Bahia Hotel, Bocas del Toro, Panama - A Thousand Bed and Breakfast Inns - Country Inns * Bed and Breakfast * Vacation Rentals / Introduction

The Hotel Bahia is located on the southern end of Third (Main) Street, Bocas del Toro, in a grand old building that will soon complete its 100th anniversary. Built in 1905, it still serves the public as one of the oldest hotels in the area.

Bahia Hotel offers a restaurant with a capacity of fifty people, serving a more delicious combination of the Caribbean and Italian Mediterranean cuisines.

You can select between two wide and cozy balconies and an open terrace, to get an inviting pizza or fresh seafood prepared at the Caribbean style or sided by some pasta "al dente" or being delighted by a fresh tropical fruits salad, everything at cool prices.

While on vacation, make sure you enjoy the exciting adventure of our ecotouristic sites, our beautiful beaches and mysterious paradises of the depth. Because here, on these unspoiled tropical islands of g

olden sand and clear water, in this best kept secret of Panama, you may have your most memorable moments. So, leave the everyday hassles of city life and come enjoy our Caribbean culture, cuisine and architecture.

The building, that once housed the main offices of United Fruit Company, three consulates and the Tropical Radio & Telegraph station, has accommodated Hotel Bahia since 1968. Its recent complet and through renovation included upgrading the rooms with modern conveniences, yet maintaining the charm of yesteryear.

In its lobby you will observe a large and aging safe, which was installed during the construction of the building in 1905. This safe, salvaged from the original building that was destroyed by the 1904 fire, was used for safekeeping of cash to pay the small banana producers of the area.