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Hotel · Marbella

AC Hotel Panama City

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Compact Marriott AC hotel on Calle Ricardo Arias. About 17 minutes' walk to Shevet Ahim.

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Shabbat at this hotel

Workable with planning. Up to about an hour’s walk (4.8 km) from an Orthodox shul, or a beach resort where observant guests are documented bringing in kosher food.

Walk to the nearest shul
Shevet Ahim (Sephardi main synagogue, Calle 44, Bella Vista): about 17 min (1374 m) by map route
Room keys
Not confirmed yet. Ask the hotel before you book.
Elevator or low floors
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Doors and sensors
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Staff help with keys and doors
Not confirmed yet. Ask the hotel before you book.
Kosher food
Chabad of Panama serves prepaid Shabbat meals at 9a Calle Gil Colunge (about 25 min walk); reservations close Wednesday evening, and it also offers a Shabbat meals take-out ordering option. Whether anything is delivered to this hotel is not published
How observant guests manage
About 1.37 km (~17 min) on foot to Shevet Ahim, longer than the 15-minute test. Marbella is only partly inside the eruv per Chabad; check the map that week. Register with DSI security in advance
Eruv
Chabad of Panama says the eruv covers parts of Marbella and Bella Vista; confirm whether this exact block and your route are inside before relying on it

Rooms and live rates

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Walking to shul on Shabbat

Minutes on foot along a mapped walking route between the two buildings’ map points, at about 80 m a minute. Check the eruv map for your route.

Good to know

Ask the hotel before booking whether rooms use electronic key cards, whether staff can open the door for you on Shabbat, and whether a low floor or stairwell access is possible.

Kosher food nearby

Straight-line distance between map points; the walk is longer.

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