Bridge of the Americas (Puente de las Americas) Tours and Tickets
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The Bridge of the Americas (Puente de lasAmericas)****spans the Panama Canal, which is perhaps the most important public works project in history. Made of steel and reinforced concrete, the bridge is 5,425 feet long, and at high tide, the clearance is 201 feet, under which ships crossing the canal must pass.
Twenty million U.S. dollars went into building the four-lane bridge, which replaced smaller ones and greatly increased road travel and capacity over the canal. It was inaugurated on Oct. 12, 1962, and allows the passage of cars, bikes and pedestrians.
The Bridge of the Americas was originally called the Thatcher Ferry Bridge, named after the ferry that used to operate on the canal before the span was built. Panama aptly renamed the bridge, since it not only connects the capital with the rest of Panama, but also unites Central and South America.
The bridge is not just useful, it’s beautiful. Seen from different angles, whether on a sunny or cloudy day, at sunset or when it is brightly lit at night, the Bridge of the Americas is a piece of world history worth the effort to see.
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Panama Canal Miraflores Locks and City Tour
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Combine a highlights tour of Panama City with a visit to the Miraflores Locks on this guided excursion. With a guide in the lead to provide transportation and insightful commentary, make stops at Casco Viejo, Miraflores Locks, Amador Causeway and Bridge of the Americas. Our van go with no more than 9 people.
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$66.67
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$66.67
Panama Canal Partial Tour - Southbound Direction
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Travel southbound through the Panama Canal during this 6-hour tour from Panama City. With your local guide, board a bus for a 45-minute journey to Gamboa, home of the Panama Canal Dredging Division. Meet your vessel, the Pacific Queen, for a trip through the Gailard cut, the Pedro Miguel Locks and the Miraflores Locks. Admire scenic views of the Centennial Bridge, the Chagres River, and the Bridge of the Americas. Eat a complimentary lunch on board during your journey. Disembark at the Flamenco Marina in Panama City.
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$145.00
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$145.00
Private Panama City and Canal Tour Like No Other
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Discover the best of Panama City as you embark on a sightseeing tour of its top landmarks. Alongside a private guide, visit several points of interest including the colonial area of Casco Antiguo, the Causeway of Amador, and the Monument to the Martyrs. The highlight of your tour is a stop at the famous Panama Canal, where you can marvel at this modern wonder.
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$70.00
Price varies by group size
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$70.00
Price varies by group size
Panama City Tour Experience
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Enjoy a guided sightseeing excursion in Panama’s vibrant capital city. After a convenient hotel pickup, experience one of the world’s great engineering marvels, the Panama Canal, at Miraflores Visitor Center. Take a walking tour of the city’s historic district, Casco Viejo, marvel at the Bridge of the Americas, and stop by the handicraft market at Amador Causeway to pick up some souvenirs.
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$66.67
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$66.67
Panama Canal Full Transit Tour
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Cruise the entirety of the Panamá Canal, from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean, during this full-day tour in Panamá City. Board a small vessel to travel through all three sets of locks that make up the canal. Voyage on Gatun Lake and the Chagres River. Learn about the history and construction of the canal from your guide while you travel. Disembark in Colón and board a shuttle for the return trip to Panamá City. Breakfast, lunch, snacks and beverages are provided on board.
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$180.00
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$180.00
Panama City Tour and Panama Canal (Miraflores Locks)
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See the Panama Canal and Panama City’s UNESCO-listed, historic center on a half-day tour of Panama City that includes pickup and drop-off at your hotel. Watch ships passing through the Miraflores Locks, follow the Amador Causeway for views back towards downtown Panama City, then see the colonial-era architecture of Casco Viejo.
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$37.00
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Panama Canal Partial Tour - Northbound direction
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Journey through the Panama Canal's Pedro Miguel and Miraflores Locks aboard the Pacific Queen. During this 6-hour tour from Panama City, travel to Gamboa with your local guide, then board a boat for a trip through the canal's impressive locks. Entering through the Gailard Cut, observe the impressive feats of engineering that make this passage possible. Learn about the canal's construction and consistent maintenance from through your guide's informative commentary. Cruise back to your departure point, admiring views of Panama City's skyline before disembarking. A continental breakfast and lunch are included on board.
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$145.00
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$145.00
Panama Canal Partial Transit Boat Tour
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Travel through the Pedro Miguel and Miraflores locks of the Panama Canal on this 5- to 6-hour boat tour from Panama City. Experience how the locks work firsthand aboard a boat; tour includes refreshments and a buffet lunch.
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$220.00
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$220.00
Fuerte Amador Shore Excursion: Private Full-Day Tour of Panama City and Canal
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Discover the highlights of Panama City on a full-day shore excursion that visits the Miraflores Locks and the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Casco Viejo (Old Town). Get close views of the Panama Canal from the viewing platforms, stop into the visitor's center, and follow your guide on a walking tour of the Old Town. Includes port pickup and drop-off, and the option to further explore the Old City on your own at the end of the tour.
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$145.00
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$145.00
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Private Half Day Panama City and Canal Tour
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The tour is wonderful because it shows the Spanish architecture in the "Old Town", also one of the wonders of the world "The Panama Canal", as well as the City and the Pacific Ocean together
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$75.00
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$75.00
Colon Shore Excursion: Panama City and Canal Private Tour
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Take in the highlights of UNESCO-listed Panama City on this private full-day shore excursion from Colon Cruise Port. Admire the views from Ancon Hill; stroll along the Amador Causeway; see the Bridge of the Americas and the Panama Canal; and explore the atmospheric Old Town on a walking tour. Port pickup and drop-off is included.
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$199.00
Price varies by group size
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$199.00
Price varies by group size
Panama Canal Full Transit Boat Tour
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Experience the Panama Canal on this ocean-to-sea cruise. After a convenient hotel pickup, embark on a 50-mile (80-kilometer) journey through the Isthmus of Panama. Marvel at the canal’s lock systems, elegant bridges, and the dozens of islands in beautiful Gatun Lake. Learn about the canal’s history from a bilingual guide and enjoy a delicious breakfast and lunch included in the tour price.
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$290.00
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$290.00
Layover Tour - Panama City Tour and Canal Visitor Center
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Make the most of a layover in Panama City on a flexible, half-day tour that’s tailored to your schedule. You can see the city center, Panama City’s atmospheric old town, the Amador Causeway, Panama Canal, Miraflores Locks, and the Panama Interoceanic Canal Museum, while enjoying the security of a driver who will get you back to the airport in time for your departing flight.
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$205.13
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Panama Canal-City tour and the Molas
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Panama Canal the Trade Mark of the Region, the transcontinental water bridge, a world renown work of engineering of the 20th century that today is still impeccable and unique. Learn the history of the men and women behind this world masterpiece, who they were and where they came from and most importantly get to know Panamá, its people, tradition, culture and the important role played by Panama in the region. A scenic drive on the Bridge of the Americas that connects with the Pan-American Highway, the first bridge built over the canal, provides a unique view of the canal. One quick stop at the controversial Chinese monument. You will visit former US military bases, drive by the Frank Gehry Museum. A stop at the indigenous handcraft market for souvenirs such as a Panama Hat and Molas (hand-made traditional Guna tribe textiles).A walking tour in Casco Antiguo let every stones and buildings of the Colonial Town fill you with joy and wonder. This tour runs with a minimum of 4 participants.
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$155.00
Price varies by group size
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$155.00
Price varies by group size
Panamanian specialist in city tour of Panama City and much more
Since 2008, the service has been professionally provided with dedication and love, making the visitor feel comfortable, safe and satisfied, guaranteed one hundred percent.
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$70.00
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$70.00
Panoramic Guided Helicopter Tour over Panama
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Flying with Panama Helicopter Tours is the best way to get to know the city and without a doubt an unforgettable experience in Panama, a unique and exciting feeling of freedom !!! hours are flexible every day from 7:30 am until the last hour of sunset. Flights only run at sunrise and before dark.
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$650.00
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per group
Guided Tour of Panama City, Canal and Casco Antiguo
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We make your dream come true and the only experience that you will not forget in your life and you will get to know a very important place in the town of this place!
Interact with local people and genuine people with great experiences to tell. Impressive visit to the Museum of La Mola, it is a space designed to expose the value of the mola in the Guna and Panamanian indigenous culture.
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$50.00
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$50.00
Coiba Island from Panama City 1 night in Santa Catalina
With our Coiba day tour, you have the opportunity to explore an unique place: secluded white sand beaches, wildlife filled bays and snorkel species-rich reefs, rocks. To go to Coiba Islands you need to depart from Santa Catalina fisherman`s town, which is a picturesque place, very famous also by its surfing. It is located 6 hours away by car from the city and It is not possible to go by plane and public transportation inefficient. That is why; we offer comfortable and private transfers from Panama City.
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$388.72
Price varies by group size
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$388.72
Price varies by group size
Panama City and Canal Private Tour
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If it is the first time in Panama, you will love this service, it will help you to know the most iconic points of the city and its history, you will have a lot of flexibility when walking or taking a picture, our guides advise you on some additional activities that you want make.
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$67.00
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$67.00
Express Tour In Panama City
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On this private tour in Panama City you will visit the most popular places in the city such as La Calzada de Amador, El Mirador Chino at the Bridge of the Americas, The Canal Visitor Center (entrance fee not included in the tour price cost $20.00 per person) and El Casco Antiguo. The duration of the tour is 6 hours and includes panoramic visits (by car), in El Casco Antiguo and pick up and drop off at your hotel, residence or airport in Panama City.
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$66.00
Price varies by group size
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$66.00
Price varies by group size
Casco Viejo Private Walking Tour
Our local, enthusiast guide will take you through the hidden gems of Casco Antiguo.
During this half-day tour, which you can do either in the morning or later part of the day, you will visit Casco Antiguo (the old city compound), which dates back to the late 1600’s and has been declared a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO.
Our bilingual Ecocircuitos Tour Leader will describe the events in history leading up to the eventual movement of the capital city to its present location. You will learn about the importance of this site and visit landmarks such as The Flat Arch, the Cathedral, Las Bóvedas, and the French Plaza.
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$135.00
Price varies by group size
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$135.00
Price varies by group size
Rappel in the Anton Valley
Feel the excitement and adrenaline rush through your veins!
Panama Outdoors offers you the opportunity to experience all the adrenaline of the descent by ropes over waterfalls with crystal clear waters.
Always accompanied by the best guides and with the best equipment so you can enjoy the experience 100%, whether you have experience or not.
After finishing the activity of rappelling and walking, we will go to visit the villages and the craft market, where you can acquire very nice memories of this town.
For the tour wear clothes that cover the whole body and dry quickly. Take change complete change including footwear.
Finally we will go to one of the best restaurants in the town, to enjoy a delicious lunch, before leaving to return to Panama City.
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$225.00
Price varies by group size
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$225.00
Price varies by group size
- Ancon Hill (Cerro Ancon)
- Fuerte Amador Cruise Port
- Biomuseo
- Casco Viejo
- Panama Interoceanic Canal Museum (Museo del Canal Interoceánico)
- Presidential Palace (Palacio de las Garzas)
- Afro-Antillean Museum of Panama (Museo Afro-Antillano de Panama)
- Metropolitan Cathedral
- Punta Culebra Nature Center
- Amador Causeway (Calzada de Amador)
- Metropolitan National Park (Parque Natural Metropolitano)
- Panama Canal
- Miraflores Locks
- San Jose Church (Iglesia San Jose)
- Panamá Viejo (Old Panama Ruins)