The Radisson Summit Hotel & Golf Panama is located in Panama City (Spanish: Panamá), the capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama. Panama City's old quarter features many architectural styles, from Spanish colonial buildings to French and Antillean townhouses built during the construction of the Panama Canal. The more modern areas of the city have many high-rise buildings, which together form a very dense skyline. The Centennial Bridge that crosses the Panama Canal earned the American Segmental Bridge Institute prize of excellence, along with seven other bridges in the Americas. Panama is located between the Pacific Ocean and tropical rain forest. The Parque Natural Metropolitano (
Metropolitan Nature Park), stretching from Panama City along the Panama Canal, has unique bird species and other animals such as tapir, puma, and caimans. At the Pacific entrance of the canal is the Centro de Exhibiciones Marinas (Marine Exhibitions Center), a research center for those interested in tropical marine life