Rana Azul

Archipiélago de Bocas del Toro


A real only-when-traveling experience, Rana Azul is a remote restaurant-pizzeria facing Dolphin Bay from the Bocas mainland. It's hosted by Joseph and Maria, who arrived here some years back on their boat from Austria. There are other mains on the menu (eg gargantuan meat plates to share from US$22) but most come here for pizzas cooked in the wood-burning oven.


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