Vaujany did not disappoint nor did the accommodation /staff and the organisation to make us have a wonderful family holiday. Fantastic location with so much to do from hiking / tennis / biking / swimming/ rafting.
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Beach Clubs
Surfing Holidays in Portugal
Atlantic surf on a long, wide, sandy beach. Beginner-friendly inside banks and plenty of room for improvers. Kit and wetsuit included on the Active Pack.
Surfing holidays with BeyondBeach.
Surfing at Feel Viana is about as forgiving an introduction to the Atlantic as northern Portugal offers. The beach at Cabedelo is long, wide and sandy, the inside banks break gently enough to stand up on, and there is enough room further out that improvers are not queueing for a peak.
The beach
Cabedelo runs along pine-backed dunes on the south side of the river from Viana do Castelo, roughly 45 minutes north of Porto. It is a proper Atlantic beach rather than a sheltered bay, so there is almost always something to ride, and the sandbanks shift enough through the season to keep it interesting.
Beginners work the whitewater on the inside, which is where the instructors run their sessions. Anyone who can already pop up has plenty of open beach to spread out along.
Kit and tuition
Board and wetsuit are included on the Active Pack, so surfing costs nothing on top of your week. The watersports centre carries a range of soft-tops and hard boards, and wetsuits in the thickness the season calls for, which matters on this coast: the water is cooler than the Mediterranean and you will want the rubber.
Lessons run from the centre with qualified instructors, in groups or one to one. Most guests start with a lesson or two and then surf independently for the rest of the week.
Who it suits
Complete beginners do well here, and so do families: the inside banks are shallow and the beach is wide enough that nobody feels crowded. Experienced surfers should treat it as a solid everyday beach break rather than a trip built around a single world-class wave.
When to come
Feel Viana is our autumn-to-spring club. Atlantic swell is most consistent through those months, which is exactly why the surfing works when our Greek beach clubs are closed for the winter.
What makes a Surfing week.
Board and wetsuit included
Covered by the Active Pack, no daily hire charge
Gentle inside banks
Shallow whitewater that suits first-timers and families
A wide, uncrowded beach
Room to spread out rather than share one peak
Qualified instructors on site
Group or one-to-one lessons from the watersports centre
Consistent Atlantic swell
At its best through the autumn-to-spring season
45 minutes from Porto
Short transfer from a well-served airport
Holidays that include Surfing.
Every holiday below includes Surfing as part of the week. Kit, tuition and a coach on hand, no extras billed at check-out.
Where to try Surfing.
Each location is picked for the thing that makes it work. Wind, sheltered water, altitude, snow.
Other activities you'll love.
Dinghy Sailing
RS Picos, Fevas and Lasers at every beach club. Reliable thermals, rescue cover and RYA tuition included.
Windsurfing
Reliable cross-shore thermals, a full NeilPryde and JP rig fleet, and coached sessions every day. Beginners to foilers.
Stand Up Paddleboarding
Glassy bays, long coastal explores and sunrise paddles. Kit and beginners sessions included at every beach club.
Yoga
Vinyasa flow, Yin and sunset sessions. Qualified teachers, mats provided, studios with sea views.
Road Cycling
Hybrid bikes for the Kefalonia coast road, with route notes and a puncture kit. A quieter way to see the island.
Wingsurfing
Modern wings, foil and fin boards, and daily coaching as wingsurfing goes from new-school to mainstream.
Beach Volleyball
A net, a ball and the evening breeze. Friendly games most nights at Lixouri and Stira.
Catamaran Sailing
Hobie Cats on the Lixouri beach, rigged and ready. Free lessons and open sailing for confident dinghy sailors.
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We’ve just finished our second trip with BeyondBeach to Stira Bay and cannot recommend it enough. The team and location were 10/10!!
Anonymous
What a place! As a family we loved our week there. Excellent activities on offer, amazing location and a wonderful hotel with fantastic food. We couldn't recommend this place more highly!
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Call the team on 01548 288459 Mon-Fri 9am-6pm or Sat 9am-1pm, or send an enquiry from any holiday page. We talk you through availability, dates and extras, email a written quote, and you confirm with a deposit. No online cart , every booking has a human on our side of it.
Deposits are typically 25% of the holiday cost at time of booking, with the balance due eight weeks before departure. Flights pay in full at booking. Your written quote spells out the exact figures and dates before you pay anything.
Flights are quoted alongside the holiday rather than bundled, so you only pay for the routing that works for you. We'll match flights to your preferred dates from your preferred UK airport, or if you'd rather book your own flights we can work around your schedule.
Yes. Our weeks run Saturday to Saturday by default but we can extend, combine two weeks back-to-back (flotilla followed by a beach-club week is a favourite), or add a pre- or post-holiday night somewhere. Mention it when you enquire and we will build the itinerary.
UK debit and credit card (no surcharge on debit), bank transfer, or Trust My Travel for protected payments. We do not accept cash. Card payments are processed by Stripe and never stored by us.
Yes, and we rarely charge for it if there is time before departure. Name changes, room upgrades, adding a child, swapping a cabin , tell us what you need. Some supplier charges (flight name changes, for example) are unavoidable but we'll quote those upfront.
Yes, and families are a big part of what we do. Beach clubs have free kids watersports from age six, the Alpine Family Club runs a kids club from 6 months to 16 years, and ski school programmes teach in English from age three. Cots, high chairs and interconnecting rooms are available on request.
Absolutely. Singles Sailing is purpose-built for solo travellers (no single supplement , you'll share a cabin with another solo sailor). On beach club weeks, yoga and BlitzFitness are especially popular with solo bookers, and we waive the single supplement on most weeks outside July and August school holidays.
Yes. Intro to Sailing is designed for complete beginners , no experience needed. Every beach club has coached clinics included daily and RYA-qualified instruction at the watersports centre. Ski school teaches English from Day One green-runs up. We'll match you to the right level on arrival.
Yes. West Coast Flotilla and Yacht Charter are aimed squarely at sailors with miles under the keel. Val Thorens and the Three Valleys cover expert-level off-piste with a guide. We'll discuss your experience at the quote stage so the week matches your expectations.
No. Our clubs are all-inclusive but not all-you-can-eat , a lot of guests use one activity a day and spend the rest of the time reading by the pool. The programme is a menu, not a timetable. You decide what you do.
Let's talk it through. We've all been there.
Every person in our UK office has stayed at the holiday you're looking at. Ask anything: which week is best, what to pack, which flight saves you a connection.
Chat with us or send an enquiry, or call if you'd rather. No call centres, no scripts, no upsell. Just honest advice from people who genuinely run these holidays.
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