The Bristol Panama

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: about 15 min (1.2 km) by map route; leaves the eruv

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

Chabad of Panama serves prepaid Shabbat meals at 9a Calle Gil Colunge (about 24 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 15-16 minutes (1.21 km) on foot to Shevet Ahim, the nearest Orthodox shul, just past our 1.2 km limit. Marbella is only partly inside the eruv per Chabad, so check the eruv map that week and register with DSI security in advance

Eruv

Chabad of Panama says the eruv covers parts of Marbella and Bella Vista; confirm whether this exact block and your route are inside before relying on it

Walking to synagogues

Every Orthodox and Chabad shul we list within about 45 minutes on foot, nearest first.

• about15 minShevet Ahim (main synagogue)1.2 km on footLeaves the eruv
• about22 minAhavat Sion1.8 km on footShul location from the published address (geocoded, entrance not verified)Leaves the eruv
• about22 minAteret Yosef1.8 km on footShul location from the published address (geocoded, entrance not verified)Leaves the eruv
• about24 minChabad of Panama City (Beit Chabad)1.9 km on footLeaves the eruv
• about26 minBeth El (Centro Comunitario Beth-El)2.1 km on footLeaves the eruv
• walk timecoming soonBet Max ve Sarah (Punta Pacífica)Walking time coming soon. We don’t have a confirmed street location for this shul yet.

Some routes avoid a short passage off Avenida Italia that the map shows but we couldn’t confirm is public or open on Shabbat; they use the streets instead.

Times are estimates along a mapped walking route between map points, at about 80 m a minute, not door to door. How we work out walking times. Eruv badges compare the whole route with the community’s eruv map; “On the eruv line” means the route runs right along the line, too close to call, so check it on the map. The eruv can be down, so confirm it every Friday with your shul or Chabad: the eruv in Panama City.

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.

Kosher food nearby

• Adama230 m in a straight line · Meat
• Not So Martha490 m in a straight line · Meat and dairy
• Pinkberry730 m in a straight line · Dairy
• The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (Panama branches)740 m in a straight line · Dairy
• Food To Go800 m in a straight line · Meat and dairy
• Delicias Shoshana800 m in a straight line · Meat and dairy

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