Having attempted surfing on a number of occasions in the west of Ireland, my associates Ivan and Lee convinced me to go to Portugal and have a few days surfing as compensation for us being unable to coordinate a ski trip this year.
Lagos, Portugal was where we stayed and with Filsurf (www.filsurf.com) we booked a couple of days surfing. I must say it worked out well, after trying a couple of locations on the south coast, and then one on the west coast on Wednesday we concluded that conditions were not suitable for us, and it would be better based on the weather reports to try Thursday and Saturday. Praia de Cordoama was where we chose to dip our toes into the water. The instructor was excellent with his guidance, personally, I struggled on Thursday, too many bad habits, the instructor was very patient with me but had a much better Saturday.
Our bodies felt the effects on Friday, and a walk 5km about along the cliffs emphasized this.Overall it was a great trip and reasonably priced. It was a good time of the year not too busy and nice weather, the resort had a real calm before the summer storm, feel with everyone we met in good form. I would recommend it and eagerly go again.
First time in Portugal so add it to the map.
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