Panama City Tour: Discover Local Culture

Experience the real Panama on our walking tour of Chinatown and the Old Town. Immerse yourself in the vibrant culture, history, and flavors of Panama City like never before.

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • San Felipe Neri Public Market - This is the starting point, where you will meet our guide and start your experience!
    San Felipe Neri Public Market, is a special place, nothing touristy, but extremely popular with locals from all over Panama City looking for the best products at the best prices.
    Historically, the building was one of the stations of…
What's Included
  • Professional Tour Guide (Certified by ATP)
Additional Information

Start your journey at the lively San Felipe Neri Market, a key part of Panama City’s daily life since 1914. Recently updated, this bustling market provides a sensory delight with its fresh produce, local treats, and genuine Panamanian trade. Interact with welcoming vendors, taste traditional snacks, and soak in the vibrant atmosphere.
From the market,…

Location
San Felipe Neri Public Market
meet us at the front door, next to the parking area of the market. Here you have at your disposal clean bathrooms, the best cheap local food, and the best natural juices in Panama. While you wait to start the tour, enjoy a local breakfast or lunch in the style of our Panamanian people.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Samk654
Feb 18, 2025
Excellent walking tour of Panama City old town - Another excellent tour of the many sites in Panama City. Luis (sp?) was a very well spoken, knowledgeable, and gracious guide. He optimized the tour for us, eg keeping in the shade, providing bootlegs of cold water, answering our questions, all while covering a lot of old town. He knows the sites well and relayed that information to us. This is what we hoped for and we walked for several hours non-stop.
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Traveler26089252123
Jan 26, 2025
A great tour - Roberto our guide was very knowledgeable and knew not just the area, but most of the people in it. He took us to some areas that we wouldn’t otherwise have seen without him. He also took many group photos for us.
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Irwin_d
Nov 10, 2024
Leared a lot. - Learning about all the foods that are native to Panama and a mystery to us. Luis made especially aware of all the different styles of housies throughout old town. He pointed out all different balcony designs which never noticed before. The tour was a real treat and Luis is an excellent guide and person.
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Danymm756gl
Oct 10, 2024
Excellent visit to familiarize yourself with the places - Roberto the Super Guide and the good cares gave meaning to this tour of the old town. The right indications and explanations.
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Maze1914
Oct 8, 2024
An amazing Tour of the Panama Canal and Old Town. - The half day tour was amazing. It was nice to learn about how the Canal works and actually see it in action. Our guide was amazing and gor us there very early as we beat the crowd The tour around Panama City and Old Town was equally amazing and we learned so much about the city Highly recommend!!!!
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Aditi_v
Jul 13, 2024
Very informative - I’d actually walked around all the areas on the tour by myself the day before, but I got SO much more interesting context about the local culture and history by going on this tour. Definitely recommend!
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Andrew_g
May 3, 2024
Real Panama experience! - Juan Carlos was awesome! Gave me a real Panama experience. Very knowledgeable and informative. Would recommend to all.
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Randall_w
Mar 31, 2024
A Deep Dive into Old Panama City. - This was an excellent tour. A close up look at old town Panama. A deep dive into the long history of Panama. Roberto was has a deep knowledge of Panamanian history.
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Michael_h
Dec 1, 2023
Should you go? Yes - Roberto was on time, flexible, a wealth of info and personable. This tour gives you a lot and although we had taken a bike tour that touched on some of the neighborhoods included on this tour, this one provided more depth and local flavor. Roberto was great. Highly recommend.
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Catherine_b
Jan 17, 2024
Walking tour of china town and the old town. - Very informative, our guide Roberto was very knowledgeable and friendly. Let us stop to take photos and we had a body/beverage break in a nice air conditioned coffee shop names Geisha Experience.
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From $48
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).