Landmark
Panama Canal – Miraflores Locks
Watch giant ships rise and fall in the locks from the visitor center terraces.
19 min drive from the center · 13 km · 8.1 mi
Photo: Adam Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Panama
Panama City
7 shuls (1 Chabad) · 22 kosher · 159 hotels on our map
Photo: Dr. Thomas Liptak · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Panama Canal – Miraflores LocksCasco ViejoCinta CosteraBiomuseoAmador CausewayMetropolitan Natural Park
About
A modern skyline beside a colonial old town and the Panama Canal. Panama City has a large, observant Jewish community in the Punta Paitilla and San Francisco areas, with many shuls and kosher restaurants and supermarkets.
Good to know: only 7 shuls and 22 kosher places are on our map here so far, and the real number is likely higher. Before you book, check with the local Chabad (search Chabad Panama City) and look up kosher on Google Maps.
Shabbos food: Shabbos in a Box (Chabad of Panama). What each one offers, how to order and the hechsher to ask about are in Travel Info ›
Best time to goMid-Dec–Apr is the dry season; the rest of the year has afternoon rain.
Local time
Before you goPlaces come from OpenStreetMap and can change. Call ahead for minyan and Shabbos meals, and check the hechsher yourself.
Top attractions
Things to do in Panama City
Landmark
Casco Viejo
Restored colonial streets, plazas and churches on a small peninsula.
Photo: dalbera from Paris, France · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Nature & outdoors
Cinta Costera
A long seaside promenade for walking and biking with skyline views.
10 min drive from the center · 7.2 km · 4.5 mi
Photo: 123Hollic · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Museum
Biomuseo
A colorful Frank Gehry building telling the story of how the isthmus formed.
11 min drive from the center · 7.1 km · 4.4 mi
Photo: user:ArnoldReinhold · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Nature & outdoors
Amador Causeway
A road out to small islands, popular for bike rides and canal views.
19 min drive from the center · 10 km · 6.5 mi
Photo: Ayaita · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Nature & outdoors
Metropolitan Natural Park
A tropical forest right inside the city, with sloths, toucans and lookout points.
7 min drive from the center · 5.0 km · 3.1 mi
Photo: LWY from Pasadena, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Where to stay
Hotels by walk or drive to minyan
Walking and driving time from each hotel to the nearest shul and kosher food. Tap a hotel for its map, phone numbers and directions.
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Walking times are estimates: straight-line distance × 1.3 at about 80 m a minute. Driving times are road routes without traffic (OpenStreetMap routing); where a route is missing we show “≈”, straight line × 1.4 at city speed. No prices or ratings here; each hotel links to Google Maps reviews and a Booking.com search.
Minyan
Shuls & Chabad
Chabad houses first. Call ahead for minyan times.
27 shuls, Chabad houses and kosher places in this city were added or completed by hand from Chabad, kashrut-agency and community websites (checked November 2026). Each one links to its source.
Not every shul is on the map yet: search synagogues on Google Maps. Denomination is shown only where it is mapped. Something wrong? Report a correction.
Food
Kosher food
Each card names its hechsher and the agency, vaad or Chabad list it comes from. Places marked “Tagged kosher on OpenStreetMap” have no hechsher source yet. We don’t certify anything: always check the hechsher yourself.
Search kosher on Google Maps for places not on our map yet.
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