travel42 Port Guide: Colon

travel42 Professional Cruise Port of Call Review

The once-thriving city of Colon, Panama, sits 40 mi/60 km northwest of Panama City at the Caribbean entrance to the canal. It is still a major port of freighters, and a minor cruise-port stop; cruise ships berth at Colon 2000, while commercial vessels do so at Cristobal.

A refurbishment program has been launched under Panama's master tourist plan, but Colon can still present some danger. Crime is a serious problem in Colon, and city officials and locals are hard at work trying to combat these...