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8 Day Amazing Surfing and Yoga Holiday in Ericeira, Lisboa
Moka Surfhouse and Yoga Retreat, Praceta dos Sete Moios, 11, Baleia, Carvoeira, Ericeira, Mafra, Lisbon, Portugal
Surf and Yoga Holiday in Portugal
All difficulty levels
Instruction in English
Breakfast included
Airport transfer available
The combination of yoga and surfing is the best way to allow your body to get back in harmony with nature and to increase your strength and flexibility. If you want to take a break from the busy life of every day or to have an activity holiday in a beautiful place, this package could be perfect for you. Moka staff would like to share with you the relaxed atmosphere of their house and the powerful Portuguese sun. They will be happy to advise you and will always look for the best way to make you feel at home!
Meet the instructors
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Highlights
- Experience meditation, pranayama, or yoga Nidra
- Have 1 daily yoga class (75-90 minutes each)
- Enjoy 5 two-hour surf lessons with full equipment
- Pamper yourself with a 1-hour relaxing massage
- Daily local transfers to town and beaches
- 6 vegetarian dinners and daily healthy breakfasts
- 7 nights accommodation
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Styles
7 days with instruction in English
The organizer also speaks: French, Italian, Portuguese
Airport transfer available:
Lisbon Portela Airport (US$ 66 per person)
Lisbon Portela Airport (US$ 66 per person)
Accommodation
Check-in Time:
14:00
Check-out Time:
11:00
Facilities
- Hot tub / Jacuzzi
- Shopping
- Dining area
- Environmentally friendly
- Garden
- Kitchen
- Lounge
- Multilingual staff
- Restaurant
- Terrace
- Yoga shala
- Yoga studio
- Board rental
- Convenience / grocery store
- Free bicycle
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Ironing / ironing board
- Laundry
The house you will stay in is a Portuguese villa with a large garden and a terrace with an ocean view, and beyond the hills, you can find the Palácio Nacional de Mafra.
Moka can host a maximum of 20 people and offers double rooms, twin rooms, private rooms, and shared rooms (four to six people). All bathrooms are shared, except one ensuite double room on the first floor. Bed linen and towels are provided on your arrival.
In the big dining room, you can find a personal pantry and a kitchenette to prepare your lunch.
Yoga lessons and workshops take place in the 66 square meters Mongolian yurt, which can be also freely used as the wave skate ramp. In the large courtyard located in the middle of the house, you can chat with people, dine outdoors, and enjoy the open-air cinema on Portuguese warm evenings! But if you are searching for a quiet place, you’ll always find a spot in the lovely garden, swinging on the hammocks among the fruit trees or enjoying a relaxing bath in our open air Jacuzzi.
House facilities
- Free Wi-Fi
- Kitchenette
- Dining area
- Security box
- Open air Jacuzzi
- Surf storage
- Laundry Service
- Free parking
- Free bikes
- Garden and terrace
- Hammocks
- Skate ramp
Program
The daily timetable will be flexible, depending on the weather and ocean conditions to allow the guests to enjoy the best waves during the surfing lesson. At the surf school, you will find qualified instructors to guide you step by step and provide you with all of the necessary equipment. Then you can choose every day one of the two yoga lessons scheduled in the shala.
One in the morning at 08:00 will be more dynamic and energizing, based on a mix of Ashtanga, Vinyasa while the one in the afternoon at 18.00. will be slower and based on a mix of Hatha, slow flow, and Restorative yoga with 30 minutes of yoga Nidra included.
Yoga
Yoga is well known for its infinite benefits. Whether they’re physical; improving strength, and flexibility, building a sweat, recovering from injuries, or more on a meditative level promoting calmness, stillness, and relaxation. Through the use of asana, you become more aware of your body, and by incorporating breathing you create a moving meditation that brings awareness of your spiritual self.
The strengths and flexibility that come from dedicated yoga practice will at one point translate into your everyday lives, changing the way you deal with problems and situations. By practicing yoga you’ll learn discipline and challenge yourself on and off the mat without taking anything too seriously. This 8-wall Mongolian yurt, with its simple and elegant circular space, will support the practice, creating the right environment to find a perfect balance of focus, tranquility, and relaxation.
Surf
The school is innovative and highly professional and guarantees quality and safety during all the lessons. Once in the water, groups (maximum of 6 people per instructor) will be divided according to surf level and previous experience and every alumn will receive personalized instructions and feedback. The instructors, as experienced local surfers, know the Ericeira World Surfing Reserve perfectly and they choose every day the best spot and timetable for the lessons.
Whether you are an absolute beginner or an expert surfer, among the offers you’ll find the right package for you!
- 1. Beginner
Beginner level is suitable for absolute beginners who want to learn the basics of surfing and for surfers who want to learn how to catch left and right green waves and improve their paddling technique to reach the lineup.
- 2. Intermediate
Intermediate level is suitable for surfers who can catch and ride green waves on their own and want to learn how to perform maneuvers on the wave and to improve their knowledge on the spot analysis and wave reading.
Weekly yoga schedule
Monday
- 08:00 Hatha
- 18:00 slow Vinyasa
Tuesday
- 08:00 Ashtanga
- 18:00 Restorative with Nidra session
Wednesday
- 08:00 Vinyasa
- 18:00 Restorative with Nidra session
Thursday
- 08:00 Vinyasa
- 18:00 Hatha
Friday
- 08:00 Hatha
- 18:00 Restorative with Nidra session
Saturday
- 08:00 Ashtanga
- 18:00 slow Vinyasa
Sunday
- 08:00 Vinyasa
- 18:00 Restorative with Nidra session
Note that yoga classes are 75-90 minutes long depending on the weekly schedule and they include meditation / pranayama or yoga Nidra
Please note that the schedule is subject to change.
Instructors
Francesca Botta
Francesca Botta is one of the founders of Moka Surfhouse & Yoga Retreat. She began studying yoga in Italy in 2009, falling in love with ashtanga practice under the guidance of Gian Renato Marchisio – Authorised Level I KPJAYI teacher. She got her RYT 200hr Yoga Teacher after one year training with Joana Cadete and Rita Chacaço. She continued her studies participating in various workshops in Italy , Portugal and Spain delving deeeper into technical and spiritual aspects. For Francesca Yoga is a way of living and discovering everyday how the practice can create space within yourself.
Carla Alcobia
Carla Alcobia has been a Yoga practitioner for several years, which has taken her on a deep journey of inner rediscovery and reconnection. A certified yoga teacher (RYT 200hr), she loves exploring complementary yoga practices, teaching vinyasa, yin and restorative yoga, yoga nidra, and aerial yoga. The energy she puts into her classes is focused on turning the practice into a meditative moment that allows students, at their own pace, to reconnect with their inner space of equanimity and silence.
Joana Martins
Joana Martins found in Yoga her way of Connection. When the practice became even more prevalent, she decided to immerse herself in a year training as a Yoga teacher (RYT 200hr), also having a background in Philosophy studies, and having done some other certifications around wellness as a holistic path. She follows the premise that it is not the individual that should adjust to the practice, but the other way around, the practice should adapt to the individual, valuing and giving space to each person's rhythm and the capacity that each one finds to explore their universe of practice.
Fiona Caitlin Bringmann
Fiona Caitlin Bringmann fell in love with yoga from an early age and has been teaching yoga for the past eight years. She completed her initial teacher training with Frog Lotus Yoga in Andalusia, Spain, and since then has furthered her practice and teaching style through ongoing study in Australia, Denmark, India and Portugal. Fiona's classes are creative, incorporating many aspects of conscious flow through balance, strengthening, stretching, breath-work and meditation. She believes yoga is for every body, and so her teaching style is soft and explorative.
Bárbara Moura
Bárbara Moura has been practicing Hatha Yoga for over 20 years. What began as a complementary physical practice became a need to connect with herself, a way of living. After completed a yoga for babies and children course at Babyoga Portugal School, she completed a Yoga Alliance certified Teacher Training. She is currently attending The Syntropy of Yoga: 3 years advanced studies program in Iyengar Yoga with Billy Konrad and Tobias Lotan.
Klaudia Rogowski
Klaudia began her journey as a yoga student in her early years, realizing that this ancient practice helped her balance mind, body & emotions. Fascinated by the depth of the yoga teachings, she traveled to India in 2018 and completed her 200 h RYS teacher training at Earth Yoga Village. Following additional trainings at Yoga Vidya school (100h) and many hours of Vipassana meditation practice, she has been teaching the foundations of Hatha, Vinyasa, and meditation as a form of deep inner exploration. Her teaching style focuses on cultivating states of mindfulness and flow through movement.
Location
Moka on the top of the hill just outside Ericeira, is an old fishermen's village featuring typical light-blue and white houses facing the ocean. Restaurants and nightclubs are increasingly crowded with tourists every year. You can enjoy the fresh fish that arrives daily at the little harbor and the warm welcome of the locals.
A few steps from the house there are some bars and restaurants and a supermarket.
Getting around is very easy: daily transfers to the beach and Ericeira are included in your pack! You can also use the bikes for free, take the bus which stops very close to the house, rent a scooter, or take a stroll and reach the two nearby beaches through beautiful trails.
Ericeira is also a perfect starting point for discovering the many attractions of the Estremadura region; not far from the famous old village of Sintra, one of the most popular historical well-known locations in Portugal and right above the Sintra and Cascais Natural Park, a charming location for those who love nature. Lisbon is easily reached by car or bus (around 40 minutes ride).
Distances
- Restaurants, bar, and supermarket right in front of the house
- São Julião Beach - 2 minutes
- Ericeira - 5 minutes
- Lisbon - 40 minutes
Surf conditions
Surf spot:
Ericeira
Monthly wave size
Monthly water temperature
Features
Activities
- Massage
- Mountain walking
- Surfing
- Swimming
General
- Dining area
- Garden
- In-room safe
- Kitchen
- Terrace
- Yoga shala
- Yoga studio
Food
As the staff is Italian, food is always in their mind and plays a central role in their day! Moka believes in a healthy and fair food market so the staff tries to reduce food miles using seasonal and local products, with special attention to vegetarian foods.
During your stay, you will receive a tasty and healthy breakfast every day and 4 healthy vegetarian dinners.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Lacto-ovo Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Gluten Free
- Lactose Free
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation
Things to do (optional)
Activities at your own cost
- Surfing
You could decide at any time to add one more to your package. The lesson is 2 hours long with full equipment, transfer to from beach, insurance included.
Moka Surfhouse and Yoga Retreat have a wide range of equipment available for rent: soft boards for beginners, hard for intermediate and advanced, as well as your size wetsuit. The full equipment rental price is 20 EUR per day, there is a discount if you keep it for three days or longer.
Moka also offers a repair service for small to medium board damage, you won’t waste too much time to get back your beloved board! If things go badly, they’ll recommend you to a good doctor.
- Horse riding
If you want to discover the beautiful nature surrounding the surf house, you can choose between the several horse ridings they offer in collaboration with a local ranch. Moka can organize directly in the surf house spectacular countryside trails immersed in the amazing landscapes. Ride prices from 40 EUR; Baptism from 20 EUR.
- Stand-up paddle
Moka collaborates with a local exclusive SUP School to provide contact with the ocean through the use of stand-up paddleboards. The acquisition of the basic skills of SUP allows anyone to have a fun and relaxing way to be in the ocean and to know the best beaches for SUP in Ericeira. The price is 50 EUR per lesson.
- Trekking
Then, if you want to get more serious with walking, you can plan with Moka a trek inside Sintra and Cascais Natural Park which begins near the house.
- Photo shooting
Whether you want a memory of your first surfing experience or capture radical maneuvers on world-class waves, Moka's photographer offers his knowledge of Ericeira spots and his professional expertise for individual and group shoots.
Spa treatments
Allow yourself some deep healing and give a treat to your body and mind! Treat your body and mind to some deep healing. At Moka, they give you the chance to replenish yourself with a treatment that reduces stress and muscle tension. The massage duration is 60 minutes included in the price.
What's included
- 1 daily yoga class
- 5 surf lessons
- 1 massage
- 7 nights accommodation
- Daily breakfast
- 6 healthy vegetarian dinners
- 2 daily transfers (beach and town)
- Access to camp's facilities
What's not included
- Airfare
- Airport transfers
- Lunches
- 1 dinner
- Supplement fee for intermediate level surf lessons (10 EUR per lesson)
How to get there
Recommended Airports
LIS
Lisbon Portela Airport
29 km
Transfer available for additional US$ 66 per person
Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to arrive at Lisbon Portela Airport (LIS). Transfer from and to this airport is available upon request, and costs approximately 60 EUR one way. If you decide to arrive by yourself, Moka Surfhouse and Yoga Retreat will pick you up for free at Ericeira bus terminal.
Arrival by bus
Ericeira is only 30 kilometers far from Lisbon. Every hour, a bus leaves from the bus station of Campo Grande for Ericeira.
Airport: Lisbon Portela Airport
Airport transfer available:
Lisbon Portela Airport (US$ 66 per person)
Additional charges may apply. You can request this in the next step.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 30% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.
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