La Isabela Suites is a Boutique apart-hotel built on the concept of space, elegance and comfort. Located in the heart of Casco Antiguo, only steps from culture, markets, dining, and bars, and with a unique quality of service. La Isabela Suites offers an alternative type of travel, away from the small, standardized and impersonal massive hotel rooms without the inconvenience of a self-catering apartment. Because we understand that the true luxury means not having to worry about anything. Our apartment is a spacious 2nd floor , 120 sqm (1200 sq. ft.) with high ceilings (14ft/4.5m). The four sets of French doors leading to the balconies bath the apartment in light during the day. It offers two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a large living room and full kitchen. The high ceilings (14 ft/4.5 m) and 4 sets of french doors leading to front and internal balconies bath the apartment in light during the day. For your comfort, we provide luxury memory foam mattresses, Egyptian cotton sheets and a pillow menu. For your health, our toiletries are organic and are alcohol and paraben free. The apartment is air conditioned, has high speed WiFi, large flat screen TV, Nespresso espresso maker, Ipod ready alarm/music player. The apartment is a top (second) floor apartment. It has a large front balcony on the street and offers access to a extensive internal balcony overlooking the courtyard. Both balconies have seating for outdoor dining or simple relaxation. (Please note below in Interaction with Guests that we also offer a level of service far beyond any apartment in the city.) The building is an architectural gem. One of the world’s leading restoration architects, Francisco Montanes, and a cutting edge Spanish design group, Bersale, S.A., worked together for almost two years to restore La Isabela to its former elegance. Their vision was to adhere to UNESCO’s World Heritage Site Guidelines and maintain the 19th century elements of La Isabela’s colonial architecture while incorporating touches of cutting edge design. To complement their efforts, selected pieces of Panamanian art are exhibited throughout the building and the apartment. La Isabela – an integration of styles, materials, and perspectives ranging from the 19th to the 21st century. The apartment has a large front balcony on the street and offers access to a extensive internal balcony overlooking the courtyard. Both balconies have seating for outdoor dining or simple relaxation. There is also a reception office on the ground floor where there is a concierge to assist you. There is high speed WiFi there as well as in the apartment. Exclusive Services: We offer our guests the best of both worlds: the space and comfort of a large apartment, with the services of a hotel. We know that one of the main worries of the modern traveler is the different scams in the tourists industry. At La Isabela we vet and select services exclusively for our guests before offering them, so they can feel secure and protected about their choices when traveling. Your apartment offers 24/7 hours concierge service, travel bureau, Chef-at-Home (2 starts Michelin that will cook exclusively and in front of you) chauffeurs, SPA services, nannies, washing and ironing services, daily house-cleaning, Nespresso, Unlimited organic tea, Egyptian cotton sheets, Memory foam mattresses, Turkish cotton towels, organic toiletries, Cable TV, Netflix, Amazon, and Free and powerful Wi-Fi. Every month La Isabela Suites scouts the old town and select for our guests what's new, what's in and what's out. Contact us to get a copy of our recommendations or just simply read it in the tablet available in your suite. Contact us for any above mentioned service or for anything else you might need. It is always our pleasure to serve you! La Isabela is in the heart of Casco Antiguo, just steps away from art, restaurants, culture, night-life etc. The historic quarter of Panama City, also known as Casco Viejo, is located in the southwestern tip of Panama City,and overlooks the Pacific entrance to the canal, where huge container ships hover like shoppers on Black Friday. It’s cozy but not too small and nobody uses addresses. Architecturally encyclopedic, designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1997, it could easily be the setting for the next photo series by Robert Polidori. It’s erotic like Havana, moldering like New Orleans, world-weary like Cuernavaca, Mexico, and one of the safest places in Central America—all of this seasoned with a dash of The Night of the Iguana. The booming city beyond couldn’t be more different, with its Singapore skyline and Dubai aspirations (Forbes magazine described it a few years ago as “Monaco with bananas”). Since the handover of the canal to Panama in 1999, and even more so after 9/11, Panama City has become a stomping ground for tourists from everywhere, a place for them to get all the Carolina Herrera and Hermès they want without the prices of NYC or the hassle of Miami. You can choose to go to that part of town. In any case, the "New-towners" always come to Casco at night to play. After all, you are in one of the most vibrant neighborhood of Central America! The system of buses is complex, and the metro only covers a small part of the city. However, we will give you small tips about what taxis to take when and where, where to go and not to go, how to come and get back from the airport. How and when to go outside of the city, to get a guide or a day-tour. As per walking the town, just talk to us and we will give you a map with all the super info and will mark and explain for you how to get there. Cleaning and Health standards: We will always try to accommodate you before check-in time at no extra cost. However, please consider that our standard cleaning procedures are strict before your check in. That includes, removal of mattresses anti-allergenic covers, deep steam cleaning and Germ-reducing UV-C technology to kills viruses and bacteria. The apartment wet areas (bathrooms and kitchen) are built in micro-cement resistant to molds and allergens, without the need to use harsh chemicals in the cleaning process. Our steam and UV-C two-stage micro-allergy filtration cleaning procedures eliminate up to 99% H1N1 and MRSA on hard surfaces, mattresses, and upholstery, kill bed bug eggs, flea eggs and dust mite eggs, and sanitize surface without pollutant and damaging irritants or residues. When possible we only use hypo-allergenic and bio-degradable cleaning products. La Isabela follows a strict protocol for fumigation with human-degree products. Please contact us if you need any further information.