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ding and Jacuzzi baths. Though the setting is lovely, the flat riverside location lacks the
mountain panoramas of other inns.
Hotel Ladera
HOTEL $$$
$$$
( 730-9000;
www.hotel-ladera.com
; camino a Palo Alto; s/d incl breakfast US$98/119;
)
A good value, this upscale roadside hotel features an appealing ultramodern style and
attentive staff at the front desk. Rooms feature an outdoor terrace or balcony and two
queen-sized beds with wicker headboards. There's onsite dining as well as room service.
The hotel often hosts events and art shows.
Hotel Panamonte Inn & Spa
INN $$$
$$$
( 720-1327;
www.panamonte.com
; d/ste incl breakfast US$133/425; )
This histor-
ic 1915 inn wins you over with sprawling flower gardens, serene spaces and handsome
rooms. You can relax here, knowing that John Wayne, Ingrid Bergman and Richard Nix-
on did so too. Choose between the original rooms, blooming with character down to the
details, or new, larger terrace rooms outfitted as modern deluxe. All come with North
American-style breakfast.
Service is impeccable and the restaurant is among Panama's best. The day spa is the
perfect complement to a mountain getaway. It's located on a quiet road at the northern
end of town.
Downtown Hotel
HOTEL $$$
$$$
( 720-2455; boqueteguesthouses@gmail.com; Av A Este; d/tr US$139/159; )
Design-ori-
ented, this hotel features 10 modern suites with living room and kitchenette. It's all spic
and span but feels lacking in the personality department. Details like Egyptian cotton
bedding, down duvets, flat-screen TVs and safe boxes work to justify the price tag.
Rooms look out on a small grass courtyard with an iron gazebo.
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Boquete Garden Inn
INN $$$
( 720-2376;
www.boquetegardeninn.com
;
d incl breakfast US$99-119; )
Perched on
the edge of the Río Palo Alto, this garden inn is run by a welcoming British-Canadian
couple. The grounds overflow with blossoming tropical flowerbeds. Lounging around the
