Name: Cabañas Sherlley
Address: Calle El Estero, Santa Catalina, Santa Catalina, Santa Catalina, PTY, Panama
Rating: 9

24-hour reception

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Cabañas Sherlley

Santa Catalina

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Sherlley is the loveliest host who has a quirky style when it comes to decorating her rooms. 
The exterior of each cabana are a different colour. And not westerners colours but those you often see around Panamá. 
Not only the exteriors brightly painted but in the rooms, the kitchen utensils, plates, towels, bedding, table cloths and more match. 
The rooms have their own saucepans, pots, pans, cutlery, plates, glassware, and so on so you can prepare a meal, which was a nice change for us. 
The rooms are all very clean and have an air conditioner. Out the front, hammocks are hung from post to post. 
The rooms are a mixture of double beds or in other bunk beds, single beds. 
There is an undercover area that has four tables with a chairs plus a large fridge with a glass door so you can see what's inside. The sink area is good for preparation of tea and coffee.
Sherrley is clearly a very generous and kind woman. She even drove one of our team down to the supermarket to get some Coke at 10 o'clock at night. Highly recommend if you're in the area of Santa Catalina you try out these cabanas they are delightful. I will say that the power does go off every now and again which means no light no modem no nothing okay we can live with that. I wish Shelley and her family all the very best for the future, and I can't wait to see how she expands this operation in the coming years.

Funky, clean and comfortable cabanas

Each room has a theme colour. A simple but effective little novelty and I recommend the purple room  where I stayed. Being on an Intrepid tour I knew all the people in the other rooms so I stuck my head into the pink, blue, green and orange rooms and maybe I’m biased but I liked the purple room best. I think they called it the lavender room actually. Anyway, the bed linen, crockery, cutlery, furniture, ornaments, even the walls were a purple/lavender. It even smelt like lavender, a nice sensory touch. 

So if you have a favourite colour, here’s your chance to stay in a room that features it!

50 shades of purple in Panama

Lovely pastel colored cabins with fridge, stovetop and sink in each. No oven. Mattress was comfortable. Pillows were old, flat, and saliva stained. Bedding did not smell clean. Low lighting. A/C works well. Shower is lukewarm only. Breakfast available for purchase.
Cabins located 15-20 walk from the beach. Closest store is 15 min walk. There is a good restaurant next door.

Charming cabins in isolated area

We stayed here two nights as part of a group tour. We had lilac bungalow, which had more than everything we needed. All kitchen equipment, fridge, 8 beds in our room, hammock , table and chairs at the front. Two sinks and plugs to do the washing and line to hang it on. Air con and fan too.

Eyecatching stay!

I enjoyed staying here .Breakfast was help yourself and simple but good quality .The owners and staff ,including grandchildren were friendly and helpful .Nearby was a hotel with a swimming pool if you bought drinks .
Rooms were clean with kitchenettes if required .

Close to beach 

Stayed here as part of an intrepid trip. The accomodation is nice, clean. It is however a long way from town, 20mins. There is no food served so for breakfast and dinner it means a long walk! There are a couple of options closer but not for breakfast. 
There is also no Wi-Fi without buying a scratchcard from the owner. She said it was impossible for them to get Wi-Fi without spending a fortune (I mean its a hotel, just get the wifi) but then had a private Wi-Fi link. Felt like a rouse to get us to pay for Wi-Fi which is fine but jus6 admit it. It was all a bit uncomfortable.
Otherwise it's ok. Personally I would stay closer to town. 


Ok accomodation, a way away from the main street 

Stayed here as part of an Intrepid tour.
So much nicer than expected. Spotlessly clean and situated perfectly between the 2 beaches in Santa Catalina. 10 minutes walk either way. 
Not overly impressed with the area but the hotel is perfectly fine. 

Much nicer than expected

We stayed here with Intrepid Travel's Amazing Central America Tour and found it to be perfectly comfortable - the beds are nice, the rooms are clean and each comes with its own kitchenette and fridge for cooking (a little like a hostel).

Air con works well and wifi is patchy, but there is a communal area for socialising and it is located very close to the beach and a short walk to the small town attached.

Our only criticism was that the rooms shared one shower and toilet hidden behind the property and at night this was found to be a little daunting. 

It's Alright

The self contained rooms are in a good location as they are 10 min walk either way to Santa Catalina town or the swimming beach.  The kitchen had everything required to make light meals.  We were upstairs and the bathroom was shared with 3 other rooms. The WIFI did not work at all.  The rooms downstairs have hammocks and there is a central outdoor sitting area.  We also used and recommend Dive Coiba.

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