Panama Canal and City Tour Full Day

Start your sightseeing tour of Panama City and the Panama Canal with pickup from your hotel. Listen as your informative guide shares fascinating facts about the capital’s modern and historic districts and points out areas of interest during a driving tour.

Venture into Casco Viejo (aka Casco Antiguo) — Panama City’s Old Quarter —  and admire the 17th-century Spanish colonial architecture lining cobblestone streets and public parks. Your guide stops at France Plaza, Iglesia de San Jose (Church of San Jose), the Flat Arch and the Metropolitan Cathedral as well as Paseo Las Bovedas, a stone promenade and seawall now home to shops and cafes. 

View typical French architectural style of colonial homes in the French Quarter en route to the Panama Canal, whose surrounding landmarks include the Palacio de las Garzas (the President of Panama's official office), the enchanted Balboa area and the Panama Canal Administration Building. Enjoy photo ops of the canal itself, and discover the engineering feats of the Panama Canal locks that enable efficient passage between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.

Your tour includes admission to the Miraflores Visitors Center, which features several viewing platforms and an interactive museum. If time allows, you can watch vessels as they travel through Miraflores, one of the canal’s three lock systems.

Continue on to the Amador Causeway (Calzada de Amador), a manmade network of four small islands near the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal. Amid the palm trees and other tropical flora, soak up breathtaking views of both the Panama Canal and the Panama City skyline before return transport to your hotel.