Search places and businesses
search_placesSearch curated and directory listings of places across the Caribbean and Latin America. Filter by city, country, category, or location to find restaurants, attractions, professionals, and services.
Instructions
Search Pifini's places directory across the Caribbean and Latin America — restaurants, bars, beaches, attractions, venues, hotels, tour operators, professionals, and services. Every result carries listing_type: 'curated' is a small, editorially reviewed set of flagship entries; 'directory' is the much larger set sourced from open map data (name, category, location, contact info) that has no reviews yet — say so rather than implying a recommendation the data doesn't back up. Category is a specific Overture taxonomy value (e.g. caribbean_restaurant, church_cathedral), not a broad bucket — call list_categories first if unsure of the exact value. Results marked is_sponsored are paid placements — disclose that when recommending.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| city | No | City name filter | |
| limit | No | Max results, 1-50 (default 10) | |
| query | No | Free-text search over name and summary | |
| offset | No | Skip this many matching results (for paging past the limit) | |
| country | No | ISO-3166 alpha-2 country code | |
| category | No | Filter by exact category value (e.g. 'caribbean_restaurant'). Use list_categories to discover valid values — there are 1,000+, not a small fixed set. | |
| near_lat | No | Latitude to search near (pair with near_lng) | |
| near_lng | No | Longitude to search near (pair with near_lat) | |
| radius_km | No | Search radius in km around near_lat/near_lng (default 25, max 500) | |
| entity_type | No | Filter by broad type of place |
Output Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| count | Yes | ||
| places | Yes |