Virginia Beach Hotels | "The Octopus Room at Tantalo Hotel"

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It was sheer luck that we happened to catch up with the General Manager of Tántalo Hotel in Panama City several months ago. We were visiting Casco Viejo for lunch, and when we ended up (on the recommendation of several locals) at Tántalo Kitchen, the hotel's ground floor restaurant, we figured we'd better ask for a tour.

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A few of the things Tántalo has going for it are: an excellent location right in the heart of Casco Viejo; a hip, young crowd constantly streaming through the doors all day long, and, most importantly, a truly tantalizing collection of murals, photographs, paintings and quirky furniture scattered around the entire hotel.

There are only 12 rooms total, and each of them boasts its own unique design, such as the second-floor Octopus Room, whose walls are covered by the long, curly tentacles of a giant blue and white octopus. One of the tentacles even holds up a sign reading 'Pipi Room,' pointing the way to the bathroom.

Gallery: Off the Wall Art At The Tantalo Hotel

All of the rooms come with free WiFi, 42" flat screen TVs, minibars, and a pillow-top mattress—and many have their own (small) private balconies for looking out over the cobblestone streets. But on top of the usual amenities, all the bold graffiti-like art on the walls is sure to keep you amused. One room featured a table built from reclaimed wood and a bunch of empty bottles.

Some of the designs are more daring than others, like a massive yogurt cup, filled with fruit, painted on a yellow wall behind one of the beds. Probably a good way to wake up excited about fruit parfait for breakfast!

Bathrooms are simple: small porcelain basins balance on top of hand-built wooden shelves with just enough space for a bar of soap and moisturizer. Meanwhile, the showers all have wooden slats on the floor.

If you plan on staying here, we'd recommend calling the hotel and asking them to recommend the best room to suite your tastes. Speaking as mollusk lovers, we absolutely fell in love with the Octopus Room, but we understand it might be a bit much for some.

Thankfully, for the hotel, most of the art is painted right onto the walls, so there's little risk of sticky-fingered guests (ahem, Australian guests!) "accidentally" walking off with one of the pieces.