That "new" Panama City, built and settled beginning in 1673, is now the Casco Antiguo ("Old Core") which devolved into a slum for many years but is now packed with charming, cleaned up colonial architecture, several historical sites and museums (including one dveoted to the canal), and a slew of cafés, bars, shops, galleries, restaurants, and boutique hotels.

Read more in Tripatini contributor Keith Kellett´s post Impressions of Panama City and the Canal.

Keith Kellett