a favourite among sports travellers who want a central base with a rooftop bar overlooking the Pacific. The rooftop regularly sets up screens for major matches, giving guests a panoramic viewing experience above the old city. Its proximity to the fan-filled plazas makes it ideal for joining street celebrations after a Panama victory.
Fan Stay
The Bristol Panama
This elegant Obarrio luxury hotel combines British colonial style with Panamanian warmth, featuring a renowned restaurant and intimate bar. International football delegations and visiting dignitaries attending events at Estadio Rommel Fernández appreciate its discreet service and central location in the banking district. The Sunday brunch at Salsipuedes is a city institution.
Where to Eat in Panama City
Fan Eats
Donde José
Chef José Carles serves a nightly tasting menu to just 16 guests in this tiny Casco Viejo restaurant, showcasing Panama's diverse ingredients from both oceans and the highland interior. International sports figures and visiting dignitaries compete for the limited seats. The market-driven menu changes daily, making every visit a unique discovery.
Fan Eats
La Casa del Marisco
A Panama City seafood institution serving generous portions of ceviche, corvina, and arroz con mariscos that showcase the country's two-ocean bounty. Fans visiting for matches at Estadio Rommel Fernández find it a satisfying and affordable introduction to authentic Panamanian coastal cuisine.
Fan Eats
Maito
Chef Mario Castrellón's acclaimed restaurant, the best in Central America and ranked on Latin America's 50 Best. Modern Panamanian cuisine using indigenous ingredients — the octopus and plantain dishes are extraordinary. Mariano Rivera, boxing champions, and international food tourists celebrate here.
Fan Eats
Mercado de Mariscos
Panama City's iconic waterfront fish market serves the freshest ceviche in Central America for just a few dollars at its upstairs restaurant with bay views. Football fans heading to Estadio Rommel Fernández make this a pre-match tradition, and visiting international players discover the ceviche that rivals Peru's. The casual atmosphere is pure Panama.
Best Bars in Panama City
La Rana Dorada
Panama's pioneering craft brewery with a lively Casco Viejo taproom serving house-brewed ales and lagers. Visiting sports fans cool off with a golden ale after exploring Panama City's historic quarter and canal zone.
Pedro Mandinga Rum Bar
Artisanal rum bar and distillery in Casco Viejo crafting small-batch Panamanian rum and creative cocktails. Sports fans exploring Panama City between baseball games and boxing events discover authentic Panamanian spirit culture here.
Selina Rooftop Casco Viejo
Perched atop the Selina hotel in Casco Viejo, this open-air rooftop bar serves tropical cocktails with views of Panama City's dramatic skyline and the historic quarter's church domes. Visiting musicians, international football fans, and digital nomads mix over sunset rum cocktails. The weekend DJ sessions bring an electric atmosphere.
Tantalo Hotel Rooftop Bar
Tantalo Hotel's rooftop bar in Casco Viejo offers the finest panoramic views of Panama City's gleaming skyline and the Pacific Ocean — the perfect wind-down venue for fans after a match at Estadio Rommel Fernández or a concert at the Figali Convention Center. The creative cocktail menu leans on Panamanian rum and tropical ingredients, and the rooftop hosts live music on weekend nights that attracts Panama's music-loving fan community. It's the bar that visiting supporters always wish they'd found on night one instead of night four.
Tántalo Hotel Rooftop Bar
The rooftop bar at Tántalo Hotel in Casco Viejo is where Panama City's football-going crowd and international sports tourists decompress after watching La Marea Roja at Estadio Rommel Fernández. The 360-degree views of the old city and the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal are spectacular, and the rum cocktails are among the city's best. A natural gathering point for fans mixing sport and the genuine magic of Casco Viejo.
Tantalo Rooftop Bar
The rooftop bar that put Casco Viejo on the map, with jaw-dropping views of Panama City's skyline and the historic quarter. Cocktails, live DJs, and a crowd mixing Panamanian celebrities, expats, and visiting athletes. The sunset from up here, with container ships crossing the Canal, is unforgettable.
Fan Attractions in Panama City
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BioMuseo
Frank Gehry's BioMuseo is Panama's most dazzling architectural landmark, a burst of color sitting on the Amador Causeway that tells the story of Panama's extraordinary biodiversity and its role as the bridge of the Americas. Sports travelers use the afternoon before evening games to explore its permanent exhibitions on the natural forces that shaped this crossroads nation. The causeway walkway between the museum and the city offers stunning Pacific views perfect for a pregame stroll.
Attraction
Casco Viejo
Panama City's UNESCO-listed old quarter becomes a carnival of colour when Los Canaleros qualify for major tournaments, with fans flooding its cobblestone plazas in red and white. Rooftop bars overlooking the Bay of Panama turn into the best places to watch televised matches in the city. The crumbling colonial architecture and ocean views make every celebration feel cinematic.
Things to Do
Casco Viejo Fan Walk
Casco Viejo — Panama's UNESCO-listed colonial quarter — is where football fans, music lovers, and culture seekers converge in a walkable neighbourhood of crumbling palaces, rooftop bars, and open-air street food scenes. On match days when Panama's national team plays at the nearby Estadio Rommel Fernández, the colonial streets fill with fans in red jerseys creating a street party in one of the Americas' most photogenic settings. The mix of salsa music from open doorways and the smell of Panamanian street food make it an unmissable fan neighbourhood.
Things to Do
Casco Viejo Historic District Walk
Walk the UNESCO-listed old quarter past restored colonial mansions, rooftop bars, jazz clubs, and Plaza de la Independencia — Panama City's most charming neighborhood.
Things to Do
Casco Viejo Historic Walk
Explore Panama City's UNESCO-listed old quarter on a self-guided walk through cobblestone streets lined with colonial Spanish and French architecture. Casco Viejo's plazas, rooftop bars, and street art scene make it the go-to pre-game and post-game hangout for visiting fans.
Attraction
Estadio Rod Carew
Estadio Rod Carew, named for Panama's Hall of Fame baseball icon, is the nation's primary baseball stadium and a place of pilgrimage for fans of the sport that Panama has gifted the world through legends from Rod Carew to Mariano Rivera. The stadium hosts professional league games and national team events that pack the stands with passionate Panamanian fans. A game-day visit reveals a Caribbean baseball culture as fervent as any in the region.
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Estadio Rommel Fernández
Panama's national football stadium is the fortress where Los Canaleros have produced some of CONCACAF's most electric qualifying atmospheres, including the historic 2017 World Cup qualification that sent the entire nation into celebrations. The stadium's charged atmosphere during international matches is a bucket-list experience for fans of football's global spread. The canal-and-city backdrop visible from the upper tiers is as dramatic as any in international football.
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Estadio Rommel Fernández Gutiérrez
The Estadio Rommel Fernández is Panama's national football stadium and the thunderous home of La Marea Roja — the Red Tide — whose 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification was one of Central American football's most emotional moments. The 36,000-seat ground comes alive on CONCACAF Nations League and World Cup qualifying nights, with Panamanian fans covering themselves in red and roaring with a Caribbean intensity unique in the region. A genuine bucket-list CONCACAF football experience.
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Miraflores Locks Visitor Center
The Miraflores Locks Visitor Center at the Panama Canal offers sports travelers a remarkable look at the engineering marvel that defines Panama's global identity. The museum inside explores the canal's history with fascinating detail, and watching massive container ships pass through the locks live is one of the most awe-inspiring spectacles in the Americas. Fans who build in a morning visit here before an evening game at Rod Carew Stadium experience Panama at its fullest.
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Panama Canal Miraflores Locks Visitor Center
Watch massive ships transit through the Miraflores Locks from the observation deck — an awe-inspiring view of one of humanity's greatest engineering achievements.
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Panama Canal Miraflores Visitor Center
Watch massive cargo ships transit through the Miraflores Locks from a four-story observation deck at the official Panama Canal Visitor Center. The museum features interactive exhibits on the canal's construction, expansion, and ecological impact, plus a rooftop restaurant overlooking one of the modern world's greatest engineering achievements.
Celebrity Guides for Panama City
Frequently Asked Questions About Panama City
Popular celebrity dining spots in Panama City include Donde José, La Casa del Marisco, Maito. See our full guide for more recommendations.
Visit our Panama City city guide for a complete list of sports teams, venues, and upcoming events.
Top-rated fan bars in Panama City include La Rana Dorada, Pedro Mandinga Rum Bar, Selina Rooftop Casco Viejo.
Recommended fan stays in Panama City: American Trade Hotel, La Compañía Hotel, Las Clementinas. All within easy reach of major venues.
Use our Panama City fan weekend ideas to connect top events with local hotels, bars, restaurants, and attractions.