(Arco Properties) We are proud to present our new Arco Properties website. Exploring our listings in Casco Viejo will be easier with tools such as Google Maps and easy icons letting you know about amenities for each one. Casco Life has all the bits and pieces about day to day life in Casco Viejo, from an updated list of restaurants, galleries and hotels, to schools nearby and … [Read more...]
New Hotel in Casco Viejo: Casa del Horno
(Panama Casco Viejo) New hotel opening doors in Casco Viejo! Casa del Horno is an Italian owned/run eight suite hotel that takes its name after the historic calicanto stone oven that is located in the building. Dating from 1886 (or maybe before?) the building has a lot of that charming stone walls and arches feeling that we all love of colonial cities. Each suite is … [Read more...]
Travel Around Casco Viejo in the Old Tram
(Panama Casco Viejo) Panama`s old tram used to roam Casco Viejo until the early 40`s. Back then, it connected Panama City and the Canal Zone up to what is still known as “La Boca”. Although there has been an effort to bring the trolley back, Monica Salazar from “Viajes y Destinos” , a travel agency in Panama City, just couldn´t wait and decided to offer it as a … [Read more...]
Getting Fit in Casco Viejo
(Panama Casco Viejo) Getting fit is viewed as one of the hardest things for people. Everyone has their favorite excuse, I know I use cuddling with my dog in the mornings more than once, as a good alternative to jumping and sweating at 5 a.m. So far, getting fit in Casco Viejo has been for the outdoors type. Either running to Ancon Hill (which is a great one hour run in … [Read more...]
Casco Viejo Art Block
(Newsroom Panama) Cultural crawling is what the organizers called it, and on a hot hot night in Casco Viejo on Thursday March 31 a crawl it was. Spicy latin Jazz at Divinos Few were inclined to sprint as they set out to sample the pleasures of the area’s second ARTBLOCK and sprinting doesn't allow time to stand and stare. What one year ago was a … [Read more...]