Monte Velho - Portugal

Monte Velho

4 star rating   20 July 2022

Linda who has been on 7 In The Saddle rides. Monte Velho - nice time but uninspiring riding | I expected the riding to be much more challenging. In the whole of the week I must have done a total of about six flying changes and just a few minutes of passage. No piaffe at all.

All the instructors were lovely - calm, clear and professional. The problem was that they give personal tuition but there were always two people in a lesson. So, while one person was being taught the other person was doing nothing which meant that an hour's lesson was really only half an hour at the very most.

I could have quite happily done at least twice the amount of riding that I actually did.


The Riding

How well were you matched with the right horse for your ability?
3 star rating
How would you rate the variety of riding, pace or terrain?
2 star rating
How would you rate the overall standard of the horses, tack and stables?
5 star rating

The Accommodation

How would you rate your room(s) for comfort and facilities?
5 star rating
How would you rate the standard of the food?
5 star rating

Do you have any comments about the accommodation and food?

The locks on the room doors were extremely tricky!!!!
I gave up and stopped locking my door because more than once I needed help to unlock it.
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Before Your Holiday

Did you have all of the information you needed to:

Plan and prepare for your holiday?
5 star rating
Feel comfortable about your transfers and what to expect?
5 star rating

How could we improve the quality of pre-holiday information that we send?

I've no idea how you could be any better!


How could we improve the way we handled your booking and payment?

I've no idea how you could be any better!


Do you have any other feedback for us?

Overall I had a really good time. The place is stunningly beautiful and I met some lovely people - and horses.

But, it was a nice holiday rather an opportunity to experience some challenging and interesting riding which was really what I signed up for.