Portugal Equestrian
Portugal Equestrian
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Trail Rides in the beautiful landscape of Portugal.
Dressage and Show Jumping training with elite instructors and horses.
Meets animal welfare guidelines
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Tal60
Prague, Czech Republic1 contribution
Oct 2023 • Solo
I took a training holiday here in October 2021. Your experience will depend very much on who your trainer is. On my first day I had Anna, who was excellent. Afterwards I had Bruno, who spent very little time actually coaching. You'd get a little bit of feedback after each circuit. Sometimes he'd wander off to sweep up dung during the lesson. I'm sure he's an excellent rider, but he's not engaged as an instructor. I can't recommend a good alternative for jumping, but for dressage Valenca Academy is very good.
Written 2 February 2024
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Healthtouch - Deirdre Carolina
London, UK285 contributions
Apr 2024 • Friends
The two of us enjoyed our time at Portugal Equestrian. The facilities are top notch and the horses very good. One of us did jumping and one flat classes. We were here for 9 lessons in total. This was a test run of just 3 days - we will come back and also recommend Portugal Equestrian to other riders at our yard back in the UK.
Isabel was an amazing teacher both for jumping and flat classes - highly recommended. She was attentive, knowledgeable, spoke English very well, professional and friendly. She also knew the individual horses extremely well so could teach us in relationship to that particular horse. We will come back for her classes again. The different horses were each good in their own way. Figaro was certainly a favourite for jumping.
The website shows trail rides galloping along the beach and trotting through vineyards...... sadly these are not available - well only at a walk.
The cafe on site is superb with a different offering every day - vegetarians can easily eat here. There is plenty of parking and free wifi on site.
Miguel took very good care of us both prior to our arrival and also during our stay he was available on WhatsApp for any questions. He also booked us in for a trail ride on our last day about 90mins drive away at the Nature Reserve. Our horses on the trail ride were very sure footed, the scenery and views amazing. Henrique took us out for 2 hours along beautiful trails up in the mountains overlooking a lake, through the heather and other wild flowers that were out at this time of the year.
Back to Portugal Equestrian - We chose to book an Airbnb close by rather than stay at the hotel, booking 2 jumping and one flat lesson each day. This option suited us best and was very flexible as far as what kind of lesson and how many we took thanks to Miguel. We will certainly return again soon.
Isabel was an amazing teacher both for jumping and flat classes - highly recommended. She was attentive, knowledgeable, spoke English very well, professional and friendly. She also knew the individual horses extremely well so could teach us in relationship to that particular horse. We will come back for her classes again. The different horses were each good in their own way. Figaro was certainly a favourite for jumping.
The website shows trail rides galloping along the beach and trotting through vineyards...... sadly these are not available - well only at a walk.
The cafe on site is superb with a different offering every day - vegetarians can easily eat here. There is plenty of parking and free wifi on site.
Miguel took very good care of us both prior to our arrival and also during our stay he was available on WhatsApp for any questions. He also booked us in for a trail ride on our last day about 90mins drive away at the Nature Reserve. Our horses on the trail ride were very sure footed, the scenery and views amazing. Henrique took us out for 2 hours along beautiful trails up in the mountains overlooking a lake, through the heather and other wild flowers that were out at this time of the year.
Back to Portugal Equestrian - We chose to book an Airbnb close by rather than stay at the hotel, booking 2 jumping and one flat lesson each day. This option suited us best and was very flexible as far as what kind of lesson and how many we took thanks to Miguel. We will certainly return again soon.
Written 14 May 2024
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