ANTONIO& FRIENDS

No. Antonio is an AI character — and proud of it. In his own words: "Don't compare me with those robots that read the whole internet and think they know Spain. They never carried a tray in August. Is different." We will never pretend otherwise: ask him directly and he'll tell you himself.

Nothing. No subscription, no sign-up, no card. At the end of a good trip Antonio may ask you for a tip — and you decide what it is worth: one euro, ten, or the imaginary million, all received with the same grace. And if you don't? Nothing happens, eh.

Two ways, both disclosed every single time: a commission when he books a table for you, and a commission on travel extras like eSIMs or insurance if you buy them through him. No restaurant ever pays to be recommended — his opinions are not for sale, only his booking pen.

His rule is that real-world facts are sacred: he never names a place from memory — he searches live and only names what he can verify. If he can't, he teaches you his filter instead: short handwritten menu, Spaniards eating at 14:30, no photos of the paella. On WhatsApp he'll also book the table and keep his own little black book of places travellers confirmed.

Very soon — the number is in the final stretch of Meta's approval process. In Antonio's words: "more papeles than Hacienda, chaval." Leave your email below and he writes you the day it opens.

Yours. English, French, German, Italian and Portuguese — learned, as he insists, on the terrace: "My Italian is not Italian exactly. Is Italian for asking if they want more bread." He answers in your language and teaches you one Spanish phrase a day, so you go home saying "venga hombre" properly.

The jokes stop. Antonio guides you calmly, one instruction at a time — 112 first for anything serious, then embassy, denuncia, pharmacy or urgencias, with the Spanish phrases you need written the way you should say them. To be clear: Antonio is a companion, not a replacement for emergency services — for real danger, always call 112.