Hotel Vista Mar — Hotel in Bocas del Toro

I was also lucky, my room, 13, was at the end of the building with full sea view, balcony and a great terrace with two hammocks right beside my door. This could have not been better. Simple but decent room, shower ok, no complaints.|Number 13 is not an unlucky number after all. Number 11 was, thus is what I had but switched right away due to AC issues. ||Parking is limited but most tourist don't drive to the island, so me being lucky again, I have the only spot right beside the hotel. Pictures attached.||Diner also at the hotel, excellent food, met the cook, she would have donde anything to keep people happy. I had a delicious calamari dinner. Perfectly cooked.||Staff was very friendly. They let me check in at 9 am when arrived by ferry and even offered me breakfast because the next morning had to check out at 6 to get to the ferry.|I didn't wanted, wanted to head out right away but that was a...

I will first remember Nosario, their Mr. Fixit who fixed our A/C, programmed our Panama SIM card phone, stored our luggage, gave us ACCURATE directions to a hardware store, and returned my wallet left in our room. The head lady at reception was also competent, helpful and proactive. One waitress was clueless from beginning to end. Food was fine, right on the dock. There's a great balcony on second floor looking out on the bay. Central location for everything. This is a good compromise between staying at a hostel and staying at a 3-star hotel. ||||Q: Why do National China corporate interests get to build huge buildings on the water when everyone else seems to have to follow other rules? If China continues to gentrify this charming town, I'm out of there, like the locals and perhaps everyone else who doesn't want to...

We stayed with our 3 year old (joy of our live) because they served Breakfast every day from 7.00. They even had a sign outside to make it public. Unfortunately when we needed hot milk for our son the kitchen was not at 7 til 8 open and the old rude lady at the counter refused to open the kitchen. After a hour with a crying son the hostel next to us offered to use their kitchen... Which by the way was half the price for the room and far better looking terras and lower prices for drinks. The young girl at the counter was lovely at the hotel, but the old lady was just simply rude. The terras looked like a home with al the strange garbage and fridges in plain sight. We wouldn't recommend this to anybody.. |Ps Breakfast is 15...