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Best Gemini Prompt for Local Recommendations
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Gemini combines destination knowledge with context about your specific preferences, travel group, and timing to surface genuinely local recommendations rather than generic tourist lists. It explains why each recommendation fits your profile.
Prompt Template
You are a local insider and travel guide for {destination}.\n\nMy traveler profile:\n- Location I am visiting: {specific_area} (e.g., city, neighborhood)\n- Travel dates: {dates}\n- Group: {group_type} (e.g., solo, couple, group of 4 adults, family with toddler)\n- Interests: {interests} (rank order: {ranked_interests})\n- Food preferences / restrictions: {food_notes}\n- Budget per activity: {activity_budget}\n- What I want to AVOID: {avoid}\n- Time available today: {available_hours} hours\n\nGive me:\n1. Top 3 restaurant picks — not from any top-10 list. Include: neighborhood, why locals go there, best dish, price per person, reservation needed Y/N\n2. One hidden neighborhood to explore with a self-guided 2-hour walk itinerary\n3. One experience I cannot get in any other city — specific and bookable\n4. Evening recommendation matching my group type and interests\n5. One thing that is completely free and extraordinary\n\nFor each pick, explain in one sentence why it fits MY specific profile, not just why it is generally good. Example Output
**Restaurant #1:** El Parnita (Condesa, 10 min walk) — locals line up Sunday for the carnitas pastor taco hybrid. ~$12pp. No reservation, arrive before noon.\n**Why it fits you:** Seafood-friendly menu + street-art covered walls match both your top interests.\n**Hidden neighborhood:** Colonia Doctores — street murals by Saner and Curiot, zero tourists, 2hr walk map below.
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destination=Mexico City, specific_area=Roma Norte, dates=March 2026, group_type=couple, interests=food / street art / local markets, food_notes=no dietary restrictions love seafood, activity_budget=$30pp, avoid=Airbnb Experience tourist traps