Must-see hotels in Bocas del Toro Province

  • Residencial Dos Palmas

    Bocas del Toro Town

    Boastfully '100% bocatoreño,’ Dos Palmas offers eight basic wooden rooms with old-fashioned furnishings and bright turquoise walls. Run by Noviña, a…

  • Casa Max

    Bocas del Toro Town

    This sprawling pea-green Caribbean-style house has 15 brightly painted rooms, with wooden floors and somewhat dated bathrooms. The service isn't much to…

  • La Escapada

    Bocas del Toro Province

    About 20km south of Almirante down a steep dirt track from the coastal highway, this lodge has four comfortable though sparse rooms with large screened…

  • Selina Red Frog

    Isla Bastimentos

    Located amid the foliage on the way to the beach, this chain budget resort manifests in Red Frog in a huge hotel, with options ranging from 11-bed dorms…

  • Hotel Olas

    Bocas del Toro Town

    Shining like a beacon from the southwestern tip of Bocas town, the three-story 'Waves' has 25 clean polished-wood rooms with electric hot-water showers,…

  • Hostal Bastimentos

    Isla Bastimentos

    On a hill off the main path, this sprawling yellow clapboard house has a bright selection of 28 rooms and hammock decks. Spaces are creaky but serviceable…

  • Villa Paraiso

    Isla Colón

    With a waterfront location 2km from Bocas town, this family-orientated, California-style home offers three comfortable suites in a main building and annex…

  • Bocas Buccaneer Resort

    Archipiélago de Bocas del Toro

    Located on a lovely strip of sand, this low-key resort is really just a humble clutch of romantic cabins, a bungalow and an attractive all-wood suite…

  • Cabañas Estefany

    Isla Colón

    Though a far cry from luxury, this 11-room complex is one of the few budget beach lodgings on Isla Colón. Its brightly painted wooden cabañas are bare…

  • Hotel Vista Mar

    Bocas del Toro Town

    This pretty 14-room inn right on the water at the northern end of Bocas town offers rather good value. Standard rooms have town views, or splurge for a…

  • Playa Bluff Hotel

    Isla Colón

    Running on solar power, the 20 rooms at this Playa Bluff property are modern and Mediterranean in style, nestled into a rainforest location that includes…

  • El Faro del Colibri

    Archipiélago de Bocas del Toro

    Six canary-yellow cabins plus a 69-sq-meter mock lighthouse line a wooden dock. With individual swim-up decks and wood floors, they are lovely and…

  • Hotel Alhambra

    Bocas del Toro Province

    This 33-room place above a shopping center is a good-value stay, though you can expect dated bathrooms with showers with a spigot and room-temperature…

  • Hotel Plaza Changuinola

    Bocas del Toro Province

    This relatively modern hotel in a shopping plaza offers rooms with flat-screen TVs, though not all feature an exterior window. At least there's a variety…

  • Hotel Golden Sahara

    Bocas del Toro Province

    This big family-run place has 28 rooms, but make sure to choose one in the back as those on the main street near the central bus station are noisy…

  • El Guabo Cabins

    Bocas del Toro Province

    These rustic cabins in El Guabo on the Río Yorkin are run by indigenous women who form a group called Alakolpa (Association of Women Protecting the Forest…

  • Hotel Hawaii

    Bocas del Toro Province

    Basic but good, Hawaii has 20 plain rooms with clean bathrooms equipped with spigot showers, but some rooms don't have windows. Rooms 17 and 21 do, but…