Old Panama Ruins Tour: Explore Grandiose Past and Unique Architecture

Step back in time and explore the grandiose past and unique architecture of old Panama. Visit the ruins of churches, palaces, and military buildings, and explore the old French Quarter. Discover the tales of gallantry and piracy in the narrow streets of Casco Antiguo.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Casco Viejo - Take a tour of Casco Antiguo, the Old Quarter of Panama City, with a tour guide. Visit San Jose Church with its golden altar, French Plaza and City Plaza, and see the city walls. You will also is it a local fish market and visit the Museo de Panama Viejo Museum to learn about the city’s rich culture and history.
What's Included
  • 1-Hour Guided Walk In The Old Town
  • Transportation (pick-up and drop-off at hotel)
  • 1 Hour Of Free Time In The Old Town To Explore On Your Own
  • 1-Hour Guided Walk In The Ruins Of Panama Viejo
  • Panama la Vieja Museum
  • Local Guide
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • DVD
  • Souvenir photos
Additional Information

Your journey begins with a visit to the “Old Panama Ruins”, established in 1519 and brought to ruin by the notorious Welsh Captain Henry Morgan in 1671. Here, you can survey the remnants of churches, convents, colonial palaces, bridges and military edifices that bear witness to this city’s illustrious history. As we ensue with this captivating…

Location
Casco Viejo
Avenida Central
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Janet_r
Feb 11, 2025
Pedro the Best Tour Guide - We really enjoyed the tour, and our tour guide, Pedro, was the BEST! There was just me, my husband, and our 2 friends on the tour, so we were lucky to have such a small and intimate group. Pedro was very kind, polite, interesting, knowledgeable, personable, and entertaining. He spent time getting to know us, and provided us with much information regarding his own life, experiences, and his beloved country of Panama. He made it "our tour", and accommodated us by providing us with suggestions or options on the tour. Towards the end of the tour, he told us that he could leave us for an hour to shop on our own, or continue to show us around more. We all excitedly jumped at the opportunity to spend more time with him, for we enjoyed his company that much! Pedro is an outstanding and most honorable man, and he represents the tour industry very well. We all want to personally thank him again for giving us such a great tour and wonderful memories.
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Christine_b
Feb 6, 2025
Ask for Nicolas! - Our guide, Nicolas, was very knowledgeable. The tour of the ruins of Old Panama was fantastic! We then went to Casco Viejo where Nicolas really brought the old and new together. It was a wonderful day. I highly recommend this tour.
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Joanne_m
Feb 5, 2025
Very informative! Learned... - Very informative! Learned a lot about the country that we did not know. Our guide was very friendly and knowledgable! He arrived exactly on time to pick us up at our hotel. Tour was approximately 4 hours total. It was a great way to explore the city!
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Hope_l
Feb 2, 2024
Highly recommend. Miguel/Michael was an excellent guide. I will ask for him the next time we are here. - We loved learning about the history of Panama City….all 3of them!!!! Today’s Panama City is awesome. We will be back!!! Highly recommend this tour if you’ve never been here before.
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Laurice
Dec 12, 2017
Tour began promptly. Rene was... - <p>Tour began promptly. Rene was knowledgable and pleasant.</p>
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Hbhakh
Apr 9, 2023
Interesting Tour - We recently took an excursion from a cruise ship that was operated by Panama Excursions. We were tendered from the ship in Gatun Lake and met by our guide at the marina. Our tour included Casco Viejo and the Miraflores Locks/visitor center. Due to the pickup location, this was a full day tour and was very "busy" outside of the bus ride. We enjoyed seeing the locks even though no ships were transiting at the time. The visitor center has an IMAX movie on the canal that is very well done. We had a fairly short tour of Colonial Panama City, which was pretty good. It was hot and the guide didn't always find shade. I appreciated that there was a snack provided even though that wasn't indicated in the tour description. Our guide was good but could be loud at times. We enjoyed our day and would use this company again.
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