Has anyone been on a Lusitano/Andalusian riding vacation recently? (Found some old threads but some of the links didn’t work.)
Where did you go? What did you like about it? Disliked?
Some of the ones I found include 2 dressage lessons per day which sounds pretty good! Would love to ride on the beach too!
This one sounds interesting:
http://www.farandride.com/riding-holidays/portugal/lusitano_riding_centre/
A friend of mine went here back in the fall/early winter. She loved it. http://www.eponaspain.com/
Edited to add: if you put “Epona Spain” in the search box up on the right, there are a number of earlier posts about people’s experiences.
one day I will go myself. Soon, I hope.
I went to Portugal on a business trip and stayed to ride, though it was quite some time ago.
I would love to return, because I think I would get even more out of the opportunity now. I liked riding twice daily, and had the option to hack. Room and board was included, with great food.
If I could pick a time, I would wait for the fall for the Golega Horse Festival held in November, and make that part of my trip.
Riding:
https://www.equitours.com/horseback-…ssage-program/
Horse Fair:
http://www.lusitanohorsefinder.com/golega-national-horse-fair/
As I wrote on another thread, I can recommend the great folks at Epona.
I rode at Epona last spring and had a great time. Wonderful horses, great instructor and fabulous accommodations/food.
Looking at going to Valenca’s in Portugal next year.
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I did a Lusitano Ride back in '93, no not current, but it was fabulous. It was through Equitour and we rode in the Sintra Area. The riding place also offered lessons, but I prefer to trail ride. We rode fabulous highly trained stallions. We did ride on the beach one morning, but mostly through fields of sunflowers, olive groves, through little towns (everyone has a barking dog in Portugal), some climbing, etc We visited several castles, a Cork Monastery and had the best lunch breaks. We would stop for about 2 hours, unsaddle, cool off and feed the horses hay. then the driver of the van that met us would grill us a tasty lunch over a fire. Due to having stallions, we did have to ride in a specific order every time. I also spent several days in Lisbon ahead of time sightseeing, and then traveled through Spain by train.
You couldn’t go wrong here:
https://www.montevelho.pt/index_en.html
Lovely horses, terrific facilities, top notch instruction, gorgeous scenery, etc., etc.
