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Hotel BackPacker Inn

2.5 star property

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Reception
Triple Room, Multiple Beds | Free WiFi, bed sheets
Exterior
TV
Interior

Reviews

6.8 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Pet friendly
  • Parking included
  • Housekeeping
  • Air conditioning
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
Avenida Justo Arosemena y Calle 33 Este, Panama City
  • Avenida Balboa
    3 min walk
  • Italian Garden Restaurant
    1 min walk
  • Estación Lotería
    1 min walk
  • Panama City (PAC-Marcos A. Gelabert Intl.)
    8 min drive

Room options

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Triple Room, Multiple Beds | Free WiFi, bed sheets

Triple Room, Multiple Beds

  • 183 sq ft
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds and 1 Twin Bed

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Single Room, 1 Twin Bed | Free WiFi, bed sheets

Single Room, 1 Twin Bed

  • 161 sq ft
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Double Room | Free WiFi, bed sheets

Double Room

  • 161 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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Double Room, 1 Double Bed | Free WiFi, bed sheets

Double Room, 1 Double Bed

  • 161 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the neighborhood

Panama City

With a stay at Hotel BackPacker Inn in Panama City (Calidonia), you'll be a 3-minute walk from Avenida Balboa and 6 minutes by foot from Cinta Costera. .This hotel is 3.1 mi (5.1 km) from Albrook Shopping Mall and 2.4 mi (3.9 km) from Multiplaza Pacific Mall.

What's nearby

  • Avenida Balboa - 3 min walk
  • Cinta Costera - 6 min walk
  • Via Espana - 4 min drive
  • Multiplaza Pacific Mall - 5 min drive
  • Albrook Shopping Mall - 5 min drive

Getting around

  • Estación Lotería - 1 min walk
  • Panama City Passenger Station - 12 min drive
  • Tocumen Intl. Airport (PTY) - 25 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Café Boulevard Balboa - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪McDonald's - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Café Santé - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Pío Pío - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Subway - ‬6 min walk

About this property

Hotel BackPacker Inn

Hotel with free parking, a short walk to Avenida Balboa
Hotel BackPacker Inn offers 20 accommodations. Cable television is provided.

Bathrooms include showers. This Panama City hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Make yourself at home in one of the 20 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms with showers are provided.
Make use of convenient amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access, tour/ticket assistance, and a vending machine.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk and a vending machine. Free self parking is available onsite.

Languages

English, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Tour and ticket assistance

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • TV with cable channels

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 11 AM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 1 PM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 5 per pet, per night
Restrictions apply; for more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Pet fee: USD 5 per pet, per night
  • Housekeeping fee: USD 10 per stay

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards

We should mention

A car is not required for transportation to and from this property

Property is also known as

Hotel BackPacker Inn Panama
Hotel BackPacker Inn Panama City
Hotel BackPacker Inn Hotel
Hotel BackPacker Inn Panama City
Hotel BackPacker Inn Hotel Panama City

Hotel BackPacker Inn Reviews

Reviews

6.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 14 out of 44 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 10 out of 44 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 44 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 44 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 9 out of 44 reviews" "

6.6/10

Cleanliness

7.0/10

Staff & service

6.4/10

Amenities

6.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Dale

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

8/10 Good

Dale

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Dale

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great inexpensive private room.
Very inexpensive private room on the second floor. I stayed nearly 2 weeks while shopping and doing other business in Pamana. I extended my stay twice without any problems. Note that the hotel is managed by Hotel Del Mar just next door.
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2021

8/10 Good

Dale

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice stay
Very inexpensive nice small room with private bath. It had a very nice hot shower, unusual for inexpensive hotels in the tropics.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2020

10/10 Excellent

jose guillermo

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good hotel for the low price. Well located.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2020

2/10 Terrible

Myztic

Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
For a cheap room it offers a private bathroom, air-conditioning, soft towels and natural light from the window. The staff didn't speak English. The rooms were not clean, the showers leaked water over the bathroom floor, the lights were dimmed and one room missed a shower head. The ceiling was peeling and outside the windows on the platform was garbage dumped. No complimentary shampoo or coffee available.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

2/10 Terrible

Myztic

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
T.A.B.(THREAT ASSESS. BRIEF). NOT A REVIEW
Hotel and area not recommended for WESTERN tourists. Here you are the HVT! Hotel located three blocks from MASSIVE squalored slums. Odds of getting rolled up here are high DAY AND NIGHT. OPSEC AND COMSEC MANDATORY. Have your head on a swivel. Have your "Grey-Man" PERFECTED if you chose to stay in this area! EDC PPG/Personal Protective Gear can be purchased here with ease and cheap. Avoid offers from people/taxi drivers to be tour guides. Unless they have license, business card with contact numbers and website! Period! Otherwise you may get taken for the ride of your life. This area duplicate of Kali Columbia!!!! You dun been warned amigo!!!
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great value
Clean with AC. 24 hour desk and only about 5 minutes walk to the water front. Dozens of places to eat in the immediate area. Close to a few bustops including 2 that come from the airport.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice free shuttle from airport, $2 ea. shuttle to airport, relatively quick service. Wifi info should have been explained that two different servers for lobby access and room access. Very short walk to Metro Loteria and to promenade along the sea.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
good value for the money, excellent wifi, offers shuttle to airport and albrook mall
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Traveled with family and small children, Traveled with family
The hotel was in a very questionable area. When I got there the check in lady spoke no English, even when I used Google translate. I know the basics and figured out she said they didn't have and rooms. It was a waste of $ that I paid to get there from the airport.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
They had problems finding my reservation despite my showing them my Expedia confirmation but no problem. Room is clean but very plain and no view. Nothing spectacular but a private washroom and AC was good to have and the bed was comfortable.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

4/10 Poor

Mauricio

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2018

2/10 Terrible

Margoth, NY

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Basically I checked in but I did not stay even 15 minutes in that awful place, the picture that you have is not the place and the rooms are the most awful place I ve been in my life I wouldn't pay or go free to a place like that, I was tired and I really wanted to rest, I took a taxi and booked in El Panamá. My concern is not being in a 4 or 5 star hotel but how clean a place must be and the maintenance is, switch uncovered, uncomfortable bed, if you can call it bed, no phone in the room to call reception , no good internet reception, room smelled like cigarettes. Again I checked in and took more than an hr because they did not have my information on file, plus that I reached after 9 pm, and that reservation was available since 11 am. Totally awful 3 hrs took me to find a place and go from there, which I did just for me to be convenient for the conexion flight that I had of 19 hrs staying in Panama. Anyway I left I did not stay and I went to The Panamá Hotel. I wished I took pictures but I just left from that awful disgusting place!!! Plus I was alone and scared looking for a room at almost midnight!

8/10 Good

ching yi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jeimmy

Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Gustavo

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Muy buena atención. Llegué tarde en la noche con mi papá discapacitado y nos atendieron muy bien. Le dieron una habitación en planta baja y cuidaron que estuviera cómodo.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jhon Henry

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

6/10 Okay

Francisco

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Muy viejo y descuidado el lugar. Eso si el personal todo- fuie siempre muy servicial
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

8/10 Good

Julio jose

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Buena instalación
Buena
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jorge

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Todo bien
Todo bien
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

8/10 Good

Carlos

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021