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Panama City Sightseeing: Hop-On Hop-Off Double-Decker Bus Tour
Experience the best of Panama City with a hop-on hop-off double-decker bus tour. Enjoy unlimited access to top sights, including the Panama Canal and Casco Antiguo, at your own pace!
Experience the best of Panama City with a hop-on hop-off double-decker bus tour. Enjoy unlimited access to top sights, including the Panama Canal and Casco Antiguo, at your own pace!
Duration:
2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
Panama Tour (Route)
Operating Schedule:
- Monday - Friday: Departures at 8:30am, 9:45am, 11:00am, 12:15pm, 1:30pm, and 2:45pm.
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Saturday & Sunday: Departures at 8:30am, 9:15am, 10:00am, 10:45am, 11:30am, 12:15pm, 1:00pm, 1:45pm, and 2:30pm.
1. Balboa Plaza 421
Balboa Plaza
2. Parque Urracá
Parque Urracá
3.…
Panama Tour (Route)
Operating Schedule:
- Monday - Friday: Departures at 8:30am, 9:45am, 11:00am, 12:15pm, 1:30pm, and 2:45pm.
- Saturday & Sunday: Departures at 8:30am, 9:15am, 10:00am, 10:45am, 11:30am, 12:15pm, 1:00pm, 1:45pm, and 2:30pm.
1. Balboa Plaza 421
Balboa Plaza
2. Parque Urracá
Parque Urracá
3. Osaka Toscana Rooftop
Poin Panama
4. Caster Bar
Old Town
5. Av. de los Mártires 112
My Town (Cerro Ancón)
6. Manzana 080814 112628
Albrook Mall
7. Calle Alberto Tejada
City of Knowledge
8. Miraflores Locks
Miraflores Locks (Panama Canal)
9. Chill Out Discotheque
Downtown Amador
10. Biomuseo
Biomuseum
11. WF79+WXG
Punta Culebra
12. Restaurante Sirena
Buccaneers
13. Isla Flamenco
Flamenco Island
14. Isla Perico-I
Perico Island / Sabroso Panama
15. Avenida Eloy Alfaro
Old Town
16. Cinta Costera 3
Seafood Market
Points of Interest
- Amador Causeway (Calzada de Amador)
- Albrook Mall
- Biomuseo
- Mi Pueblito
- Chillin Multicentro
- Flamenco Island
What's Included
- Audio commentary available in multiple languages including English, Spanish, and Portuguese
- Choose between 24 or 48 hours of unlimited hop on hop off access based on your preference at check-out
- Audio commentary available in multiple languages including English, Spanish, and Portuguese
- Choose between 24 or 48 hours of unlimited hop on hop off access based on your preference at check-out
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Entry to attractions
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Entry to attractions
Additional Information
With a 24-hour or 48-hour ticket, customers can take advantage of unlimited hop-on hop-off access on a delightful double-decker bus tour of Panama City! From the open-top deck, passengers can enjoy 360-degree views of Panama’s top attractions, including the Panama Canal, Balboa Plaza, Flamenco Island, Biomuseo, Casco Antiguo, Albrook Mall, and much…
With a 24-hour or 48-hour ticket, customers can take advantage of unlimited hop-on hop-off access on a delightful double-decker bus tour of Panama City! From the open-top deck, passengers can enjoy 360-degree views of Panama’s top attractions, including the Panama Canal, Balboa Plaza, Flamenco Island, Biomuseo, Casco Antiguo, Albrook Mall, and much more! Explore these landmarks at your own pace, hopping off whenever you like, or remain on board for the entire 2.5-hour loop.
- Season: All Year Round (except on Carnaval - March, 25th December, 1st January)
- Buses depart from Stop 1 Balboa Plaza
- Monday - Friday: Departures at 8:30am, 9:45am, 11am, 12:15pm, 1:30pm and 2:45pm
- Saturday and Sunday: Departures at 8:30am, 9:15am, 10am, 10:45am, 11:30am, 12:15pm, 1pm, 1:45pm and 2:30pm
- Tour duration - 2.5 hours
- Balboa Boutiques Kiosk is open 8am - 5pm
- Ticket does not include lunch, entrance fees to other attractions or transfer to departure point
- Mobile and printed paper vouchers are accepted on this tour and can be redeemed at any of the stops along the route
- Vouchers can be used any day within 12 months of travel date selected at check-out
- Depending on the season, the number of buses in circulation may be adjusted, which could lead to changes in waiting times
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(436 Ratings)
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Monica_m
Jan 24, 2025
Great way to see the overall area - Excellent way to see the city and deter where you want to go back and see more. Tour guide was very knowledgeable.
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Mufasamjb
Jan 14, 2025
Good way to see Panama City - It was more like a 3.7, bus was clean, operators were nice and talked a lot during the rides - but, the diesel smell sometimes took over while riding on the top. The bottom was fine but not cooler, despite being air conditioned. Also, expect some delays when you get off and wait for the next bus. An hour became over 1 1/2 hours while waiting at Albrook Mall.
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Joseph_c
Dec 30, 2024
Great way to see Panama City on a short cruise ship excursion - City Sightseeing is a great way to see Panama City! We were on a cruise that docked at the new Panama City Cruise Terminal. There is a City Sightseeing stop only a 5-minute walk from the doors of the new terminal. So, you can skip all the taxis, Ubers, vans, and everyone else heckling you for a ride to town. Instead, we walked on the wide, paved sidewalk from the terminal to the round-a-bout at Av. Amador. We hopped-on, showed our paper QR code copy of our Viator tickets, which the guide scanned, then we took a seat. Since we were in Panama City on a Monday, many of the businesses and tourist attractions were closed. So, we hopped-off at the Miraflores locks (pre-book your tickets online to skip the line) Visitor Center, and a couple other stops for food, coffee, and souvenirs. Despite heavy tropical rains during several hours of our day in-port, Panama City was a great stop and City Sightseeing was a great way to see much of the city as quickly as possible. Marked down one-star only because many of the seats on the top level of the bus were not fastened securely to the frame, causing the seats to rock uncontrollably. Also, we hopped-off at Flamenco Island to watch the sunset and the guide said the final bus of the day would be there in about 45 minutes. Real-time tracking on the app indicated there was a bus on the router, but unfortunately the final bus never came to Flamenco Island. So, after sunset, we walked 16 minutes back to the cruise terminal. Send a handyman through with a wrench to tighten the seats, and make sure guests fully understand which bus is the final bus of the day, and these busses would be 5-stars!
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Thomas_s
Jan 10, 2025
Ok but usually better - Buses seemed a little worse for wear. Very unpredictable timing when they coming oh no, it’s a good experience, but I would just remember there’s a lot of steps that seem pointless. And also, they don’t go downtown really just the outskirts
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Mehilin
Dec 31, 2024
Good experience, but pick... - Good experience, but pick up time between stops is too long. If you hop-off in a stop to walk around and take pics, then need to wait 1 1/2 hour to hop-on again. We were only able to stop in two points. Also, last bus finish too early.
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507daveb507
Jan 28, 2025
Expensive waste of time - Excellent way to become orientated when visiting a new city, and to learn a bit about the city.
Unfortunately the Panama version of this franchise spends little time in the city, but it does visit the Canal and nearby islands.
The description of what we were seeing was inaudible, even when sitting directly below the single speaker on the top deck.
These buses run every 75 minutes, but there is no timetable of what time it passes each stop. So you have to wait, possibly for an hour or more, in the hope of a bus coming soon. A timetable or even better, live tracking of buses, is desperately needed.
Not cheap. Sorry but I can’t recommend this
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Kenneth_c
Jan 21, 2025
Mechanical troubles - Not the typical HOHO bus. No headphones, but live guide, giving narration in English and Spanish, if you speak a different language you are out of luck. Our bus had no air conditioning and overheated twice on the route, had to sit and let the engine cool down 10-15 min.
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Rhonda_s
Jan 3, 2025
1st half had bi-lingual... - 1st half had bi-lingual guide, but 2nd half after Miraflores Locks, there was no guide or narrative. Heavy promotion (and 2 drive bys) of a building with a zip line. Schedule was difficult to find online, but meeting point is well marked on the main street. Paid for 2 day pass, didn't bother going back for 2nd day, since schedule was unclear.
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Ayacastle1
Jan 29, 2025
Timetable was a disaster. Poor experience. - The positives: red open top bus, the young tour guides were kind and tried their best. The stops were sort of uninspired. The Pueblito souvenir village was hopeless. A couple of shops and a cafe. The stop at the canal center didn't include entry to the actual exhibition. Budget a further $17 per person for that.
The worst thing was that there seemed to be no timetable for the next bus, which makes 'hop on, hop off' a waste of time.
Getting off at the Pueblito the driver said the next bus would be at the stop in an hour and fifteen. Less than an hour later the next bus drove past without stopping.
We and another couple took a taxi to the next stop (the canal). We waited for that bus and got off again at a later stop for lunch. The driver said the next bus would arrive at 3.15. It arrived at 2.40. This time we were ready for crazy inaccurate times and caught the bus to the Casco Antigua where we didn't even bother to try to catch the next bus but explored a little and took an Uber back to the hotel.
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Relax605090
Jan 18, 2025
Just Bad Business All The Way Around - Waited 2hrs COOKING in the sun bus didn't come. Said they couldn't even tell us when the bus would arrive (?!) I guess the drivers don't have cell phones. They gave refunds to some people. I booked online so they said I had to request the refund online. Did that. They, of course, declined to refund. Didn't specify a reason. Didn't offer another excursion or any consolation in lieu of the declined refund or the experience of just sitting there in the sun for hours, wasting limited vacation time, money wasted in transportation getting there, etc. No consideration. No care. Just bad business all the way around.
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