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The Panama City
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Panama City
Panama City
Local Cuisine
Local Cuisine
City Skyline
City Skyline
Casco Viejo
Casco Viejo
Beyond the tourist trail

Real Panama.
Real People.

The Panama City in this guide isn't the one on TripAdvisor. It's the one locals actually eat, drink, and live in — every single day.

Panama flavors and local food
Local Food
Flavours of Panama
Fresh seafood, ceviche, and dishes you won't find on any tourist menu.
Panama street food market
Street Food
$2 Ceviche That Wins
The Mercado de Mariscos. Locals eat here daily. Tourists never find it.
Traditional Panamanian food
Traditional
Sancocho & Ropa Vieja
Hearty Panamanian home cooking at the spots grandmothers actually go.
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The Local's Guide
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37 pages of what locals know and tourists never find. Every spot tested. Every price real. Zero sponsored listings.

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What's Inside the Guide

37 pages of local knowledge

Cheat Sheet
✓ Metro: $0.35
✓ Taxis: $2–8
✓ Airport: 25 min
✓ Best ceviche: $2.50
✓ Emergency: 911
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What's inside

Five chapters.
Zero filler.

Every page was written on the ground. If it wasn't tested personally, it didn't make it in.

01
Neighbourhoods the guidebooks ignore
The truth about Casco, why El Cangrejo is where Panamanians actually eat.
02
Food & drink at local prices
Every dish you must eat, exactly where, and what to pay. The $2 rule.
03
Getting around like a local
The $0.35 airport metro. Taxi negotiation. The diablos rojos buses.
04
Day trips worth taking
Gatún beats Miraflores. Gamboa for $20. The island ferry nobody finds.
05
Practical essentials
Honest safety, apps you need, Spanish phrases, and your pocket cheat sheet.
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One-page pocket cheat sheet
The whole guide on one printable page — best spots, fares, numbers.
Local Panama food
The $2 rule

Real food.
Real prices.

In El Cangrejo, if a sit-down restaurant charges more than $8 for lunch, they're pricing for tourists. Walk one block and you'll find the same dish for $5. This guide tells you exactly where to walk.

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Especially then. Two days in the wrong neighbourhoods and you've missed the whole city. This guide tells you exactly where to go, eat, and walk — so your short trip hits the real Panama City, not the tourist version. Most people say they used it from the first morning.
Casco Viejo (the old city) is one of the most walkable, characterful neighbourhoods in all of Central America — colonial architecture, rooftop bars, the best ceviche in the city. The renovated core is very safe for tourists. The guide covers exactly which streets to stick to, which blocks to skip after dark, and where locals actually eat versus the tourist-trap spots on the main plaza.
Yes — and more importantly, it tells you which canal viewing spot to skip (Miraflores is overpriced and overhyped) and which one locals actually recommend. There's a full day-trip chapter covering Gatún Locks, Gamboa, and how to do it all for under $20.
Panama City has a metro line with a stop near Tocumen Airport. A taxi from the airport to the city centre runs $25–$35. The metro + a short connection costs under a dollar and takes about the same time. 90% of tourists don't know it exists. The guide walks you through exactly how to do it.
Completely. The guide includes a pocket phrase sheet with the Spanish you'll actually need — ordering food, haggling with a taxi driver, asking for the bill. Most of Casco Viejo and El Cangrejo is navigable in English, but knowing five key phrases changes how locals treat you.
TripAdvisor shows you what tourists have already found. Google optimises for whatever restaurant paid for SEO. This guide is written by someone who lives here — the spots in it aren't ranking for anything, they're just genuinely where locals eat. No paid placements, no affiliate deals, no inflated prices.
Yes. If you genuinely don't find it valuable, email hello@panamauntold.com and I'll refund you — no questions asked. In practice, the refund rate is extremely low. 847+ readers and counting.
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