American Trade Hotel
Casco Viejo, Panama City, Panama
Location
Casco Viejo
On Plaza Herrera in Casco Viejo, the UNESCO Old Quarter, a five-minute walk from San Francisco Church and the Presidential Palace.
Transfer
A Panama City transfer
Around 2.5 miles from Albrook (PAC); around 16 miles from Tocumen (PTY).
Villas
50 rooms
50 vintage-chic rooms and suites in white-wood panelling and dark wood, with Frette linens, over the plaza, the quarter or the Gulf of Panama, from around 33 square metres.
Best For
Who it suits
Couples, design-and-culture travellers and creatives in the old city.
Board Basis
Bed & breakfast
Breakfast in The Dining Room.
About the Resort
A restored 1917 palazzo in Casco Viejo
American Trade Hotel is Ace Hotel Group's first independent hotel — a restored 1917 neoclassical palazzo on Plaza Herrera in Casco Viejo, the UNESCO Old Quarter. Fifty vintage-chic rooms pair white-wood panelling with Frette linens and outlooks over the plaza, the quarter or the Gulf of Panama. Danilo's Jazz Club, founded by the Grammy-winning Danilo Pérez, plays downstairs; Café Unido pours Panama Geisha; and the hotel's Cultural Engineers arrange the walkable Old Quarter in place of a conventional concierge.
Accommodation
Rooms & suites
50 vintage-chic rooms over the old quarter.
Entry
Abode
Sleeps two. Around 33 square metres over Plaza Herrera, with vintage-chic design, a walk-in rain shower and Frette linens.
33 sqmPlaza view
Family
Super Cuarto Doble
Sleeps up to four. With two queens, a vaulted ceiling, a small sitting and dining area and a balcony over Casco Viejo.
Two queensBalcony
Signature
Panorama Junior Suite
Sleeps two. Around 42 square metres on the top floor, with 180-degree panoramic Casco Viejo views and floor-to-ceiling windows.
42 sqmPanoramic
Garden
Jardin Suite
Sleeps two. Opening to a private garden courtyard with hammocks and loungers.
GardenCourtyard
Top
Suite
Sleeps two to three. Around 68 square metres with a separate sitting and dining area and a claw-foot tub, over the plaza or the Gulf of Panama.
68 sqmTop suite
Food & Drink
Dining
A dining room, café and jazz club.
Signature
The Dining Room
Local and international by chef Clara Icaza.
Coffee
Café Unido
Panama Geisha pour-over.
Jazz
Danilo's Jazz Club
Live jazz by Danilo Pérez.
Wellbeing
Pool & fitness
An outdoor pool, a gym and yoga, with the walkable Old Quarter at the door.
Outdoor pool
In the old city.
Gym & yoga
To start the day.
Rooftop terrace
Over the plaza.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
Jazz, coffee and the old quarter.
Danilo's Jazz Club
Live jazz downstairs.
Café Unido
Panama Geisha coffee.
Casco Viejo walks
With Cultural Engineers.
The Canal Museum
Steps away.
Rooftop terrace
Over Plaza Herrera.
Getting There
Location & Transfers
By road
From Tocumen (PTY)
Around 16 miles by car.
In the quarter
Casco Viejo
A walkable Old Quarter.
Guest Reviews
What Our Clients Say
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“I had stayed at Four Seasons, One&Only and Velaa before visiting American Trade Hotel. They are all magnificent. But this is different in a way that is hard to articulate.”
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Good to Know
Good to know
Board basis
- Bed and breakfast.
Made for couples
- Design and culture lovers.
Setting
- A 1917 palazzo in the old city.
Getting there
- Around 16 miles from Tocumen.
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