Playa Bonita Village Vacations from MXN$13,216

Cute hotel, pleasant staff

Best place to stay in the old town.

very close to everything!! very good value for money

This property is out of Panama City a ways but I wanted to be closer to the birding areas in the area. The hotel was likely a jewel in its day but the years are showing. The AC seems to be uncontrolled as other reviewers have noted. In my room, although I could set the temperature it just got colder & colder without regard to the thermostat setting so I had to turn it on and off manually. I got upgraded to a balcony room & there was rust all over the railings, worse one almost needed to be Hercules to open & close the "sliding" door. The 3 pools looked fine but I didn't use them. Breakfast was full buffet style with lots of choices and the restaurant had good offerings as well. Being a golf facility too I had hoped to find a lot of birds around, but alas, that was definitely not the case. There were some but nothing like what I had expected being surrounded by rainforest.

If I had a question the concierge had an answer. I felt so at home. right down the street is grocery store for anything I forgot. So much was in walking distance, fancy or casual restaurants, beautiful old buildings and musuiums. There is a unique blend of tourests and residence that gave me a feel for Panama