Panama City is a very beautiful city with a lot of history. You may see Panama's skyline is the contrast between the old Casco Viejo (Old Colonial Spanish) and the new Balboa Avenue, banking area and Punta Pacífica and Punta Paitilla modern buildings. While the modern part of town is a fast moving city with skyscrapers everywhere, all kinds of restaurants and night clubs, a lot of small shops as well as big department stores and shopping malls, cellphones ringing allover, the Casco Viejo takes you way back in time with it's narrow streets, cafes and it's great architecture.

Nice things to do include a visit to the Amador Causeway (a wavebreaker converted into a tourist magnet, which connects three small islands to the mainland) to grab a bite in one of the many restaurants it has to offer, ride a bicycle, watch the cruises at the marina or to just take a walk in the windy afternoon. At the periphery of the modern town you will find the ruins of Panamá La Vieja, the first town founded by Spaniards at the Pacific in 1519 and destroyed by Pirate Henry Morgan.