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Hotel · Marbella / El Cangrejo

Hotel Riu Plaza Panamá

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Big city hotel of the RIU chain on Calle 50 in the banking district. About 18 minutes' walk to either Beit Chabad or Shevet Ahim, along busy streets.

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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
Beit Chabad Panama (Calle Gil Colunge, Punta Paitilla): about 18 min (1429 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 18 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 1.43 km (~18 min) on foot to Beit Chabad or Shevet Ahim (both about 18 min), longer than the 15-minute test. Calle 50 is not clearly inside the eruv; carry nothing unless the map that week covers the route. Register with DSI security in advance
Eruv
Calle 50 area; not clearly within the eruv described by Chabad. Confirm

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.

Details

Rooms
600 per OpenStreetMap tags (unconfirmed by RIU)

Kosher food nearby

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

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