Essentials
Super Carnes | Las Tablas
Paseo Carlos LopezIt has everything you will need
Everything Else
This is the place to hang out on cool nights and the site for carnival.
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Iphakamisa le-Porras Park
This is the place to hang out on cool nights and the site for carnival.
Food Scene
This restaurant allows you to use their pool if you are a paying customer. This is a great way to give the kids pool time without leaving the beach. The food is great too.
Rincón Del Faro
This restaurant allows you to use their pool if you are a paying customer. This is a great way to give the kids pool time without leaving the beach. The food is great too.
Hotel Piamonte
Avenida Doctor Belisario PorrasThe food is very economical and the breakfast, lunch, and dinner is worth it.
This
snack shop is a perfect hunger fix if you have a
few minutes between buses: think marinated
meatballs, potato salad and empanadas in a
clean little cafe.
Boquitas Caseras
This
snack shop is a perfect hunger fix if you have a
few minutes between buses: think marinated
meatballs, potato salad and empanadas in a
clean little cafe.
Housed in a handsome colonial building, this atmospheric yet low-key spot serves grilled meats and tasty seafood including corvina ceviche (sea bass ceviche). Before hitting the road, stop by in the morning for a tasty farmstyle breakfast to start your day the right way.
Restaurante El Caserón
C Agustin BatistaHoused in a handsome colonial building, this atmospheric yet low-key spot serves grilled meats and tasty seafood including corvina ceviche (sea bass ceviche). Before hitting the road, stop by in the morning for a tasty farmstyle breakfast to start your day the right way.
Shopping
You can find pretty much everything you will need at this grocery store. Pick up fresh bread at the bakery next door.
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Super Carnes station
You can find pretty much everything you will need at this grocery store. Pick up fresh bread at the bakery next door.
Sightseeing
This is an enjoyable day trip to spend snorkeling to see marine wildlife.
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Isla Iguana Wildlife Refuge
This is an enjoyable day trip to spend snorkeling to see marine wildlife.
This baroque-style church (Av Belisario Porras) near the central plaza opened its doors on March 9, 1789, but sustained major damage in 1950 during a fire. Although the church was later restored, the walls and the base of the pulpit are original. The painted faces on the ornate 23-karat gold-leaf altar are also original, but the figurines of Christ, the Virgin and he saints were added after the blaze. Cedar wood was used in the construction of the altar, which was renovated in 2001.
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Church of Santa Librada
Vía las Tablas-TonosíThis baroque-style church (Av Belisario Porras) near the central plaza opened its doors on March 9, 1789, but sustained major damage in 1950 during a fire. Although the church was later restored, the walls and the base of the pulpit are original. The painted faces on the ornate 23-karat gold-leaf altar are also original, but the figurines of Christ, the Virgin and he saints were added after the blaze. Cedar wood was used in the construction of the altar, which was renovated in 2001.
Arts & Culture
Opposite the Central Plaza, this museum (Av Belisario Porras; adult/child US$0.50/0.25; 9am-12:30pm & 1:30-4pm Tue-Sat, 9am-noon Sun) is in the mud-walled former home of three-time president Belisario Porras, during whose administration the Panama Canal opened. Porras was president for all but two years from 1912 to 1924. He is credited with establishing Panama’s network of public hospitals, creating a national registry for land titles and constructing scores of bridges and aqueducts. The museum contains many artifacts from Porras’ life and serves as a monument to the achievements of this widely revered man.
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Iphakamisa le-Porras Park
Opposite the Central Plaza, this museum (Av Belisario Porras; adult/child US$0.50/0.25; 9am-12:30pm & 1:30-4pm Tue-Sat, 9am-noon Sun) is in the mud-walled former home of three-time president Belisario Porras, during whose administration the Panama Canal opened. Porras was president for all but two years from 1912 to 1924. He is credited with establishing Panama’s network of public hospitals, creating a national registry for land titles and constructing scores of bridges and aqueducts. The museum contains many artifacts from Porras’ life and serves as a monument to the achievements of this widely revered man.