Made the mistake of thinking that the bad reviews here might have been from 'fussy people.' My friend and I weren't scared of staying in a place that was really basic or a little 'rough around the edges'...but this place is beyond this. Read about this place on LP's forums and thought it was worth a shot to save some... More

Based on good reviews from the LP thorntree, we booked the penthouse suite at Casco Antiguo for 3 nights. When we arrived, we were met with a room that looked like it might have been the set of a depressing indie horror film, complete with no fewer than 5 huge buckets collecting water from the dilapidated ceiling. We moved to... More

Hotel Casco Antuguo offers good deals and great breakfasts. The morning staff was really sweet. It was quite noisy with children running around all over the lobby. But it was clean and had some interesting art deco remnants. It closes in on a shady part of town so be careful just wandering, but the neighborhood people were extremely helpful. An... More

This place was very, very basic. It looked like it might have been a nice hotel at some point but that must have been a long time ago. The bed was fine and the room was clean enough. However, it was definitely dingy and run down looking, and we didn't have a shower curtain. The main problem though was the... More

We spent a layover night at Hotel Casco Antiguo and were just looking for a place to sleep for a few hours before catching the bus back home to Boquete. It is not a hotel, it is hostel caliber. It is very basic, fairly clean but spartan and a bit run down. We had a private room with bathroom, the... More

The hotel is only 300 m from the cathedral and the best locations of the old part of Panama (heavily being restaured but still half in ruins when I arrived in April 2012). There is some rotten houses around the hotel, and on Sunday after midnight I looked for a beer and realized that the only open cantine was just... More

First of all a big „THANK YOU“ to the hotel. We came by a night bus from David and arrived to Panama City really early, it was about 5:00 am and still very dark. We were 12 people and even thought I did not tell the hotel we´ll be arriving this early, they took care of us. Because our rooms... More

This hotel charges $22 for a tiny room with a tiny bed, with no bathroom and no airconditioning. The ceiling fan is three inches away from the ceiling and does not move the air in the room. Go to the Exposicion area where you get your own bathroom and decent airconditioning for $25.

Could be better described as a pension or a backpackers. Rooms are very basic, although clean, many with shared bathrooms. We found management to be helpful and accommodating, and they set us up with a great taxi tour with driver Sara. We had the 'penthouse' which at $66 per night was very good value. Huge room with 2 double beds,... More