Beach club holiday in Greece
| country: | Greece |
| location: | Peloponnese |
| departures: | Sunday departures from May - Oct |
| price: | From £439 - £895 (7 nights) to £599 - £1299 (14 nights) including flights from the UK. Price depends on accommodation. This trip can also be booked without flights |
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the amazing things you'll be doing
The southwest Peloponnese is a fertile farming area blessed with fantastic long, wide, sandy beaches. With stunning unspoilt scenery, warm Greek hospitality and a very slow pace of life, Finikounda is the place to go for a sociable and very relaxing holiday.
Highlights include:Unspoilt Greece, rugged & tranquil at small, sociable resort Steady cross-shore winds Beginner and intermediate sailors and windsurfers Intermediate mountain biking Singles, families, couples and groups (5 children's clubs)
This is a paradise for intermediate windsurfers and offers some fabulous dinghy sailing to remote, sheltered bays along the coastline. The mountain biking is great, with intermediate riders in particular enjoying the rolling green hills.
Nightlife revolves around the excellent tavernas, all huddled together by the harbour and serving delicious fresh food and the day's catch. There are a handful of welcoming bars and cafes offering everything from loud dance music to traditional bouzouki.
Sailing: Dinghy sailors revel in the brisk winds, practising spinnakers and trapezing or racing the Laser fleet. Regular day sails allow you to explore remote beaches where the real beauty of this area of Greece can be appreciated. We offer RYA Dinghy Sailing Levels 1-2, Seamanship Skills, Sailing with Spinnakers, Day Sailing and Start Racing.
Mountain Biking: The rolling green hills surrounding Finikounda are the setting for myriad dusty off-road trails, which twist and turn through olive groves and fruit trees. Long sandy beaches, eccentric little villages and ruined Venetian fortresses reward mountain bikers of all abillities who come to explore this fantastic place. Beginners will enjoy the off-road riding in the green valley immediately behind Finikounda. Intermediate riders and those who love great views will enjoy the rides to villages like Lachanada, Evangelismos and Akritohori, where a cool lemonade in a local taverna prepares you for one of the many descents back into Finikounda. We offer a fleet of 16 high quality mountain bikes and two experienced bike guides.
Walking: Finikounda is located in a very fertile, pretty corner of southwest Greece, largely unspoilt by tourist or industrial development. The village and nearby hamlets still thrive primarily as farming and fishing communities, so a brief walk away from the beach opens up hidden valleys of fertile land, growing all manner of vegetables. Farm tracks cover the hillside and coastal pathways offer easy access either on foot or by bike. You get a real feeling of going back in time as you wander into tiny communities.
Excursions: We can help you book any of the trips below. All these activities are bookable locally, subject to availability. The fortress towns of Methoni and Koroni Classical archaeological site of Messini Boat excursions to nearby islands
Accommodation
Choice of 2 accommodations:
The Beach Hotel has an unbeatable location, above the sailing beach, looking towards the village. From here you also get a magnificent view out to the uninhabited islands and of the glorious sunset. This hotel is a great choice for families with its large swimming pool and safe enclosed grounds. The children's club room and long, generally sandy beach, will keep even the most active youngsters happy. Our sailing centre is in the hotel grounds offering the ultimate in convenient sailing. A choice of twin, double or triple rooms with private facilities, air conditioning and a balcony or terrace. Family rooms are also available, with double or twin room with en-suite facilities, air conditioning, balcony and an additional sleeping area for children with either bunk or twin beds.
Village accommodation: Many of our guests enjoy staying in the heart of this charming village, closer to the bars and restaurants around the harbour. We have therefore retained the ground floor rooms, a popular choice with our guests for many years. It is close to the centre of Finikounda with its bakeries, shops, restaurants and bars. It is 20 minutes walk from our dinghy sailing, windsurfing and mountain biking, as well as our other hotel, where guests can use the swimming pool, restaurant and bar. The rooms are simple but well kept, all with ensuite facilities, fridge, air conditioning and a shared kitchen. These village rooms are great value and a good alternative to the hotel. We would not recommend them for families with young children due to the distance to the beach hotel and our activity equipment.
PLEASE NOTE: This holiday can be booked with or without flights. Flights are available from the following UK airports: Gatwick only. When enquiring for further details it would be very helpful if you could let us know how many people are in your party.
Highlights include:
This is a paradise for intermediate windsurfers and offers some fabulous dinghy sailing to remote, sheltered bays along the coastline. The mountain biking is great, with intermediate riders in particular enjoying the rolling green hills.
Nightlife revolves around the excellent tavernas, all huddled together by the harbour and serving delicious fresh food and the day's catch. There are a handful of welcoming bars and cafes offering everything from loud dance music to traditional bouzouki.
activities
Windsurfing: Mornings suit beginners with light winds, warm water and a safe sandy beach from which to practise. Stronger afternoon cross-onshore winds are great for intermediates, offering an ideal opportunity for harness practice with footstraps and waterstart sessions. We provide RYA tuition levels 1 - 3, Fastfwd windsurfing and equipment for the use of up to 70 guests. Sailing: Dinghy sailors revel in the brisk winds, practising spinnakers and trapezing or racing the Laser fleet. Regular day sails allow you to explore remote beaches where the real beauty of this area of Greece can be appreciated. We offer RYA Dinghy Sailing Levels 1-2, Seamanship Skills, Sailing with Spinnakers, Day Sailing and Start Racing.
Mountain Biking: The rolling green hills surrounding Finikounda are the setting for myriad dusty off-road trails, which twist and turn through olive groves and fruit trees. Long sandy beaches, eccentric little villages and ruined Venetian fortresses reward mountain bikers of all abillities who come to explore this fantastic place. Beginners will enjoy the off-road riding in the green valley immediately behind Finikounda. Intermediate riders and those who love great views will enjoy the rides to villages like Lachanada, Evangelismos and Akritohori, where a cool lemonade in a local taverna prepares you for one of the many descents back into Finikounda. We offer a fleet of 16 high quality mountain bikes and two experienced bike guides.
Walking: Finikounda is located in a very fertile, pretty corner of southwest Greece, largely unspoilt by tourist or industrial development. The village and nearby hamlets still thrive primarily as farming and fishing communities, so a brief walk away from the beach opens up hidden valleys of fertile land, growing all manner of vegetables. Farm tracks cover the hillside and coastal pathways offer easy access either on foot or by bike. You get a real feeling of going back in time as you wander into tiny communities.
Excursions: We can help you book any of the trips below. All these activities are bookable locally, subject to availability.
Accommodation
Choice of 2 accommodations:
The Beach Hotel has an unbeatable location, above the sailing beach, looking towards the village. From here you also get a magnificent view out to the uninhabited islands and of the glorious sunset. This hotel is a great choice for families with its large swimming pool and safe enclosed grounds. The children's club room and long, generally sandy beach, will keep even the most active youngsters happy. Our sailing centre is in the hotel grounds offering the ultimate in convenient sailing. A choice of twin, double or triple rooms with private facilities, air conditioning and a balcony or terrace. Family rooms are also available, with double or twin room with en-suite facilities, air conditioning, balcony and an additional sleeping area for children with either bunk or twin beds.
Village accommodation: Many of our guests enjoy staying in the heart of this charming village, closer to the bars and restaurants around the harbour. We have therefore retained the ground floor rooms, a popular choice with our guests for many years. It is close to the centre of Finikounda with its bakeries, shops, restaurants and bars. It is 20 minutes walk from our dinghy sailing, windsurfing and mountain biking, as well as our other hotel, where guests can use the swimming pool, restaurant and bar. The rooms are simple but well kept, all with ensuite facilities, fridge, air conditioning and a shared kitchen. These village rooms are great value and a good alternative to the hotel. We would not recommend them for families with young children due to the distance to the beach hotel and our activity equipment.
PLEASE NOTE: This holiday can be booked with or without flights. Flights are available from the following UK airports: Gatwick only. When enquiring for further details it would be very helpful if you could let us know how many people are in your party.
travellers' tales
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how this holiday makes a difference
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As part of our responsible business policy, the team in Finikounda have chosen to adopt the following long term commitments on the activity side of our programme.
Since the beginning of the season we have alternated a Thursday night social between a quiz and a talk from the local turtle protection society. This has gone down fantastically with the customers and they always sell out of their turtle merchandise which raises money for the society. We have also arranged visits to the local turtle cove to search for nests which are then marked as such so they are not trampled by visitors. During peak season (as there is less chance of waves) we have been pulling the rescue boats up the beach rather than driving them back to the harbour. This reduces pollution and means that the staff are more healthy as they then swim into work. Responsible laying of buoys: where ever possible before laying markers for teaching we check where the anchors/ weights are landing and try to adjust courses so that they are laid in the sand rather than on the sea plants. Dolphin watch: we not only look out for our customers safety but also the dolphins. If dolphins have been sighted in a day we do a quick scout of the area at the end of the day to make sure they are not tangled in any fishing nets. So far we have saved one blue dolphin and one sea turtle. Not only on land but also in the boats, we have a policy of ‘seen some litter? then pick it up, and then all day long you’ll be able to go sailing in the knowledge that you helped the environment’. Snappy hey! Disposal of contaminated fuel and waste oil: in the environment we work in, it very easy to get fuel contaminated, we collect all of it in a container and then dispose of it at the local garage.  The introduction of a local flora and fauna ride: one evening a week we run a bike ride around the local groves and vineyards to educate guests as to the processes that these go through before they end up on their tables. A very popular ride which sometimes, due to popular demand we have to run twice in a week. Recycling of paper: all printed paper work once its original use has passed is returned to the office to be vetted (for data protection) and then used for scrap either in the office or with the children’s clubs. |
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