ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HEAD><TITLE>El Cangrejo : CBD middle class neighbourhood</TITLE> <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <META name="description" content="Budget accommodation , the best location in Panama City's fashionable CBD , and most base convenient for tourists, backpackers and people thinking of living in Panama. A great contact place to meet other explorers like you, Vibrant Panama City has the conveniences of America and the best of Latin culture"> <META name="keywords" content="El Cangrejo, Panama City, Republic of Panama, hotel, pension, expat, economical, albergue, hostal, time share, nightlife, clubs, restaurants, cinema, tours,girls, salsa"> <META name="author" content="Anita's Inn"> <META name="location" content="Panama City, Republic of Panama"> <META content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0" name=GENERATOR> <style type="text/css"> body, td, p { font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; } a { text-decoration: none; } a:hover { text-decoration:underline; } </style> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#FFFFFF topmargin="0"><link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Panama City Budget Accommodation Stories from Anitas Inn" href="http://www.hostelspanama.com/rss5.xml"> <center> <p><h1><font size="5">El Cangrejo : </font> <font size="3"> The best neighborhood in Panama City </font></h1> <P> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center width=800><tr> <td> <img border="0" src="http://www.spanishpanama.com/thumbs3/chamebeach.jpg" height="135" alt="Panama city sightseeing Chame Beach"></td> <td> <img border="0" src="pics/polleriacity2.jpg" height="135" alt="Panama city Polleria girls"></td> <td> <img border="0" src="pics/city2.jpg" height="135" alt="Panama city sightseeing -old town"></td> <td> <img border="0" src="pics/shipinlock2.jpg" height="135" alt="Panama city sightseeing Panama Canal"></td> <td width="100%"> <a href="anitastreetsign2.jpg"><img border=0 src="anitastreetsign2s.jpg" width="200" alt="Hostels Panama just off Via Argentina, great location" border="0"></a> </td> </tr></table> <p> <table bgcolor="#ffffff" width="100%"><tr><td> </font> <center> <P> <tr> <td> <center> <table width="84%"> <tr><td><p><font face=arial size=3 color="#ff0099"><b>El Cangrejo : Our Neighbourhood is an excellent location :</font> </b>in Panama City's center near real estate agencies, apartment rentals, travel agencies, internet cafes (you can phone the US for 5 cents a minute), and casinos and sports betting bars. <p>There are at least 25 international restaurants within 2 blocks, Park, bookstores, English-Spanish cinema, Spanish school, new growth, and much more. This is where you want to be to begin your exploration of this rapidly changing country. <br><br>This area has been compared to a U.S. or European City, yet the jungle is only minutes away ! <p><i><font face=arial size=4>People who stay here often decide to make this fashionable neighborhood their second home !</i></font> <p>It's not only a very popular neighborhoods with Americans but also a favorite with Canadians, Europeans, all countries of Asia, Brazilians, Venezuelens and you can see people from all other countries of the world. It's a neighborhood so unique that many leave with an intention to come back to live. <br><br> </table> <table width="89%"><tr><td bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" valign="bottom" width="60%"><tr><td bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <center> <font face=arial size="4" color="#000080"><b><font color="#ff0099">Come and live the good life and get away from the high prices of the North !</font><br> </b> <tr><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center><br><p><i><font face=arial size=4>(If you would also like to immerse in the Spanish language<br> please see <a href="http://www.spanishpanama.com/">Spanish Immersion and Student Accommodations programs</a>) </font> </table> </table> </center> </table></font> <center> <table bgcolor="#cccccc" width="100%"><tr> <td align=center valign=bottom><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#000080" size=3><a href="http://www.hostelspanama.com/mapphotos.htm"><font size=-1"> <img src="pics/gfirstworldstreet128.jpg" width="200" alt="a first world city one of the world's banking capitals" border=0> <br><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#000080" size=3>Area Photos 1</a>, <a href="http://www.hostelspanama.com/maphotosfeb06.htm">Photos 2</a> </td> <td><center> <b><font size="3"> Convenient Access to the best that Panama City has to offer ! <br>See <a href="http://www.hostelspanama.com/mapphotos.htm" style="text-underline: single; text-decoration: none"><font size=-1"> What You will Find within a 10 minute walk of Spanish Panama School -with photos</a></font> <br><i>All in Panama's best and safest neighborhood : Via Argentina ! </i><br>Safe to walk around at night.<br>It is only a 25c bus ride from the Colonial City or a $1.25 taxi ride from the Jungle Park and all major shopping malls. <br><a href="hostelget.htm">How to get to Spanish Panama School</a> <td align=center valign=bottom><a href="http://www.spanishpanama.com/maparea.htm"> <img src="pics/citymap3s.jpg" width="190" border="0" alt="Spanish Panama School right in the center of Panama City"><br><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#000080" size=3>Maps : Spanish Panama School Area </a> </td> </table> <table bgcolor="#cccccc" width="100%"><tr> <td width="200" align=center valign=bottom> <font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#000080" size=3> <a href="panama_city/hostels.htm"> <img border=0 src="http://www.spanishpanama.com/pics/Panama%20City%20Skyline.jpg" width=195 height=150 alt="we are in the main tourist area"></a><br>World class City</font></td> <td><br> <TABLE border=0 bordercolor="#000000" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><TR><TD bgcolor="#ffffff"><font size="3"><font face="arial"><font color="#000080"><b>Vibrant Panama City</font> </b>has the <b> conveniences of America </b> and the <b>best of Latin culture</b>, as well as natural attractions nearby :<B>jungle beaches lakes and the Panama Canal.</B> <br> </table> <center><table width=500><tr><td> <p><font face=Arial style="font-size: 11pt">more 1 <a href="http://www.spanishpanama.com/panamainfo.htm" target="new">Why Panama City is a great place to travel to</a>, <br>more 2 <a href="http://www.spanishpanama.com/tours.htm" target="new">Great Sightseeing tours in Panama City</a> <p><b> - There are many supermarkets in the district </b><a href=http://www.thinkpanama.com/living/articles_living/21/food-glorious-food-panama-supermarkets>Here is a list</a>. <a href=http://supermercadospanama.blogspot.com/2008/03/tomado-de-panama-post-httpwww.html> and here</a>. <br>- There are also 2 hypermarkets : Costco is called Pricesmart and the other one Mega Depot 600m north of the school needs no membership card. <p>- In Los Pueblos Mall and the Central Avenue in the oldtown people can find the same deals as they would in the Colon City Duty Free Zone, which by the way is is considered the second biggest free zone in the world, after Hong Kong! <br> - Panama City is the second biggest banking center in the world after Switzerland! </table> <td width="190" align=center valign=bottom><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#000080" size=3><img border=0 src="http://www.spanishpanama.com/panama.jpg" width=181 height=150 alt="Clean beaches 30 mins from city"> <br>Beach</table> <table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><p><font size="+1"><center>Prepare yourself for your Latin American adventure : Spanish Panama School is part of part of SpanishPanama a language school with years of experience in teaching Spanish.</font></table> <table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr> <td width="49%"><center><font face="ariel" color="#ff0000" size="4">Travelers don't be like<br>all the other tongue tied gringos !</font> <br>Begin your trip in the most modern city in Central America. Get your language skills up to scratch and then as you move up the Gringo trail through the mountains and Volcanoes of Costa Rica and Nicaragua to the pyramids of Mexico, you'll be able to handle yourself and <b>chat with the locals.</b> <td width="49%" valign="top"><center><font face="ariel" color="#ff0000" size="4">Expats and Seniors :<br> "The "in" place to retire to !"<br></font> Sunny Panama City with all the conveniences of America. <br> <b>Make El Cangrejo and Spanish Panama your base</b>, while you sharpen up your language skills and find your dream house or apartment.<br> <center><br> </table> <table bgcolor="#ffffff" width="100%"> <tr><td width="10%"><td width="30%"> <center><img src="http://www.spanishpanama.com/spanish_school/spanish_classroom2z.jpg" height=150 align="center"> <br>choose from the <a href="http://www.spanishpanama.com/backpackerspecial2.htm">"1 to 1" Spanish Program</a><br>or <a href="http://www.spanishpanama.com/groupclass.htm">Economical Group Class Program</a> <td width="10%" valign="middle"><center><font size="6" face="arial" color="#a0a0a0"><i><b>SpanishPanama.com</i></b></font> <td align="center" width="30%"> <img src="http://www.spanishpanama.com/photogallery/photo3177/xochmilsanchezstudent.jpg" height=135 align="center" alt="Anitas Inn, Panama City Central Backpackers Hostel, off La Argentina, residence in Panama, accommodations, economical, albergue, hostal, time share, nightlife, clubs, restaurants, cinema, youth hostels in Panama, dorm, tours, Panama City, Republic of Panama, hotel, pension, expat, youth hostel, hospedaje, hostal, even party, girls, salsa, hostels Panama, youth hostels, Panama youth hostel, Panama Panama hostels, hostels, Panama, hostel, Panama international hostel, hostels in Panama, residence Panama, Panama hostel, Panama hostels, youth residence Panama, youth hostels Panama, hostelling, youth, auberges de jeunesse, albergues, juveniles, budget, backpacker hostels Panama, travel, backpackers hostels, lodging, hotel, vacations, student, travel, tourism, tourist, adventure travel, cheap, inexpensive, cheap residence in Panama, youth hostels, youth residence in Panama, youth hostels, cheap residence Panama, guest house, backpacker residence Panama, backpacker residence in Panama, cheap hostels in Panama backpacker hostels in Panama, central america, jungle, users of Lonely Planet and Let's Go Guidebooks, cheap, cheapest"> </center> <br>see <a href="http://www.spanishpanama.com">SPANISHPANAMA.com for the full range of classes</a> <td width="10%"> </table> <center> <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id=AutoNumber3 bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><tr><td align=center valign=bottom><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#000080" size=3>Walk to Discos, casinos, bars</font><br> <img src="http://www.spanishpanama.com/photogallery/photo3177/bolerosbar.jpg" height=150 alt="Fun in the bar"></td> <td><center><table><tr><td> <br><center><img src="canada2.jpg">&nbsp; &nbsp;A Canadian/ Panamanian partnership&nbsp; &nbsp;<img src="panamaflag2.jpg"></font></b></table> <center> <br><table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" id=AutoNumber22 bgcolor="#FFFFE0" height=32><tr><td ><p align=center> <FONT face=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica size=1 font=font>All prices are in US dollars, as the $US is the official currency of Panama <a href="http://www.spanishpanama.com/howtopay.htm" target="new">How to pay</a></FONT></td></tr></table> <td> <a href="http://www.hostelspanama.com/pics/lobbyseat3.jpg"><img border=0 src="thumbs/balconyast.jpg" width=1 alt="meetup with travellers"></a><a href="pics/dorm2OOF.jpg"><img border=0 src="http://www.hostelspanama.com/pics/dormpic150.jpg" width="1" "Nice Clean rooms and 2 kitchens"></a> </table></table></table></table> <p align=center> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <table bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td valign="top"> <p><font size="2" color="#111111"><a href="apartment.htm"><font size="5"><b><i>Carmen's Realty</i></font> ..more </a><br>Carmen can help you find your own place</b><br><br> <b>1 Efficiency Suites</b> in the New City Center - Single Units <br>with access to communal facilities like Swimming Pools and Games Rooms<br> <b>2 Apartments</b> for rent and sale<br> <b>3 Houses</b> for sale <br><a href="apartment.htm"> ..more </a><br> <font face=arial size=4> Tel/Fax (00 +507) 213-3121 or 214 4914 Cell : 6624-3302</font> <td valign="top"><a href="apartment.htm"><img src="aptpics/carmenhead.jpg" border="0" height=100></a> </table></table></table> <p><font size=3><b><a href=index.html>A page about El Cangrejo HOTELS -- &#62;</a></b></font> <p> <table><tr><td> <a href="http://www.feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=http://www.hostelspanama.com/rss5.xml"><img src="valid-rss.png" alt="[Valid RSS]" title="Validate my RSS feed" /></a> <a href="http://www.hostelspanama.com/rss5.xml">news</a> ... <a href="japanesehp.htm"><img src="img/japanese.gif" width="23" height="16" border="0"> Japanese </a> <table><tr> <td><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#ffffff" id="AutoNumber16" bgcolor="#110055"> <tr> <td><span style="font-family: Tahoma"> <a style="text-underline: single; 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