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guests including Charles Lindbergh , Albert Einstein , Helen Keller and Queen Elizabeth II . Daniel Craig filmed 2008 ’ s Quantum of Solace here , when it acted as a stand-in for Bolivia .
Breakfast on the terrace is taken beneath a canopy of pink and purple bougainvillea . Try the Panamanian breakfast , which includes scrambled eggs with cilantro , beef carimañola ( stuffed cassava ), chicken tamales , warmed flaky pastries and sliced tropical fruit . Lattes are rich and flavourful thanks to the hotel ’ s custom coffee blend made by family-owned producer , Santos Café . Add in the refreshing spa and infinity pool overlooking the ocean and you get a true five-star experience .
Over in the city centre , the Bristol Panama is a must for art lovers , with over 100 works by Latin American artists on display . Dine at its award-winning Salsipuedes restaurant ,
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where the menu showcases the wide array of flavours that are now a part of Panamanian cuisine : think Caribbean yellow curry with grilled chicken and mushrooms , tacos de pato with duck confit , mango chutney and chicharron . Take a dip in the sleek rooftop pool at sunset for tremendous skyline views .
EXCURSIONS
About an hour ’ s drive from the city centre , explore Emberá Quera , an Indigenous community living according to generations of tradition . Board a piragua dugout canoe , captained by members of the village , and glide along the Chagres River while keeping an eye out for monkeys and exotic birds . This unique stop consists of a campus of circular , thatch-roofed , open-air structures located in Chagres National Park and protected in a manner comparable to American Indian reservations .
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From left : The Bocas del Toro
region makes for a great
excursion ; a white-necked jacobin
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