Day 3: PANAMA CITY
• Breakfast at American Trade Hotel
• Depart for a guided tour of Panama City’s historic Old Quarter or Casco Viejo, which dates to the 1600s. This neighborhood, undergoing an era of restoration, is known for its historic churches, plazas, and mansions. Visit the French Plaza, the Las Bovedas dungeon, Plaza Bolivar, the Parque Central, and noteworthy churches. The Panama Canal Museum is also located here. The Casco Viejo is an excellent place to shop for handcrafts.
• Continue on to a privately guided tour of the Miraflores locks of the Panama Canal. Here you will witness the raising or lowering of a ship as it passes through this impressive engineering feat completed in 1914. The Miraflores Visitors Center also contains a Canal Museum, which holds information on its history from the first construction efforts by the French, to its new expansion completed in 2016.
• Evening at leisure in Panama City
Overnight American Trade Hotel (Breakfast)