A wide variety of restaurants offer international cuisine, including Chinese, Italian, Mexican, Indian, Spanish and Japanese. Several specialize in seafood. All large hotels offer American, European, and local cuisine. There are some hotel coffee shops that are open around the clock. There is no bus service, however, taxis may be shared with other passengers.
Car rentals are also available.
Buses and Taxis are readily available in urban areas. Taxi fares are low and usually range from one to five dollars depending on the trip's length. The Balboa exists only in coin form of the same denomination and size as U.S. coins. Both U.S. paper currency and coins are legal tender and circulate freely. The U.S. system of weights and measures and the metric system are both used in Panama.