Nearby

Staying at Central Park Hotel & Casino puts you right in what real El Dorado lifestyle is all about, very different from any tourist bubble. The main significant feature of this neighborhood happens to be its Panamanian Chinese community. Within a ten-to-fifteen-minute walking distance or just a very short two-dollar cab ride, is El Dorado Mall and Golden Lion Casino area where there’s an explosion of culture waiting to be discovered: Dim Sum restaurants locally called Desayuno Chino ,bubble tea shops and Asian supermarkets selling imported goods.

Right across the wide Tumba Muerto highway (use the pedestrian overpass!) there are several other shopping plazas with electronics stores, fast food chains (McDonalds, KFC) and supermarkets such as Super 99 or El Rey. This makes self-catering in your suite very easy.

The hotel is also, in technical geographic terms, closer to the Metropolitan Natural Park (Parque Natural Metropolitano) than the downtown hotels are. A five-to-ten minute cab ride will take you and drop you right inside what seems to be a tropical rainforest with hiking trails wherein one can sight sloths, monkeys, toucans—a quick nature break from concrete surroundings.