Selina Casco Viejo Panama City & Cowork

Formerly Selena, now Viajero. Great low budget hostel with a massive rooftop including pool, restaurant, and bar. Drinks are decently priced, tacos are phenomenal, and the views are beyond incredible. I’ve stayed here under both the Selena and Viajero name and would highly recommend. They’ll hold your bags before/after check-in in locked rooms. Great co-working and chill areas, including silent rooms for work, ping pong and pool tables. Great library area and lots of activities. On the edge of the Casco Viejo area within walking distance to everything there.

So close to everything in the old part of Panama City. The harbour walk just one block, churches, supermarkets 2 blocks. Yoga in the morning….. thank you. The hand weights were enough. The roof top bar is great for the sunset. We were upgraded and ended up with a 2 bed apartment. No service to our room. Thank you. Great walking tour every day. Bike tour excellent also. And the people … always with a smile.

Too loud to sleep, most of the rooms are on 5th floor and the party is at 6th aka rooftop bar, they party until 3,4,5 am. The music + base make it so hard to sleep. Earplugs won’t help cause we tried.

What a terrible experience. The bar staff and security guards are the rudest people I've ever seen. And it's unnecessarily expensive. There are definitely much better options around Panama City.

I got a private room with shared bathroom. It’s a place to stay for a reasonable price in a desirable location. If you want something super clean and luxuriously comfortable, this is not where you’ll get that. But I am someone who prefers to splurge on other aspects of travel like excursions and adventures, so this was fine for what I needed. The rooftop pool and bar was a nice space to hangout during the day, & gets very fun at night with music and dancing. The AC in my room worked very well. I do wish my room had a window to the outside but again, not a hugee deal for me. The bathroom near my room could’ve used more cleaning but there were multiple wc’s on each floor so i just used a different one. I would stay here again because it gave me enough of what i needed in accommodation.

I truly love this place. I’ve stayed here for a month cumulatively across two trips…and I haven’t a complaint. The rooms are exactly as you need; clean, fresh and minimalist. The staff is super friendly. Clearly whoever is leading the team here is doing a great job setting an example, because you can feel the warmth from every person☺️

Drinks are below standart, worst whiskey sour I have ever had. The waiter seems sweet, but not listen when says thing taste rotten. Food not worth it. Really nice view and setting, looking out over the city sky line. Worth a look!

Well equipped spaces where we spent 6 nights. Standout staff are Edgar and Rosario. Edgar is incredibly dedicated to improving the guest experience and it very much shows with his guest engagement and commitment to bettering all aspects to the guests experience. Private room was a bit rough around the edges (shower water didn’t drain well, sloppy paint jobs that splashed onto all the surroundings, mattress has dark stains). Would have been nice to have room service put some attention into cleaning the shower floor at least once during that week since it got a bit hairy and dirt accumulating on the bathroom floor. Very nice to have free yoga, salsa classes, and other activities organized in the hostel. Great cowork and common kitchen spaces where both are clean and have pretty much everything you might need. Even has a library space, large cinema room, and cafe on site with excellent healthy options for a fair price. Rooftop that is very spacious which has a pool area with magnificent views of the city and Pacific Ocean, good food, and popular nightlife spot. Overall good value if you’re able to take advantage of all that they offer on site.