Renaissance Panama City Hotel

Shabbat at this hotel

Shabbat-friendly. On Chabad of Panama’s hotel list, or about 15 minutes’ walk (1.2 km) or less from an Orthodox shul.

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 28 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

Shevet Ahim is the nearest shul (about 15 min on foot). Obarrio is not among the eruv areas Chabad names, so carry nothing unless the eruv map that week shows otherwise; register with DSI security in advance

Eruv

Not clearly within the eruv described by Chabad; confirm

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
• about26 minAhavat Sion2.1 km on footShul location from the published address (geocoded, entrance not verified)Leaves the eruv
• about26 minAteret Yosef2.1 km on footShul location from the published address (geocoded, entrance not verified)Leaves the eruv
• about27 minChabad of Panama City (Beit Chabad)2.2 km on footLeaves the eruv
• about31 minBeth El (Centro Comunitario Beth-El)2.5 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

Do not assume kosher food is available at the hotel; plan Shabbat food through Chabad or a kosher caterer. 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.

Details

Rooms

214 (meeting-venue and booking listings)

Kosher food nearby

• Adama370 m in a straight line · Meat
• Not So Martha700 m in a straight line · Meat and dairy
• Aria730 m in a straight line · Meat
• Food To Go940 m in a straight line · Meat and dairy
• Delicias Shoshana940 m in a straight line · Meat and dairy
• Oh Oui980 m in a straight line · Dairy

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