Multiplaza Mall

Panama City


The biggest downtown mall, with designer shops, restaurants and a cinema. It's east of downtown, on the way to Panamá Viejo.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Panama City attractions

1. World Trade Center

0.65 MILES

Located within the financial district, these two towers were built in 1996.

2. Parque Recreativo Omar

0.94 MILES

The biggest park in the city is filled with children, joggers and the occasional salsa class. It's located in Omar, behind the San Francisco neighborhood…

3. Puente del Matadero

1.7 MILES

This awkwardly over-restored stone bridge in Panamà Viejo took its name from a nearby slaughterhouse. It marked the beginning of the Camino Real to…

4. Panamá Viejo

1.74 MILES

Founded on August 15, 1519, by Spanish conquistador Pedro Arias de Ávila, the city of Panamá was the first European settlement along the Pacific. For 150…

5. Museo de Sitio Panamá Viejo

1.74 MILES

In the original settlement of Panamá Viejo, this museum traces the history from pre-colonial times to colonial life. There's an impressive scale model of…

6. Balboa Statue

1.75 MILES

Sculpted by Miguel Blan and Mariano Benlliure, the Balboa statue overlooks the Bahía de Panamá and was inaugurated in 1924, a gift from Spain.

7. Iglesia y Convento de La Merced

1.9 MILES

Erected by the Mercedarian friars in the early 17th century, these Panamá Viejo buildings survived the fire that swept the city following privateer Henry…

8. Iglesia y Convento de San Francisco

2.04 MILES

Like other Panamá Viejo churches, this is among the settlement's most outstanding structures: rectangular, with stone outer walls, timber roofs, internal…