ALL SPORTS
If you want to work off all that fine fare or just want other ways to get your sweat on then the hotel also has a full cycle centre offering rental of every sort of bike from full suspension to electric bikes, hybrids, road bikes and fat bikes. For the little ones, cycle seats and child trailers are also available. Every type of terrain is well catered for and the hotel even has a covered pump track to tear up on bike or skateboard. They also offer sales and service and you can even courier your own bike to the hotel if you wish. The staff can point you to local trails or organize group cycles and GPS units are available for hire to aid distant ventures. We opted for exploring the boardwalked trails around the beach, which made for a great start or end to the day. Cycling the ‘fat bikes’ on the beach is a unique experience I’d thoroughly recommend and the area also offers superb terrain for trail running or trekking in the hills. If you want to keep it on the water there is a full range of surfboards, bodyboards and SUPs to hire and plenty of waves within walking distance to accompany them as well as flat water SUP on the river through gorgeous waterways. A great family option is the monster SUPs that can carry everyone on one board. The area is famed for kitesurfing, with hire and instruction also available and they even offer sailboat and dinghy hire and instruction as well as cruises and yacht charter on the river through their parent company – www.FeelDouro.com.
