# O Castelo: Agent-Direct Score F (29.2%)

Site: https://www.ocastelofaro.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/ocastelofaro.com
Scanned: 2026-10-16 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.)
O Castelo is largely invisible to agents.
AI assistants cannot open the website of O Castelo, so they rely on what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.ocastelofaro.com/explorez-l-histoire-et-la-cuisine-algarvienne-visitez-le-chateau-de-faro-et-reservez-votre-table-des-maintenant (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://irp.cdn-website.com/12bde65f/files/uploaded/Menu%20Comidas%20Castelo%202023_print.pdf
- Phone: +351 289 822 244

## What to fix first
- **The site turns every visitor without a browser away, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (http_403); only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent is turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the rendered page. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **No structured data for the business.** (+15 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (Restaurant, LocalBusiness or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine and acceptsReservations). It is the one block every assistant reads first; the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **Menu or price list is a PDF.** (+3 points) Most agents skip PDFs or read them badly. Publish it as HTML, keep the PDF as a download. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai

## Fix kit: What to paste

Structured data (JSON-LD). One block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom-code slot. Replace anything that is wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Restaurant",
  "name": "O Castelo",
  "url": "https://www.ocastelofaro.com/",
  "telephone": "+351 289 822 244",
  "email": "CasteloBar.Faro@hotmail.com",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Rua do Castelo 11",
    "postalCode": "8000-243"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 37.0118371,
    "longitude": -7.9347183
  },
  "openingHours": "We-Mo 10:30-04:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday",
        "Saturday",
        "Sunday",
        "Monday"
      ],
      "opens": "10:30",
      "closes": "04:00"
    }
  ],
  "servesCuisine": [
    "portuguese",
    "regional"
  ],
  "acceptsReservations": "https://www.ocastelofaro.com/explorez-l-histoire-et-la-cuisine-algarvienne-visitez-le-chateau-de-faro-et-reservez-votre-table-des-maintenant",
  "hasMenu": "https://irp.cdn-website.com/12bde65f/files/uploaded/Menu%20Comidas%20Castelo%202023_print.pdf",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.ocastelofaro.com/explorez-l-histoire-et-la-cuisine-algarvienne-visitez-le-chateau-de-faro-et-reservez-votre-table-des-maintenant",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There is no robots.txt, which allows everything.
- **Booking on your own site.** Agents can book without a marketplace in the loop.

## Where it stands
30 of 33 in Faro. Top 91% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top tenth of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 80% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 100% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 40% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 0% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 10% | no |

Nearest places with a similar menu: Tertúlia Algarvia (C, 122 m, https://directindex.org/r/tertulia-algarvia.pt); Sabores do Churrasco (B, 334 m, https://directindex.org/r/saboresdochurrascopremium.pt); À do Pinto (C, 518 m, https://directindex.org/r/adopinto.pt); Há Pátria (F, 612 m, https://directindex.org/r/beacons.ai); Xic (F, 983 m, https://directindex.org/r/restaurantexic.pt).

## What assistants answer
Not asked yet. Assistants are asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about every claimed business the moment it is claimed; claim this page to be included.

Against its peers: Sites built with Duda 27% (1% A or B, 263 sites); This site 29.2%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/ocastelofaro.com/agent-view

## Businesses like O Castelo in Faro

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Faro | 33 | 52% | 15% | 29.2% |
| Sites built with Duda in Faro | 1 | 29% | 0% | 29.2% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in Faro: Pizza Hut (B 83%, https://directindex.org/r/pizzahut.pt); McDonald's (B 81.5%, https://directindex.org/r/mcdonalds.pt); Sabores do Churrasco (B 75.8%, https://directindex.org/r/saboresdochurrascopremium.pt); O Coreto (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/ocoreto.pt); Wok to Walk (B 72.3%, https://directindex.org/r/woktowalk.com).

With the three fixes above (The site turns every visitor without a browser away, AI agents included; No structured data for the business; Menu or price list is a PDF) the score would be about 95.4%: first of 33 in Faro.

## The direct record
What agents get for O Castelo, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/ocastelofaro.com
- Book: https://www.ocastelofaro.com/explorez-l-histoire-et-la-cuisine-algarvienne-visitez-le-chateau-de-faro-et-reservez-votre-table-des-maintenant (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-16, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://irp.cdn-website.com/12bde65f/files/uploaded/Menu%20Comidas%20Castelo%202023_print.pdf (pdf; from the scan)
- Hours: We-Mo 10:30-04:00 (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +351 289 822 244
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/ocastelofaro.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/ocastelofaro.com/menu

## Can an agent transact?
Measured, not scored (the score stays at spec v1.0).
- UCP profile (/.well-known/ucp, Google and Shopify's Universal Commerce Protocol): no
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): no
- MCP server card (/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json): no
- Ordering vendor that takes agent orders (Square, Toast, or a vendor whose terms allow agents): no

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got http_403); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 4 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: no

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/ocastelofaro.com/plan): the assistants asked again every month, with what changed; 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/ocastelofaro.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 5 EUR, one-off. Reading and scanning stay free; these few euros pay for the questions sent to the assistants and for the servers.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=ocastelofaro.com&force=1