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 Portugal by horse

Our Rides & Activities 2010

Lessons
Hour rides
Picnic weekend on our farm

Tailor made programme
Natural horsemanship course
Clinic Healthy horse riding
 Massages
 Mountainbike

 Guided walking tours

            All prices as mentioned are:

  • Exclusive: Transfer from Porto/Lisbon/Santa Comba Dão/Oliveira do Hospital to Midões and banking costs, extra costs  for a 1-room and all extra's like: drinks apart from meals and travel insurance.

The trekkings will be modified in case of bad weather or availability.



Example of picnic weekend on our farm
A
3 nights spent on our farm

2 horseback riding days. Inclusive: Rent of the horses, overnights in guesthouse, food, drinks with meals.

Price
€ 450€/2 persons
Friday Arrival on  Quinta D´Alegria in the afternoon . Dinner is served by the host or restaurant.
Saturday and Sunday   Two different rides in the valleys of rio dos cavalos and surroundings. Beautiful sights, long gallops, visiting little authentic villages with always their friendly people. The rides are about 3 hours each.
Monday Leaving after a nice breakfast...




Tailor made programme
You can make your own fun programme!
You can choose the number of overnights and riding days or hours yourself. Together with you we can
also create  your own fantastic program.
 We also give riding lessons in our open air school,only for beginners.
                   Prices  :

1 hour private lesson

children under 12 : 11.50 €   
adults +12 :12.50 €

(incl. first contact with the horses,you will enjoy brushing and saddling your horse)

Hour rides

40 min.ride outside accompanied on reins: 12 € 

1 hour ride(with experience): € 13
1 hour ride outside accompanied on reins: € 15

1€ discount for children! 
(under 12 years) 

Toque (riding helmets available...)




Natural horsemanship course    
From 2009 we are organising Natural Horsemanship courses with Adam Shereston.
www.adamshereston.com
Adam is a well respected Horse Whisperer from the UK. You will learn to understand your horse better and be able to communicate better with your friend, from the ground and in the saddle.You can choose to join a workshop of 2 days or do a  combination of a workshop and a beautiful holiday on our farm -with horseriding- whilst visiting  the most beautiful places in Portugal as well. The number of overnights and riding days or hours can be tailor maid. Maybe you would even want some private lessons with Adam? Anything  is possible here at Portugal by horse!
                   Prices :   

Workshop 2 days+demo all in:

397€/person  (Max.4 people)

*Inclusive: Rent of the horses  (when you don't bring your own horse), 3x overnights in guesthouse , food, drinks with meals, training.(3x breakfast, 3x lunch, 3x dinner)
For your horse(when you bring your own horse): Stable and hay.

Workshop 2 days+demo:

190€/person
  (Max.4 people)

*Inclusive: Lunch(2x)

*Exclusive: Stay in  guesthouse, dinner and drinks, rent of horse.Pension for your horse .

Pension for your horse : 30€ /course
Renting a horse : 40€/course

*Every participant has 4 hours private lesson in 2 days, the demonstration is on the 1st day in the afternoon  after all participants have arrived(around 17.30h.). The course starts on the 2nd day,on the 4th day the participants leave after breakfast or they can stay for more holidays and have extra private lessons .

Extra private lessons on the farm: 30€ for participants of the course, 
40€ for new people.

Spectators: 10 €/person for demo
20€/person for clinic

children under 16 years : Free  for spectating

Dates courses 2010


9-11 July

16-18 July
           
13-15 July

participants
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Want to see Adams Shereston's work?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWa2LUsPZbc

More details or information contact Liesje




Clinic Healthy horse riding


Norbert en Rike, 2 horse riding trainers from Berlin- Germany, are comming to Portugal for the course "healthy horse riding" .  They aim to teach healthy horseriding for you and your horse. This course is a pleasant surprize for every rider ,young and old.
You learn to ride on a healthy way,(and/or)massaging your horse(and/or)yoga exercises for your horse ect...
 
                   Prices  :

Course healthy horse riding 3 days full pension: 

448 euro/person (max 8 persons):

*Inclusive: One individual lesson in the morning and in the afternoon(2hours/day). Rental of a horse  (when you don't bring your own horse), 3x overnights in guesthouse, food, drinks with meals, training.(3x breakfast, 3x lunch, 3x dinner)
For your horse(when you bring your own horse): Stable and hay.

Course healthy horseriding 3 days : 

210 euro /person (max 8 persons):

*Inclusive: One individual lesson in the morning, one lessonin the afternoon(2hours/day).
Lunch 3x

*exclusive: Stay in  guesthouse, dinner and drinks, rent of horse.
Stable, hay, food(when you bring your own horse
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Pension for your horse : 30€ /course
Renting a horse : 40€/course

Extra private lessons on the farm: 30€ for participants of the course, 40€ for new people.

Spectators: 20€/person for clinic



Dates 2010

    28-29-30 October
participants(max 8 pers.)
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If you want to find out more about the trainers and their concepts of training check out their website: www.Triple-D-Ranch.de

Click here to open a movie from course 2009


 
Mountainbike
Blood sweat and tears...For the active sportpeople among us and those who love to chalange themselves, we have mountainbikes. There are 5 VIPER mountainbikes and 1 Silvex mountainbike for rent at Quinta da Alegria,Portugal by horse.We have drinking bottles and helmets available. The mountainbikes are well taken care and checked before your trip  so you will only have fun and joy while biking around. There are maps from the region available for the adventurers or you can have your personal guide Rob Horree. He can show you the most beautiful spots  in the environment. You can choose the number of overnights and biking days or hours yourself. 
                   Prices  :    The mountainbikes are  for rent for a day or for a whole week!

€15 /day/person
€80/week/person

When you wish Rob to guide you through the region:

7.50€ / person  / 1 hour
Maximum 4 hours.
Exlusive :Insurance!

Al damage caused to the mountainbikes, will be payed by the person who rents!

Helmets are available!






 Massages
1994 Liesje got her diploma for 1º Thai massage in Thailand. She combines it with Swedish massage in a compact 45minutes to give you total relaxation of neck, shoulders, back and lower back. She uses home made  massage oils. If you want a complete body massage it takes 2 hours or more with a fantastic final result.
  Prices:

Normal massage30- 45min: 13€

Full Body massage: 8€/30 minutes.




 Hiking tours
Leen Van Melle, a friend from the family, takes you to the most beautiful spots in the Serra da Estrela or in the neighborhood. You can choose for a walk taking a couple of hours or a trek of a couple of days. There are walks for beginners and  experienced hikers.
Food and transport not included!
  Prices:

40€/day for 4 persons

60€/day from 5 persons on


 

   having fun horse riding

Having fun with the horses

pferde ritten,mtb,im portugal

Pferderitten

The gang

The gang

safe horse riding

Safe horse riding

horse riding lesson

Riding lesson in the open air school

learn to take care of horses

Learning to take care of a horse

Course natural horsemanship

Course natural horsemanship

 Adam and Quo Vadis

Adam and Quo Vadis

  Riding without a bit

Horse riding without a bit

healthy horse riding

Healthy horse riding

chico and Norbert

João and Norbert

Course healthy horse riding

Course Healthy horse riding

Esta,Cheyenne and Rike

Esta,Cheyenne and Rike

Joss on the mtb

Joss on the mountainbike

no caminho com Rob

With Rob on the track

massage room

Massage room 

massaging

Just relaxing

walking tour Leen

Hiking tour with Leen

walking tour Leen 2

Walking in the beautiful region of Serra da Estrela