Hotel · Casco Viejo
Hotel La Compañía, in The Unbound Collection by Hyatt
Luxury hotel in a restored 17th-century Jesuit complex in Casco Viejo, opened April 2022 as Hyatt's first Unbound Collection property in Panama, with 88 rooms and suites. Like the rest of Casco Viejo it is far from the Orthodox shuls.
Photos from the hotel, via our hotel supplier.
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 46 min (3650 m) by map route
- Room keys
- Not confirmed yet. Ask the hotel before you book.
- Elevator or low floors
- Not confirmed yet. Ask the hotel before you book.
- Doors and sensors
- Not confirmed yet. Ask the hotel before you book.
- Staff help with keys and doors
- Not confirmed yet. Ask the hotel before you book.
- Kosher food
- No kosher food confirmed for Shabbat in Casco Viejo. Lula, described as kosher by Hadassah Magazine, serves Israeli food in Casco Viejo on weekdays (hechsher not named; Shabbat hours conflict between listings). For Shabbat, bring prepared food from Paitilla (Chabad take-out or kosher markets)
- How observant guests manage
- Casco Viejo is not in the eruv area Chabad describes, and the nearest Orthodox shul (Shevet Ahim, Bella Vista) is about 45-50 min on foot along the Cinta Costera, with nothing carried. No stay-over hospitality or minyan in Casco Viejo was found. Most observant families sleep in Paitilla/Punta Pacífica for Shabbat and visit Casco Viejo on weekdays
- Eruv
- Outside the Panama City eruv area described by Chabad of Panama
Rooms and live rates
Checking live rates for Jan 21, 2027 to Jan 28, 2027…
When our supplier gives the hotel’s public rate, that’s what we show, rounded up to the whole dollar. Booking here isn’t open yet: ask us and we’ll help you book.
Walking to shul on Shabbat
- 46 minShevet Ahim (main synagogue)
- 58 minBeth El (Centro Comunitario Beth-El)
- 62 minChabad of Panama City (Beit Chabad)
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
Good for sightseeing nights; for Shabbat most observant families move to Paitilla or Punta Pacífica.
Details
- Rooms
- 88 (Hyatt announcement; InsideHook review)
Kosher food nearby
Straight-line distance between map points; the walk is longer.
Sources
- hospitalitynet.org (opens in a new tab) · checked Nov 5, 2026
- insidehook.com (opens in a new tab) · checked Nov 5, 2026
- openstreetmap.org (opens in a new tab) · checked Nov 5, 2026
- OSRM foot profile on OpenStreetMap data, run 2026-11-05 (routing.openstreetmap.de) (opens in a new tab) · checked Nov 5, 2026
- chabadpanama.com (opens in a new tab) · checked Nov 5, 2026
- chabadpanama.com (opens in a new tab) · checked Nov 5, 2026
- hadassahmagazine.org (opens in a new tab) · checked Nov 5, 2026
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