Colon Panama Hotels

The Davis Suites in Colon, Panama is a great deal. In a quiet part of town, the streets around Davis Suites are safe and the hotel is clean and well run. Rooms feature hot water, microwave ovens, small refrigerators and high speed WIFI access.

The Davis suites are close to both the Panama Canal and to the Colon Free Zone. If you are into heavy duty, duty free shopping, the Colon Free Zone is for you. This is the world’s second largest duty free zone next to Hong Kong. On roughly a square mile of land you will find duty free merchandise from all over the world. All you need for entry is a non-Panamanian passport!

This part of the world boasts of Columbus’ fifth voyage when he called a harbor to the east a “beautiful port.” Portobelo went on to become the site of a huge trade fair in the days of the Spanish Main, when Spanish galleons brought goods and returned with gold. In more recent history steamships brought passengers to Colon to board the Panama railway to cross the isthmus on their way to the California gold rush.

Today Colon is the Caribbean outlet from the Panama Canal and sees 5 percent of all world trade pass through it. From your room at the Davis Suites, you can visit the fortifications at Portobelo one day and go kayaking in the Panama Canal the next. You will want to make sure you save enough time and money to check out the deals at the Colon Free Zone or you will never forgive yourself.

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