Since the 1960s, Panama has been a shopping destination in the region, welcoming caravans of tourists from Central America who came to do shopping in our country. This is because Panama has had a great diversity of high-quality brands and very good prices in its sales offering for years.
Advantages of Going Shopping in Panama
The country’s privileged geographical position has turned it into a logistics hub, as well as its proximity to important markets such as Colombia and Venezuela.
Another ingredient is that the malls offer almost all brands, from the most popular to the luxury ones, at better prices, something that few countries in the region can offer. There are also great promotions where all businesses offer great discounts, such as Black Weekend in September and Black Friday in November.
Panama City the Shopping Hub
Here you will find the largest number of “Malls” and shopping centers in the country. An enormous number and variety of places to shop for the size of Panama City.
Albrook Mall
It is currently the second largest shopping center in Latin America. It has more than 700 stores, more than 100 restaurants, a casino, supermarkets, cinemas, bowling, places with video games, a hotel and a metro station that connects it with the entire city and the Tocumen airport.
Multiplaza Mall
It has more than 500 stores, and even a “Luxury Avenue”, a corridor of brands with the highest international profile. In addition, they offer the exclusive “Concierge” service.
Dorado Mall
Recognized as the first “mall” in Panama in the 1980s, it has more than 250 commercial stores and has a large number of Asian stores.
AltaPlaza Mall
This shopping center with 180 stores is divided between retail sales and entertainment businesses such as movie theaters with IMax screens and the 4DX cinema in Latin America, also an indoor Go Kart track and even a modern bowling alley.
Metromall Panama
Located in the San Miguelito District, this mall has more than 300 stores and is connected to the Tocumen International Airport through metro line 2.
Town Center Mall
It is the ideal meeting point in the Costa del Este sector, which offers a variety of shops, restaurants, cinema, theater and entertainment areas. It has a central plaza intended for artistic activities, and it is also a pet friendly complex.
Colon City
In this city located on Atlantic you find the Colon Free Zone with 2,649 established companies and is exempt from paying taxes on products acquired and exported outside of Panama. Colon 2000 Duty Free also recently opened, the new shopping gem in Colon City overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. It has 25,000 square meters of commercial premises and connects directly to the Cruise Port terminal.
The rest of the country is not far behind since in Chiriqui Province you find Federal Mall, the second largest Mall in the country, as well as other shopping centers. In Veraguas you can visit Santiago Mall with a large number of stores and in West Panama Province there is Westland Mall that has an immense shopping offer, the same as Boulevard Costa Verde.
