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Hotel · Casco Viejo

Sofitel Legend Casco Viejo

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Luxury hotel at the tip of Casco Viejo, built on the site of the former Club Unión and opened early 2023 with 159 rooms including 35 suites. About an hour's walk from the Paitilla shuls.

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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 50 min (4026 m) by map route
Room keys
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Elevator or low floors
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Doors and sensors
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Staff help with keys and doors
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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

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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

Great for sightseeing nights; not a Shabbat base.

Details

Rooms
159 including 35 suites (opening coverage)

Kosher food nearby

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

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