Salty Days Porto, Portugal
Salty Days has been welcoming Surfholidays.com guests since Jan 2010
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ALL INCLUDE
full board + 5 days surfing with all gear + 6 nights accommodation + all meals + pick up and drop off
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5 minutes walk far from the beach and 10 minutes drive from Gaia Historical Center, take a sightseeing trip to the city, visit the marina, the river or nearby fisherman’s village, or stroll along the beach and eat tasty local food at the ‘tascas’ to cosy local restaurant/bars. Don’t miss out the classic local gastronomy, especially the well to known Porto ‘sandwich’, the Francesinha.
Take hikes, visit the Port Wine Cellars to there are many amazing spots near for you to discover to whether you want a cultural experience, to be outdoors in the nature, or in the ocean.
Salty Days Lodge is a relaxed and friendly place where you can feel totally at home. The endless west coast beaches are a 10 minute walk. Here it’s the perfect location to combine peaceful time by the sea with activity and adventure.
Free WiFi throughout the property, 2 private rooms (double/twin), and 3 private Double Bungalows. All rooms have their own bathrooms and a spacious shared living room and kitchen, also a really great garden! Choose to chill around the house or take off and explore.
Dinner can be prepared if guests want to join together for a meal (great value, delicious dishes) or suit yourself and cook, or go out to eat.
It’s your holiday and Salty Days Lodge have that always at the front of the mind!
Free daily transfer bus along the coast and Douro river, past marina and into the city. Pick up time arranged at time of drop off.
If you prefer to go alone, it’s just 15 minutes by car or 30 minutes on the bus to the Historical Centre.
Local staff speak English, Portuguese and Spanish, and want to make sure you enjoy your stay to the max. If you need advice on what to do and where to go we’re always around and happy to help. We can arrange Surf, SUP, Kayak, river tours, bike rentals to explore the many cycle routes, and scooter rentals to go further afield.
You’ll feel very welcome here!
Salty Days has been welcoming Surfholidays.com guests since Jan 2010
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Salty's is a fantastic place to stay. Really, the photos don't do it justice. This was a sentiment a lot of the other guests had as well in that it was one of those rare places where real life beat the online presentation.
The hostel is very clean and has a very homey feeling. The dorms and nice and comfy, there are enough bathrooms for everyone, and the free breakfast is pretty great too! Each guest gets a locker for their personal belongings. The garden is amazing, with many hammocks to chill in, a nice outside bit with a barbecue, and a really nice pool to relax by and dip in for a swim. The garden is also where Salty the dog, the shy yet playful hostel mascot, lives.
The area is super quiet, given it's outside of Porto and that makes for a tranquil stay. The ocean is a 5 minute walk away, with quite a few bars and restaurants in the area (even though you might need to walk for a bit). Sunsets at the hostel are fantastic.
I did 8 days of the surf explore and really enjoyed it overall. Mario and Pedro were good at guiding and giving advice on how to improve, as well as being really cool people to chat and have a laugh with. In the last few days, Pedro really helped me push myself to the next level and stand on the board consistently.
The beaches we generally went to were good for beginners and had options for more advanced people. Espinho, the lighthouse beach and Matosinhos were fantastic when conditions were right! It did happen that we went to a couple of places where the surf was too hard for beginners and I wish the instructors would have taken note of this earlier and tried to help more as it could become very frustrating to get hit by waves and not catch any.
The equipment was also generally in good condition: both surf boards and wetsuits were good quality even if maybe worn around the edges.
Overall very happy with my surf as I achieved my target of consistently popping up and caching green waves, and also felt very fit after the whole experience!
What a great place to stay, I had an amazing week! Thank you.
I made huge progress in the week and surfed on 3 different beaches. The instructors were great and very helpful when I asked for recommendations for places to eat etc. Thank you so much - a great holiday!
We provide Airport Transfers from and to Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro and they can be booked in the booking steps.
Instructors
Pedro Marinho
Mario Barroso
Miguel Ferreira
Do you know how beautiful the surroundings and surf spots of Porto are? Have you any idea how perfectly clean and beautiful our sandy beaches are? Stay one week with us to combine surfing with seeing all the hidden places of Porto. Or if you only have time for a quick surf trip, come for a 3 day break – it’s enough to let us show you some of our favourite hidden places!
Main Surf Beach: Canide Norte beach Grão D´Areia
Kids Surf Lessons
For kids we do 5 maximum per teacher.
Beginner Surf Lessons
Join us and have a great and save experince with our local crew. We start teaching in 1999 that means we are one of the oldest surf schools in Porto and Portugal.
Intermediate Surf Lessons
You need to improve your skills or simply get your 1st turn in a green wave.... join us
Advanced Surf Lessons
FOR ALL LEVELS:
Surf Explore Day: a really unique day for you, which combines 2 surf sessions and a visit to the Douro Natural Park.
• 2 Surf Lessons (1,5 hours each)
• Equipment - Surfboard & wetsuit
• Visit to the Douro River Mouth Natural Reserve
• Transfers from city centre to beach and back
• Insurance
We pick you up in the morning and take you back mid-afternoon.
6+ days: 50/day
Private Surf Lessons
BEST SPOT OF THE DAY ACCORDING CLIENT SURF LEVEL
PT LOCAL SURF TEACHER
ALL TOGETHER WILL TAKE ABOUT 4 HOURS 80€/ person (maximum 4pax per private lesson)
SUP Lessons
Come have aSUP experience with us in Douro River mounth. Sunset experience is the best one fro only 35€
Rocky Point
Level: Advanced
Point break works in High Tide. Shallow water with rocks
Sereia Praia Canide Norte
Level: All Levels
Open beach break. Hold up until 1.5mts sise swell.
Espinho Surf Destination
Level: All Levels
Sandy bottom with hugh ocean wall.Works from half meter to solid 4 meters swell.
The best time to surf Porto is between Spring through to Autumn. It's main surf beach is Matosinhos beach, the best surf spot in Porto for beginner and intermediates. Its a long 1km sandy beach with a few different points on it. The set up is a mix of beach break and reef break and parts of it are sheltered so it handles larger swell. Easy to get to and consistent.
Next to Matosinhos is International Beach. A lovely spot that begins where the city park ends. Its also a great learner spot, and a great place to hang out both during day and at night. Further north is Leca, a very consistent beach break protected by the harbour.
In and around the city there are small little beaches all worth exploring, particularly for the more advanced surfers wanting to discover the best Porto surf breaks.
There are more surf breaks further south including Barra do Porto and Miramar and then 20km south of Porto are the towns of Esphino and Esmoriz. Its arguably the North's most famous surf area and the beaches have a real nice surf culture. The area's 3 main beaches are Silvade, beach, Blue beach and Baia beach. A mix of sandy beach breaks and reef spots that suit beginner and advanced. Hang around and score some long barreling right & left handers all to yourself.
Come Surf Porto with us...
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