Resort hotel · Costa del Este / Santa María
The Santa Maria, a Luxury Collection Hotel & Golf Resort
Golf-resort hotel in the gated Santa María community beside Costa del Este, opened 2018 with 182 rooms. Not walkable to Paitilla's shuls (about 10 km by road).
Photos from the hotel, via our hotel supplier.
Shabbat at this hotel
Other options. No Orthodox shul within about an hour’s walk and no documented Shabbat stay. Fine for the week; plan Shabbat elsewhere.
- Walk to the nearest shul
- Not confirmed yet. Ask the hotel before you book.
- 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
- Not confirmed yet. Ask the hotel before you book.
- How observant guests manage
- Not confirmed yet. Ask the hotel before you book.
- 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.
Good to know
Fine for a weekday or golf stay; move to Paitilla/Punta Pacífica for Shabbat.
Details
- Rooms
- 182 (opening coverage)
- Website note
- luxurycollection.com/santamaria now redirects to the brand home page, so no property URL is listed
- Drive to Paitilla
- ~10.5 km to Beit Chabad, ~11 min free-flow drive (OSRM), longer at rush hour
- Nearest orthodox shul walk
- Beit Chabad ~12.6 km by OSRM foot route (over 2.5 h); not walkable
Sources
- hotel-online.com (opens in a new tab) · checked Nov 5, 2026
- hadassahmagazine.org (opens in a new tab) · checked Nov 5, 2026
- router.project-osrm.org (opens in a new tab) · checked Nov 5, 2026
- openstreetmap.org (opens in a new tab) · checked Nov 5, 2026
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