New Washington Hotel

This hotel clearly had better days. However, they are working on a large renovation and with its location next to the entrance of the Panama Canal, there is potention. Prices are in line with what you get. We had a clean room with good beds. The music at the pool can be very loud. The restaurant is more a snackbat with limited options.

The young lady working as the cook/outside-inside service personnel near the pool has a excellent work attitude and personality when interacting with guests.

This hotel was better than I expected. We stopped there on the way to a Royal Caribbean cruise and was very happy with the hotel. No phone in the room, but WiFi, TV, hot and cold water, nice Aircon, nice bed, no usb outlets so bring your own charger, there are regular two prong outlets. If you are bringing a laptop, bring a 3 prong adaptor.

It looks pretty from the outside but it’s all superficial. The rooms are typical basic Latam rooms. There were only two outlets in the room and none near the beds.

I left in the middle of the night. No bathrooms. Too noisy Too many people knocking on random doors

historic building that housed the officials overseeing the building of the canal. Apparently it is owned by the City of Colon which is missing opporunities to make this more appealing. Staff speak only Spanish (though electronic translation devices got us what we needed). Best choice, though, near cruise ships

Booking in the staff member spoke no English which was a problem. Eventually we gained access to our rooms which were clean The shower was cold and the soap was so cheap it would not lather The towels had holes in them Otherwise OK Expensive for the standard delivered We used only one of the 3 double beds The zircon worked well