A Panama Guide

The Gran Terminal Nacional de Transporte, or the Grand National Transportation Terminal at Albrook, was made before small bus terminals were dispersed across Panama City.  After the construction of the new terminal, passengers could now arrive or embark on their travels throughout the country from one centralized location.

It is a modern complex that covers some 70,000 square meters and is organized for easy arrival and departure of passengers.  The terminal has many amenities for the convenience of passengers.  These include comfortable waiting lounges with air conditioning, an area for luggage storage, extensive ticket counters to various points in the country, two large food courts, numerous shops and services, banks, a police sub-station, a computerized station controlling the flow of traffic, first aid stations, tourist information centers, direct access to Albrook Mall, and parking areas.  From the terminal, more than 1600 buses and transport vans leave to cover 52 routes – 50 domestic and 2 international.  To help compliment all these services, there are more than 200 registered taxis and special access roads that lead to and from the terminal.

Note due to unfortunate circumstances, the majority of post (along with part of the website) from June 2009 was deleted.  I will attempt to rebuild them as soon as possible.  Sorry for the inconvenience.