Free Sprit Hostel (Cascais, Portugal)

ABOUT THE SURF CAMP

The Hostel has a premium location!!!!! It is REALLY in Cascais!!!! But besides being very close to the city centre we still offer you the possibility of a shuttle that takes you to the centre once a day and transport to the beach if you do a surf or kite surf lesson. 

If you want to be independent the key references are the following:

Distance to the train station: located at 2,6 km: 8 min by car/ 30 min walking/ 16 min by bus./ 16 min bicycle. 

Distance to Guincho beach – located at 4,7 km: 9 min by car, 30 min bicycle. 

There are 2 buses at 5 min from the Hostel, number 409 and 417 that take 10 min to the centre.

If you want to rent a car there is plenty of parking space outside and you should rent at the airport with Europcar that has the lowest rates on average 10 Eur/day.   

We differentiate ourselves from others because we love to host and we are very good at everything that we offer you. Free Sprit Hostel is born out of love and passion for the offered activities. Rita, the Hostel host and owner, has travelled/lived and worked around the world, for more than 10 years, to kite surf, surf while teaching yoga in very renowned places and she is one of the Yoga Teachers at Free Sprit Hostel. She also rock climbs and loves to hike, to commute in bicycles and toys like drones, one-wheel boards, skate boards, darts, slack lines…so all those are available for you at the hostel. 

ACCOMMODATION AND CATERING

Free Sprit Hostel has premium shared dorm beds. The Hostel has capacity for 26 people. On the ground floor there is 1 Room for 6 people and 1 Room for 2 people. On the first floor there is 1 Room for 4 people, 1 Room for 8 people and 1 Room for 6 people.

Each bed has a blackout curtain for increased privacy, a plug for your mobile phone and a light to read.

Each guest has a closed place to store their belongings and we YESSSS we have surf boards and kites storage room.

When you pay for the night it includes breakfast and a cleaner comes every day to clean.

Free Sprit Hostel has a swimming pool and a beautiful garden, a bar and a chilled area where people have meals. You can use the Hostel fully equipped kitchen to store and cook your meals or just order the previous day from our Healthy food suppliers (please ask for the menus at reception).

We have a very nice bar and happy bar man  with an amazing chilling area, good music where you can relax, dance …or if you don’t want this …no problem just go a few inches aside and lay on the hammock to sleep. 

What services the Retreat provides:
Accommodation
Healthy Breakfast  
Dinner - possibility to order from carefully selected Healthy Food suppliers, cook in our kitchen and once a week pasta/pizza during the weekend by Davide our kite surf manager
1 yoga lesson a day (or 2 depending on interest) 
1 Kite Surf, Surf lesson or climbing a day 
Shuttle to take to the centre of Cascais 
Healthy cooking lessons are available (upon request) 
Rock climbing session with guide (upon request) 
Bicycles (upon request) 
We have a bar...yeahhh
We have many toys…skate boards, darts, slack line, drones…. 
We have a barbecue and amazing chilling area 
We have FREE storage for kites and boards 
Many surprises (singing Mantras, guitar singing) 
Free Yoga mats and props. Don't bring yours. 
Free WI-FI access  

NOTES:

Everything is optional. When you book you pay for accommodation and breakfast and the rest is extra charge.   

Free Sprit has a Hostel in Lisbon and if you want (if available) you can sleep there 1-2 nights to discover the city.  

The breakfast is included.
You can use the Hostel fully equipped kitchen to store and cook your meals or just order the previous day from our Healthy food suppliers (please ask for the menus at reception).

SURF COURSE AND ACTIVITIES

Our partner schools are:
Gusty Wind - Guincho and Fonte da Telha beach
Wind Spirit - Fonte da Telha beach
Kite Control - Obidos Lagoon

A DAY type 

Please note that everything is optional. You can decide to join the activities or not. You are FREE. When you book you are just paying for the accommodation and breakfast.

7:30 am - Sunrise - Yoga  Cascais Portugal (at the Hostel or at the beach)

7:30 am – Breakfast and community till 10.30am

10:00am- Walk at the beach, Surf lesson available

13:00am - chilling time, eat.....maybe write over a daily theme, or anything personal that you may want to reflect on, music, bicycle

14:00 pm - Kite Surf or climbing lesson/tours available

17:30 pm – Bar is open (we will do a sunset yoga lesson if we have more than 5 students interested)

7:30 pm - Dinner (you can cook, can go out to discover the restaurants or order food from the menu of our food suppliers)…as you wish…

Leggings/comfortable pants and tops for adventures and yoga of course. Jeans and t-shirts. Shorts and tank tops as of May till October. Pullover and rainy light coat (at night it may be cold).

Flip flops and bring one pair of tennis shoes for hiking. Swimming suits, Sunglasses and Sunscreen.

We propose you to have one session of yoga and kite surf, surf or climbing per day and you can buy those in packages to be more affordable but can also buy day by day and request private lessons….you decide… you do what you want. But we do need to know on the first day of your arrival for our organisation or before your arrival.

We offer as well other services like BTT trips,  stand up paddle or healthy cooking lessons upon request. 

The Yoga lessons 
We love Yoga!!! Yoga is not for flexible people...it's for people that want to increase flexibility, still their minds and connect better with themselves and with others. For sunrise we take you down by the seaside or we will do it in our garden. Our lessons are a mixture of Hatha Vinyasa, Kundalini and Yin Yang yoga and our instructors are highly qualified with yoga alliance certifications taken in India and Bali and they will help you to develop your practice.   

The kite surf and Surf lessons   Our Hostel has a kite surf and surf partnership with the best surf and kite surf schools of Portugal. Kite surfing in Guincho Beach is for advanced Kite Surfers as it is in waves, strong swell and rips. The other spots are for beginners/intermediate levels.  The surf classes we propose are with an advanced, combined system for all levels and ages, where results are achieved more quickly by joining different-level classes and training through Surf’s original essence.  

The Rock Climbing We offer Rock climbing excursions to amazing spots just a few minutes from the Hostel. Our Guides and Instructors have high credentials, top gear and a lot of experience in climbing in Portugal and around the world

MORE INFO, HOW TO GET THERE & FAQ

We run a shuttle if 8 people are interested to go to the centre and it costs 1 € per ride , if there is less people you can take the UBER or bus or bicycle…

Getting to and from Free Sprit Cascais Hostel
You will fly into Lisbon International AIRPORT. You can then take a Taxi, Uber or Train to Cascais and Uber from Cascais train station till our Hostel (cheapest solution).
Address - Rua de Cima 53.  2750-582 Cascais    

Important details
Check IN: after 3 PM. Possibility of storage couple of hours before 
Check OUT:  11 AM. Possibility of storage couple of hours after  

You will have a code to enter so no worries with the time you arrive but be mindful not to make noise when you enter.

PACKAGES & PRICES

This package includes:

7 nights Accommodation
Healthy Breakfast  
10 yoga lessons
5 surf lessons
We have a bar...yeahhh
We have many toys…skate boards, darts, slack line, drones…. 
We have a barbecue and amazing chilling area 
We have FREE storage for kites and boards 
Many surprises (singing Mantras, guitar singing) 
Free Yoga mats and props. Don't bring yours. 
Free WI-FI access  

High Season – Jun-Oct – 660€
Low Season – Nov-May – 575€

Payment 
Payment method is by cash, bank transference or debit card or credit cards (ViSA, Mastercard, Maestro, American Express….). 

Yoga 
15 € per lesson and 10% reduction if you buy 7 lessons prior arrival. Yoga lessons take place at the Hostel or in Guincho Beach.

Surf 
30 € per lesson which includes wet suit and board plus 10€ for transport to and from the Beach. 10% reduction if you buy 7 lessons prior arrival.  You can stay at the beach much longer after the surf lesson and the surf school will still drop you at our Hostel). Surf Lessons take place at Guincho beach. Our Partner school is Shaka Surf School in Guincho.

Climbing Lessons
40€ per person

Kitesurf tours 
Guincho 10€/ 4h wave style expert riders only
Costa da Caparica 25€/6h (min 3 p.) free riding
Lagoa de Albufeira 30€/6h (min 4 p.) free style
Lagoa do Obidos    40€/8h (min 4 p. ) wake style
Pick up and drop from Free Spirit Hostel

Include all assistance for launching and landing, safety system refresh, self-rescue lesson, tips about the spot and general tips about riding. 

Kitesurf Course
Discovery - Up to 4 persons per group
2 hours lesson with trainer kite on the beach, basic theory about kite flying and all safety system, with transport - Tot 60€ @ Guincho beach

Basic- From zero to water starts and first riding
10h in group of 2 or 6h private with transport
Tot. 395€ @ Fonte da Telha beach(+10 per day for Obidos Lagoon) 

Intense- From zero to riding up wind
15h in group of 2 or 10h private with transport 
Tot. 575€ @ Fonte da Telha beach(+10€ per day for Obidos Lagoon) 

- All prices are per person -

Shuttle 
We run the shuttle if 8 people are interested to go to the centre and it costs 1 € per ride , if there is less people you can take the UBER or bus or bicycle…