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Best of Volcán

A highland community beneath Volcán Barú, surrounded by farms, mountain scenery and access to western Chiriquí’s outdoors.

Discover local food, lodging, farm experiences, outdoor activities, shops and services in the Tierras Altas district.

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Places in Volcán

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Eat & drink in Volcán

59 places found

Eat & drink · Volcán

Bakery y Dulcería Volcán

Visitors highlight: A simple local bakery but has excellent food. We have bought bread from there before and had always been good. This time, we bought some Calletas de Mantequilla.

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Bar/Zizic

Visitors highlight: We love this place so much! We went back several times. The service is amazing.

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Bien Fresa volcan

Visitors highlight: El mejor lugar de fresas en Volcán!!!! Frutillas súper dulces sin necesidad de almíbar extra. La atención súper amable.

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Burricos Mexican Grill

Visitors highlight: I stopped in for a quick dinner while driving through. The restaurant was clean and tidy. I sat outside and had a wonderful meal.

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Café Lua

Café Lua is part of Volcán’s local food scene. Current hours, contact details and official information are being verified.

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Café Mary Angel

Visitors highlight: There were 2 posibilities for lunch. I had the fried fish filet which came with lentils, rice, fried plantain, and a mixed vegetable salad and water. $4.

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Carbonera

Visitors highlight: Crazy to see this below 4 stars, easily the best food in Volcan and it compares to some of the best I've had anywhere. Service is average as it is most places in Panamá,

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Daisuki

Visitors highlight: Super fresh and tasty! The sushi was delicious. The ingredients were very fresh and the service was excellent.

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Delicias nathy restaurante

Visitors highlight: Love this place, great food, friendly, perfect atmosphere. Lots of parking. My husband and I have been in the food business for over 30 years.

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El Colibrí

Visitors highlight: This little place is convenient for those of us in the area and a dinner only cost $3. 50. They have different proteins everyday but the meal always come the same way...

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El Ranchito de la vuelta

Visitors highlight: The food is delicious; if you like local cuisine, this is the place. It's usually quite busy on Sundays. The service was quick; we didn't have to wait long for our food.

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Fanny's Terrace Bistro

Visitors highlight: Really nice atmosphere, great service, and very nice food. For a diverse group with very different tastes we all 6 enjoyed our meals. Sliders, caprese salad, pizza bowls, chicken wings, home brew, great strawberry lemonade mocktail.

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Fika's Restaurant and Coffee Shop

Visitors highlight: I give it 3 stars because of the lengthy waiting time for the food (1 hour for 4 plates). Also customer service could be better, they should out at least 2 people in the front, there was only 1 person for the all the tables. Prices are good.

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Fonda Kelly Desayunos

Visitors highlight: The food is amazing, they have a wide menu, and the prices are incredible! They're fair and not as high as you'd expect in that area. I would definitely recommend it!

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Fonda Shalom

Visitors highlight: This is one of the best fondas I’ve eaten at. The rice, green salad and potato salad had so much flavor. I had white meat chicken and it was dry and chewy.

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FondaAires de volcan

Visitors highlight: Nicest people and best food on the planet. Great prices too. No place we eat in volcanoes was even close to how good this was!

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Fusión Tierras Altas

Visitors highlight: Fish fillet was excellent. $5 for fried fish, salad, rice and beans, and a tart and refreshing fresh squeezed lemonade. Filling, affordable, and tasty.

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Hamburguesas Mister Angus BBQ

Visitors highlight: The rib burger was amazing. Really, this might be one of the best burgers I've ever had. Ribs, bacon, beef, three cheeses, incredible sauce, and the bun was fresh and excellent.

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Highland Food Park

Visitors highlight: We were driving around & exploring Volcan and got hungry. This place had good reviews, so we tried it & were not disappointed. We hit it around 4:30pm so nobody was there yet.

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La Fragola

Visitors highlight: If you're looking for good coffee, reasonable prices, and delicious desserts, this is the place to try. The desserts were fresh and quite tasty. I also bought two of their empinadas to go.

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La chiva pty

La chiva pty is part of Volcán’s local food scene. Current hours, contact details and official information are being verified.

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Las Calas

Las Calas is part of Volcán’s local food scene. Current hours, contact details and official information are being verified.

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Los Hijos de la Chin..

Visitors highlight: Don’t miss this newly opened Mexican restaurant! Its entrance is on the side street and it is open-air dining. Great service (Thanks, Dominic!

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Mercadito El Corredor

Visitors highlight: Fantastic market. Lots of local fruits and veggies, including hard to find options. They also often carry imported/Pricesmart items such as lemons, blueberries, etc.

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Mi pollo a la leña

Mi pollo a la leña is part of Volcán’s local food scene. Current hours, contact details and official information are being verified.

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Panamera Bistro and Lounge

Visitors highlight: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Panamera Bistro and Lounge has quickly become one of my favorite restaurants in Volcán. The food is outstanding, the atmosphere is warm and welcoming, and Oscar and his wife make every guest feel like family. On my first visit, I had the artisan pepperon We had a wonderful meal while traveling through the area.

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Pollo's Rosti

Visitors highlight: Wonderful food, chicken, fries, maduros, served with smile and courtesy. No beer, only soda beverages. All at quite reasonable prices.

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Pollos Ely

Visitors highlight: I ordered a medium chicken which came with 5 pieces of battered and fried chicken plus a large portion of fries. I ordered to go so I ended up putting the fries in my oven to crisp more. The chicken was well seasoned and came with a vinegar red chilli sauce al If you want fried chicken and french fries, this is the place to go in Volcan.

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Restaurante Aqui Va La Niña

Visitors highlight: An open air food court with a couple of options. I was the only one there so no atmosphere to talk about. The burger was decent enough but nothing exceptional.

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Restaurante Café Volcán

Visitors highlight: A truly fresh, farm to table cafe worth supporting with your business. The owner, an agricultural historian on the area, sources ingredients from local farmers and is happy to share stories. Our light snack of heirloom tomato caprese salad was superb as was th Picturesque building harking back to traditional Panamanian rural architecture.

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Restaurante Cerro Brujo

Visitors highlight: It is so good we had lunch two days in a row. Chef Patricia uses locally sourced ingredients and her passion for food to create amazing dishes. The menu changes according to which ingredients are available, but I’ve included photos of the ones we tasted in our Simply, the unique gastronomic restaurant of Volcan region :) If you like good food or if you want more understand the typicity of the…

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Restaurante Doña nuvia

Visitors highlight: Busy locals place for pick up, reasonably priced, good Panamanian food, clean, nice staff… Amazing authentic Panamanian food with good prices.

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Restaurante Ely

Visitors highlight: The food is excellent, the best in all of Volcán in terms of flavor, and the music perfectly complements the exquisite cuisine. 100/10 We went for lunch, and although the food tasted good, the portion wasn't what we expected, and the service was poor. Something to note is that we didn't even get a glass of water, and there was no bottled water available to buy either.

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Restaurante Fénix Dorado

Visitors highlight: Insipid and undercooked. I had Lo mein noodles and shrimp. What I got was a big pile of noodles and chopped cabbage with about a cup of tiny shrimp.

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Restaurante La Sazón de Rosa

Visitors highlight: Good home style local cuisine and very reasonably priced Food did not came at the same time. Some was already finished eating while others was still waiting for their food. It was only 4 people

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Restaurante Vista Hermosa

Visitors highlight: Huge portions of great Asian food! I had mariscos twice and it was amazing! Friendly staff, wide open interior, great selection of beers!

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Restaurante ruta 28

Visitors highlight: Great place for family outing. Good food and activities. How I missed this place is beyond me, but I'm definitely glad that I found it!

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Resturante Castrejon

Visitors highlight: Authentic Panamanian food here, affordable and delicious 😋! Local food restaurant in Volcan. It looks clean, the food tastes good.

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Riverbreak Bar & Restaurante

Visitors highlight: Best tapas bar of Chiriquí! Breathtaking views as well. Super cute, there’s a hotel/bar dog too who is super cute and keeps company.

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Sabores Terralteños

Visitors highlight: Very good restaurant!!! I would advise people to visit the friday Market. This place is popular for expat meeting place on Friday morning.

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Smoke House Panama / Rancho de Boor

Visitors highlight: The food there is delicious, its more a grocery store with some prepared food options, you can go buy their meats products to prepare at home or just eat some mouth watering bbq ribs. Feels like a restaurant until you enter and no more than a place to buy meats.

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Taquería Jaliskito

Visitors highlight: Hey Everyone, I wanted to post about this cute new Mexican Restaurant on the main road. It’s kiddy corner from Delta gas station at the entrance of Volcan. The service was great and the food was yummy.

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Tony Burguer's

Visitors highlight: A bit of a wait but worth it. 2 x burger with chips for $5. We also had hotdogs and a mix meat dish with chips.

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Toro Sentao

Visitors highlight: The atmosphere here was excellent. Great views and easy parking. We each selected the all-inclusive lunch, which included an excellent soup, choice of meat, lentils & rice, a potato salad, and a natural juice.

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Eat & drink · Volcán

Trattoria Don Postres

Visitors highlight: One of the best places to go for an authentic Italian cuisine experience in Volcan. The service was phenomenal, the food was delicious, and the Tiramisu was the best I had ever tasted. If you are looking for authentic Italian food, look no further.

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Health & wellness in Volcán

11 places found

Health & wellness · Volcán

Centro De Salud

Centro De Salud provides health, fitness or wellness services in Volcán. Current services, opening hours and contact information are being verified.

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Clinica Morales Araúz

Clinica Morales Araúz provides health, fitness or wellness services in Volcán. Current services, opening hours and contact information are being verified.

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Laboratorio Clínico Volcán

Laboratorio Clínico Volcán provides health, fitness or wellness services in Volcán. Current services, opening hours and contact information are being verified.

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Minsa Capsi Volcán

Visitors highlight: The MINSA CAPSI has been a great help to the Volcán area and almost all the surrounding towns that have access to it.

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Power inn

Visitors highlight: Has all the equipment to work your whole body. Walter the owner is an old body builder that is very helpful if you don’t know what you are doing or need step up your workout. Un Gym completo con buenas maquinas y buen ambiente 100% recomendado

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Health & wellness · Volcán

SPARTAN GYM- Volcán-Chiriqui.

Visitors highlight: Spartan Gym is the best in town, well-equipped and perfect for all, be they recreational or serious, wanting cardio, lifting or both. With lots of modern, well-maintained equipment, the gym is clean (and very affordable) with a focus on safety and respect. Tra Very clean, strict rules to keep people only who will respect the gym.

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UltraClinic

Visitors highlight: Very professional, they spoke English which helped me understand the process and procedure. They were very kind what a wonderful team. Highly recommend their services

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Volcan Total Gym

Visitors highlight: Looking for a place to stay in shape? Volcan Total Gym is your best option, with the equipment you need to do the exercises you want 😉

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Outdoor in Volcán

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Outdoor · Volcán

Club De Leones Volcan

Visitors highlight: The Friday market here is exceptional. Lots of vendors and plenty of parking. Volcan Farmers Market every Saturday 9am to 1pm

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Pets & animal care in Volcán

Pets & animal care · Volcán

Propets Veterinary Clinic

A clinic focused on comprehensive pet care, offering consultation, vaccination, surgery, and diagnostic services. We protect the health and well-being of your pets through professional, high-quality, and personalized care. Clínica enfocada en el cuidado integral de mascotas, ofreciendo servicios de consulta, vacunación, cirugía y diagnóstico.

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Services in Volcán

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Services · Volcán

Banco Nacional de Panamá

Loacl bank in Volcan Visitors highlight: I recently went for a consultation (my first time at this bank) and everyone, from the manager to the woman who helped me, was very friendly and the service was quick.

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Banistmo in Volcán
Services · Volcán

Banistmo

Descubre todas las soluciones financieras que Banistmo tiene para ti. Abre cuentas, solicita préstamos, obtén tu tarjeta de crédito y más.

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Services · Volcán

BoxShop

BoxShop is a local business serving Volcán and the wider Chiriquí community. Current hours, contact details and official information are being verified.

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Caja de Ahorros in Volcán
Services · Volcán

Caja de Ahorros

Visitors highlight: I haven't been, but it would be helpful if you could tell me if they accept cash deposits to a Yappy account over the counter.

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Services · Volcán

Fisioterapia Volcán

Visitors highlight: Fantastic physical therapist who also gives excellent massages! I'm a boxer and athlete, and I had a pretty serious shoulder injury—a ligament strain. For two months I could barely train: the pain was excruciating, and any movement bothered me.

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Global Bank in Volcán
Services · Volcán

Global Bank

Banco panameño que ofrece servicios financieros con alta calidad, atención personalizada, respetando los principios de confidencialidad e integridad.

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Services · Volcán

Western Union

Western Union is a local business serving Volcán and the wider Chiriquí community. Current hours, contact details and official information are being verified.

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Shop local in Volcán

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Shop local · Volcán

Brezos Gourmet

Visitors highlight: Excellent place to enjoy a good coffee, delicious food, and a variety of products. Great coffee, excellent service. The sandwiches are 10/10, please never change the ingredients.

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La Casa de las Baterías | Volcán

Visitors highlight: Excellent attention and service!! Highly recommend these folks for solar power assistance. Excellent service and products for charging or buying batteries; they also have very good photovoltaic systems.

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M/S Wong Market

M/S Wong Market is a local shopping stop in Volcán. Current hours, contact details and official information are being verified.

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Shop local · Volcán

Mini Super Elgimar

Mini Super Elgimar is a local shopping stop in Volcán. Current hours, contact details and official information are being verified.

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Mr. Baterías Volcán

Visitors highlight: If you're looking for great prices, variety, and quality batteries, Mr. Baterías Volcán Tierras Altas has you covered. With years of experience in the market, they offer a wide range of batteries for all types of vehicles, all at the best prices, with the qual Today I went here to buy a new battery for my truck and experienced excellent service.

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Shop local · Volcán

SUPER MERCADO MIKI

Visitors highlight: Mikis is a well established hardware store and almost always has what you need. I went to 4 different places to find a part for a weed cutter. They were the only one that had the part.

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Super Barú | Volcán

Visitors highlight: A nice grocery store that seems to cater to Expats. The manager (Yasmin) speaks english. I ask her if they could start stocking canned chicken and they did!

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Super Remate Volcán

Visitors highlight: They sale refurbished or returned stuff from Amazon, etc. they just dump it on top of tables with no actual order or selection, so instead of waking in, be able to see if you like something based on aisles or type of product, you've got to spend several minute Very busy place on Saturday all day. Good prices but you have to dig to find what you want.

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Supermarket Volcan Baru

Visitors highlight: Good selection of packaged goods but lacking fresh produce. This is my absolute favorite supermarket. Excellent quality products, the butcher shop has specialty cuts of meat, prices and offers are affordable for everyone, and the outstanding service from the staff makes you want to come back every day.

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Supermercado Berard

Visitors highlight: They have a great selection, especially veg and the meat counter. All of their products are well priced too as we found them to be cheaper than some other supermarkets closer to the centre of town. All you need for your stay at Volcán Town can be found here, food, paper towel, vegetables, you name it.

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Supermercado Kinara

Visitors highlight: These folks have a great selection, including a lot of things you don't expect. More important, however, is the friendly and helpful staff! Don't leave because you didn't see it, just ask.

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Supermercado Volcan

Supermercado Volcan is a local shopping stop in Volcán. Current hours, contact details and official information are being verified.

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Volcanos Dinner

Visitors highlight: Very tasty hamburger at reasonable price. Yummy caramel milkshake. Beautiful decor and relaxing atmosphere.

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Stay in Volcán

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BAMBITO'S CAFÉ & HOSTEL in Volcán
Stay · Volcán

BAMBITO'S CAFÉ & HOSTEL

Bambito's Café & Hostel es una pequeña empresa que ofrece confortables alojamientos a personas individuales, parejas y familias. Adicional servicio de comida y contactos con tours locales.

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Stay · Volcán

Hostal Brisas del Volcán

Visitors highlight: I had a wonderful experience staying here. The room was spacious, very tidy, had its own private bathroom, a TV with Netflix and YouTube, and great wifi! You also get access to a clean kitchen.

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Stay · Volcán

Hostal Compostela Inn Frontera

Visitors highlight: We look forward to welcoming you near the shopping center on the Panama-Costa Rica border, an excellent location for leisure, vacation, business, or work. Whether you're traveling alone, with a partner, or with family, you'll find everything you need.

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Stay · Volcán

Hotel Bambito by Faranda Boutique, a member of Radisson Individuals

Visitors highlight: We enjoyed our stay at Hotel Bambito and would definitely consider staying again. Our room was spacious, with a large living area, separate bedroom, two bathrooms, and a balcony that was well worth the price. The room was very clean, the bedding was comfortabl The service is horrible in the restaurant.

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Stay · Volcán

Magic Mountain Lodge

Visitors highlight: A hidden gem just a short drive to the most private and beautiful beach! Easy to find but feels (and is) tucked away. Gorgeous view, clean room, spacious attached private patio, shared pool + hammock area.

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Mount Totumas in Volcán
Stay · Volcán

Mount Totumas

Visitors highlight: Sublime, Special, and Beyond Memorable It is tough to put to words how magical this place is. We (a couple) visited in March. First and foremost - it’s a private Cloud Forest reserve.

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Stay · Volcán

Soursop HOSTEL

Visitors highlight: I came as a Volunteer and Have to say is a perfect place to spend some chilling time. The dogs are really friendly, the fruit garden beautiful and tidy. The chickens really productive and the flowers blooming surrounded by birds visiting everyday.

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victoriahostelpa.com in Volcán
Stay · Volcán

victoriahostelpa.com

Visitors highlight: the customer service was awful!!! it seems to be owned by a mother and son; the son was very nice and reasonable but the mother who is the contact for the guests, was very rude and quite obnoxious, there was no hot water when we arrived, her son gave one price 1. Nice place for the money - clean, well maintained, bed was semi soft 2.

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Transport in Volcán

Chiriqui Car Rentals (Head office) in Volcán
Transport · Volcán

Chiriqui Car Rentals (Head office)

Chiriquí Car Rentals is a locally owned car rental company serving the Chiriquí region. We offer a modern fleet of SUVs, including compact, midsize, and 4x4 options, with delivery to Boquete, David, Volcán, Paso Canoas, Bocas Chica, and Puerto Armuelles. Transparent pricing, bilingual service, and flexible pickup and drop-off make renting with us simple whether you're here for a few days or a few months.

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